Hi If you receive a tourist visa "valid" for the city of Moscow the registration must be completed in the city of Moscow 3 days after your arrival. Usually the issuing company hotel or point of arrival (abode) completes this for you.
However I believe that registration can be completed by you personally( if you can speak and write Russia) or by a friend in a local post office in Moscow. A a very small cost to you. The implication for you not doing this registration is if you are stopped by the police in the street they will take you to the cop station, hold you for a few hours, fine you and let you go. Thereafter when you attempt to exit Russia the officer at the border will ask for the completed registration. If you don't have it they will probably let you through, or there again they may hold you. Moreover the issuing company will be heavily fined for non compliance. If you over stay you visa they will hold you at the border and they will fine you. Visa policy has changed here and in the light of recent events in the US with regard to the export of 10 individuals to Russia. I recommend that you have registration completed by the company or go to a post office here in Moscow and have it completed. Abide by the rules and you will have no issues. You will also have peace of mind. Regards JB On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 2:09 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > I about to receive my1 month tourist visa from a Russian travel agency here > in NYC. What I would like to know is: MUST I get this visa registered in > Moscow? > > The reason I ask is that the agency will do it for an extra $80 fee. On top > of the $80, it will take me some time to get to their Moscow office to drop > off my visa, and then return some days later to pick it up. (I am visiting > a friend at their datcha some 100 KM outside of Moscow.) > > So, without this registration stamp, will I be prevented from getting > through passport control at Shevemeteo and boarding my flight? > > >From my past experiences at Sheve (I have gone in and out dozens of times > over the last decade), the ONLY way the passport control people can block > your exit is if you have OVERSTAYED. > > Any advice? > > Thanks, Ted > > > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > _______________________________________________ Expat mailing list [email protected] http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat http://www.expat.ru/forum/
