Visa question

Tue Mar 15 22:34:00 UTC 2011

I fear there is perhaps some misunderstanding. Americans are still permitted
to travel within Ukraine up to 90 days w/o a visa. However, the Russian
regulation is that you must be able to reside in the country for longer than
90 days (hence the reason that Georgia is a possible option, as Georgia
allows Americans in for up to a year without a visa. 

As to the practice of buying residency in Ukraine, several cases were
reported as late as December of last year that the agency that "expedited"
the residency had discontinued the service and that Americans, as well as
British and Irish citizens in Ukraine applying for Russian business visas
had been turned away and told to go to a Russian consulate in their home
country so as to abide by Russian legislation. 

Again, however, the only way to truly know what a particular office of the
Russian government can do at any point in time is to contact that office and
ask. 

JW

-----Original Message-----
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
[mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Irene Fardin
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 11:32 PM
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Visa question

Hello,
This is a question to John Wilson.
You wrote about buying residency in Ukraine and its curtailing now. I plan
to go to Ukraine and wonder about these changes. Can you provide more
information? 
Thank you!

Dr. Irina Shilova
GSEA University of Calgary
Alberta, Canada

> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:59:23 +0300
> From: jwilson at SRAS.ORG
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Visa question
> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
> 
> Depending on multiple factors, he could be arriving on a business or
student
> visa. You'll have to ask him or the program arranging the visa what type
he
> will arrive with. 
> 
> If he is arriving on a student visa, the visa will be good for three
months
> and extended in-country for the length of his program for up to one year
> (and extended again in-country after one year if the program continues).
> 
> If he will be arriving on a business visa, it will be good for up to 90
> days. According to the letter of the law, one needs to have residency (the
> right to reside in a country for up to 90 days w/o a visa) in a country to
> get a new business visa issued there. 
> 
> Outside of America, of course, Georgia does allow this for American
> citizens, and so that might be his best bet. Last I heard, the Latvian
> embassy was skirting/ignoring this requirement - but you'll want to have
him
> call ahead to make sure they can process it before he buys the train
ticket.
> Ukraine used to be the major destination for this, as, under Yushchenko,
> they had an easy way of buying residency - but under Yanukovych, the
> practice has been curtailed.
> 
> In any case, he'll want to call the consulate and make sure that they will
> process a business visa for an American citizen. 
> 
> 
> 
> Josh Wilson
> Assistant Director
> The School of Russian and Asian Studies
> Editor in Chief
> Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies
> SRAS.org 
> jwilson at sras.org
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Tony Anemone
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:12 PM
> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Visa question
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> The son of a friend of mine will be studying in Moscow starting in April
and
> working as an intern for the summer, and his parents have some questions
> that I can't answer and would, as always, appreciate help from the list.
> 
> I am assuming that his visa (business, right?) will be good for no more
> than 90 days - is this still true? If, as he plans, he stays in Russia
> longer than 90 days, will he have to leave the country to secure a new
visa?
> If he does leave the country, where are the chances best for getting a
visa
> renewed sooner rather than later?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Tony
> 
> 
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> Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs 
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