Query re: third-country Russian visa processing (in region)

[Josh Wilson]

Donna Griesnbeck, 

 

If he will be processing a student visa, it should not matter where he is
processing it. If he will be arriving on a business or tourist visa, that is
another matter.

 

If you have residency in a third country, you may process business/tourist
visas in that country. I've read that the definition of this is the ability
to stay in a country for longer than three months without a visa. Kiev used
to offer a service whereby you could buy residency there for a few hundred
dollars and process your visa. However, that's been an off-again-on-again
thing and I think has been shut down since Yanukovych came to power. Georgia
allows Americans to stay up to a year without a visa, which means that that
should be location where it is possible. 

 

However, the most important thing to keep in mind is that all consulates
will operate on their own rules - and the situation can change pretty
quickly even at individual consulates. I would strongly suggest that you or
your student contact these consulates directly to make sure they will
process the visa (and the specific type of visa), before laying down money
on travel plans. 

 

Best, 

 

 

 

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

 

 

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Subject: [SEELANGS] Query re: third-country Russian visa processing (in
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Dear Colleagues,

 

One of our students who will be traveling to Russia (Kazan) this summer for
June and July, and will study abroad for the fall semester in Moscow at the
Higher School of Economics starting in September. During August he plans to
travel to Kyrgyzstan.

 

He is hoping not to have to  return to the US to process the Russian visa
for his fall study abroad. 

 

Do you know if a US citizen can process a Russian visa invitation in the
embassy of a third country, for example, in Kiev, Tbilisi, or Bishkek?  How
would he get accurate information about the options?  Can you recommend
another method to get the Russian visa that will cover his semester abroad
(September-January) without requiring a transatlantic flight in August?

 

Thanks for any suggestions you may have.

 

Donna Griesenbeck

 

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Donna Griesenbeck

Student Programs Officer

Davis Center for Russian & Eurasian Studies

1730 Cambridge Street, S324

Cambridge, MA 02138

 

tel: 617-495-1194

fax: 617-495-8319

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