Russian visa situation

[Alina Israeli]

It looks like the country (the US) is subdivided into jurisdictions,  
and there are 5 consulates to serve each jurisdiction. So you do not  
have to fly exactly "across the country", but if you are in Hawaii you  
do have to go to Seattle, which is a bit of a distance: http://www.russianembassy.org/page/russian-consulates-in-the-u-s

Alina

On Jun 6, 2013, at 6:52 PM, Renee (Stillings) Huhs wrote:

> Dear SEELANGers,
>
> I know we were all looking forward to those 3-yr multi-entry visas.  
> A note of warning. The New York consulate is now requiring  
> INTERVIEWS for it – no exceptions. Doesn’t matter where you live. If  
> this isn’t bad enough in and of itself, it has resulted in  
> considerable chaos as visa agents try now to all retrieve passports  
> for their clients from the consulate. So far the other consulates  
> are not requiring the interviews, although they are going over the  
> apps with a fine tooth comb.
>
> The interviews themselves are fairly pro forma – the usual how are  
> you paying for it, do you have insurance, why do you need a multi –  
> basically a rubber stamping motion after which they issue the visa  
> anyway. That is perhaps the more irritating part of it – that they  
> want you to fly all across the country for such nonsense. I know we  
> can’t really argue as they will point out that Russians have to fly  
> across Siberia to do interviews to come here.
>
> Renee
>
> ************************
> Renee Stillings
> Director, SRAS
> rstillings at sras.org
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Alina Israeli
Associate Professor of Russian
WLC, American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave.
Washington DC 20016
(202) 885-2387 	fax (202) 885-1076
aisrael at american.edu






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