summer study Russian visa procedures for groups of students

[Jane Frances Hacking]

Hi Lynne,
We use the San Francisco consulate and last summer had to switch to using an agency as an intermediary. Added to the cost per student by about $35 per person.
Jane
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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lynne deBenedette [lynne_debenedette at BROWN.EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 5:29 PM
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: [SEELANGS] summer study Russian visa procedures for groups of students

A question for those of you at U.S. institutions managing summer programs in
Russia, especially those who formerly mailed students' applications to the NY
Russian Consulate for processing:

How are your institutions coping with the June 1, 2010 change in consulate
procedure to disallow application for visas by mail? Are you using a travel
agency to procure visas for groups of students once the invitations have been
issued?

Thanks in advance for the info.

Lynne deB.

Lynne deBenedette
Sr. Lecturer in Russian
Dept. of Slavic Languages
Brown University
Providence RI 02912
email: ldeben-at-brown.edu (replace -at- with @)

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