visa question?

[Anne Fisher]

Hello all,

My husband and I have been invited to present at the Second International
Congress of Translators in Moscow this September. We are making a vacation
out of it, taking our child and flying in to Moscow, then going to visit
friends in Saint Petersburg and flying back home from there.

The conference organizers have said that it's a pain for them to issue the
official invitation for our visas since the departure from a city not
associated with the goal of our trip (the Congress in Moscow) would cause
mounds of extra paperwork, and have asked us to just get plain old tourist
visas for the trip.

I see no problem with this, except that at the border, if we are asked the
goal of our trip, I will of course be truthful and say "tourism and to
present at a conference." My fear is that the passport folks will say that
presenting at a conference is buisness, and why don't I have a business
visa, and why am I not coming on an official visa sponsored by the
conference organizers, etc. etc., ending with me landing in hot water for
trying to enter the country under false pretenses.

I realize this is completely absurd, but I am worried anyway.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Annie

-- 
Anne O. Fisher, Ph.D.
Russian>English Interpreter and Translator
anne.o.fisher at gmail.com
440-986-0175

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