visa question?

[Valentino, Russell]

Anne, I did this last year without any problems, though it's true I entered through Korsakov on Sakhalin, but the passport control people had no problem with my explanation. The Moscow conference was excellent, by the way.

Russell

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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

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