If we're on the visa-registration anyhow, does anybody know an agency that can take care of it? I'm sick of standing in line two hours every time and can't take the landlord there 5 times a month. And what if the landlord is on holidays, sick or working like the rest of us? Thanks!
On 7/26/10, Anna Razumnaya <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think they'd explicitly bar you from leaving if not > registered, but they could fine you and possibly make you late for > your flight. > > You can register at any post office, but you will need your host to > fill out a bunch of paperwork (obtained at the P.O.) and come along > with you to file the forms. It will not cost much--about 240 roubles > for filing, plus something silly, about 2 roubles, per day of your > stay--but you'll have to make a trip to the bank to pay those fees. > So, it shouldn't cost nearly as much as what the agency asked for, but > it's a hassle. > > AR > > > > 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/ > -- Olaf Koens _journalist _mobile Russia +79057315337 _ http://olafkoens.nl _______________________________________________ Expat mailing list [email protected] http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat http://www.expat.ru/forum/
