Question about length of Russian visa for students

[Sarah Hurst]

Yes, it is true that the norm is now to issue a 90-day visa and extend it
when the student arrives. We (at the University of Alaska Anchorage) had
this issue when sending students to Khabarovsk. Obviously they were quite
worried about whether it would be difficult to extend their visas, but it
wasn't. One did have an additional problem getting an "exit visa", though -
she went on a trip to Moscow, taking her passport with her, just before she
was due to return to the U.S., and got into trouble with the university in
Khabarovsk because the passport was needed for yet another stamp, and she
ended up paying a fine of some kind. 

Sarah Hurst

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