HIV test for long-term (3+months) Russian visa?

[Renee Stillings | Alinga]

The Russian consulates are requiring this for any visa more than 3 months in
duration, without question. At the San Francisco and Seattle consulates they
can additionally request notarized translations of the HIV test - a good
reason to avoid those consulates.

The university you are working with may be refering to the fact that they
(the university) does not need the HIV test - as with certain types of
students they also can require the HIV test- and in some St. Petersburg
schools are requiring that it be taken again upon arrival.

Renee Stillings
SRAS
www.sras.org

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicole Monnier" <monniern at MISSOURI.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 9:56 AM
Subject: [SEELANGS] HIV test for long-term (3+months) Russian visa?


> Dear SEELANGS-ers,
>
> Does anyone have recent experience with/knowledge of the HIV test
> requirement for long-term Russian visas? The US State Department claims
that
> any American visitors staying 3+ months needs one, but the university with
> which we¹re working claims our semester study abroad students do NOT need
to
> be tested. Needless to say, the ever-helpful Russian Embassy page is (as
far
> as I can determine) wholly silent on the subject.
>
> Curiously,
>
> Nicole
>
>
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573.882.3370
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> University of Missouri
> Columbia, MO  65211
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