Reminder about Heritage speakers and visas to Russia

[Josh Wilson]

Dear SEELANGERs,

 

If any of you have additional questions about this issue, they can likely be
answered here: http://www.sras.org/guides_dual_citizens

 

If not, let us know what we should add to the page. J

 

Best,

 

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

 

 

 

From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Renee (Stillings) Huhs
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 3:13 AM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] Reminder about Heritage speakers and visas to Russia

 

Dear SEELANGERs,

 

Every year we have applicants for study abroad who have no idea at all they
are still citizens of Russia. They learn this from us or others arranging
their studies abroad - or potentially directly from the consulate after
having an application rejected.

 

Please, please - if you have Heritage speakers or students who were adopted
from Russia in your classes - remind them of this at the earliest moment you
can so that if they are even just thinking about study abroad or otherwise
visiting Russia they have time to do something about it. The consulates have
been relatively accommodating about issuing one-time visas to those who
can't possibly get their Russian passport in time, but this takes phone
calls, pleading, etc. And we cannot expect that they will continue to be so
accommodating.

 

Best,

Renee

 

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Renee Stillings

Director, SRAS

www.sras.org

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