invitation for 3 year homestay multi-entry visa?

[Natalia Yefimova-Trilling]

Katya, hi. If the person for whom you're trying to get the visa is a US national, then there are indeed 3-year homestay visas (I just arranged one for an American friend). They're possible thanks to the bilateral US-Russian agreement that entered into force Sept. 9 of last year and establishes 3-year, multi-entry visas as the default for Americans traveling to Russia and vice versa. The invitation letter for such a visa must be notarized and can be written either by a Russian national residing in the Russian city to be visited or by a foreigner legally allowed to stay in Russia for more than 90 days at a time (my case). Most of the details are available on the website of the middleman company handling visa processing for Russia in the US -- www.ils-usa.com. Some additional info may be available on the Russian embassy's site. The letter needs to be accompanied by copies of a bunch of the "inviter's" ID documents, as well as the required paperwork for the traveler. You may need to call ILS or the embassy to double-check on the exact documents, as they vary depending on the inviter's status.

Good luck,
Natalia


On Apr 27, 2013, at 11:43 PM, Renee (Stillings) Huhs <renee at ALINGA.COM> wrote:

> Katya,
>  
> There is no 3-yr “home stay” visa. There is either a tourist or business option. Easiest is to just do the 3-yr multi-entry tourist visa. All you need is an initial tourist voucher (which typically is valid up to 30 days) as the basis. Feel free to contact me off-list if you need help with either just a tourist voucher (we can provide those) or assistance with the full visa process.
>  
> Renee
>  
> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Katya Burvikova
> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 8:39 AM
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: [SEELANGS] invitation for 3 year homestay multi-entry visa?
>  
> 
> Dear Seelangers,
>  
> does  anybody have a recent experience with the 3 year homestay multi-entry visa?
> Specifically - what invitation to use? We tried to get an invitation through FMS but they said that they don't offer invitation for this visa. The maximum amount of days that they can issue an invitation is 90 days and double-entry only which is the old system.
>  
> Thank you,
>  
> Katya
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