Visa Registration in Russia

[Josh Wilson]

Dr. Orlov, Katya Jordon, et. all,

This is indeed the case with hotels now. There was a shift in how the FMS /
OVIR dealt with hotels in 2007. While it had been getting more difficult to
use the hotel route for registration before that, 2007 saw it basically
ended. 

There are still a few hostels which, with fewer regulations and less
oversight, are still able to offer the service under-the-table - but it does
pose a risk to them and those willing to do it are quite few now. 

Also, to comment on another assertion in this email chain, I don't know of a
time when the regulation was that you had to register if staying two months
or more. During nearly all of my time in Moscow, you had to register within
three days. It's only been changed recently: increased to seven days. 

So, you have to register within seven days of entering the country, and if
you leave one city for another for longer than seven days, you need to
re-register in your new city. 

With registration at the post office, though, and companies offering to do
registration online now - there is definitely no reason not to stay legal
and safe (even if the whole thing is a bit pointless in terms of its value
to the Russian government or anyone else). 

If you have a business or tourist visa, the company that helps you get that
should be able to give you directions on what you need to do to register.
And if they can't, you should probably look for another support company.  



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




-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Katya Jordan
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 3:16 AM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] Visa Registration in Russia

Dear Dr. Orlov,

Your friends must have been luckier than we were when we tried doing that a
few (at least six) years ago.  We paid for one night at a hotel, the hotel
stamp reflected the exact date, and that was that.  Then we had to go to
OVIR ourselves together with the person at whose house we were staying and
get registration for three or four more weeks.  

Things must have changed since then, so thank you for the clarification.  

Katya Jordan
University of Virginia

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