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HIV test

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AbsintheFairy Frequent Guest Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 14 Location: England	Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:36 pm    Post subject: HIV test Hey, could anyone tell me a place in St Petersburg where could I get an HIV test? (such as would be accepted at consulates for a business visa) Thanks a lot!
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nikir Frequent Guest Joined: 17 Mar 2010 Posts: 54	Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:51 am    Post subject: If you are staying more than 3 months you need to get a test prior to being issued a visa. That would normally be done in another country.
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Rick Moderator Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 854 Location: Касабланка	Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:29 pm    Post subject: This is not really an answer to the question, nikir? Anyone?
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Groobs Lounge Lizard Joined: 15 Oct 2006 Posts: 83 Location: China (but missing St Pete!)	Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:07 am    Post subject: Hi - I recently got an HIV test certificate in SPB. I cant remember the exact address, sorry, but let me explain where it is. Its in a courtyard off Ulitsa Komsomola. That is the road that runs across the front of Finlandski Station. Coming out of the station, turn left along Komsomola. At the corner of Ploshad Lenina you cross Komsomola (ie further away from the station) and start walking along it, along the side with the (decreasing) even numbers. I THINK (but cant remember) the HIV place is at about number 14. Anyways, it is for sure in about the first courtyard you come to on the right, walking from Ploshad Lenina. As you walk into the courtyard entrance, the courtyard opens up to your right but the entrance to the clinic is immediately on the left, along a sort of covered path. If you are walking around the main body of the courtyard looking for it, you've gone too far, its just at the end of the passageway entrance to the courtyard. Inside its a little gloomy place, go up to the desk facing you and they will tell you which consulting room to go into - often there is someone else in there, which is a bit disconcerting, but no-one seems to mind, it costs a few hundred rubles, and takes 3 or 4 days I think. To collect the result you bascially just barge back in to the consulting room (really weird arrangement) and they give it to you - I got mine like this, there was someone else in there having the test when i collected mine. Made me wonder what happens if you get a positive result - not exactly very confidential! Still, I guess that would be the least of your worries,,,,,,!
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surfguy Lounge Wizard Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 6979	Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:23 am    Post subject: Does anyone know about the aids certificate here in the US does it need to be in Russian, or notarized, etc. I am going through the SF consulate for my visa.
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nikir Frequent Guest Joined: 17 Mar 2010 Posts: 54	Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:56 am    Post subject: Ummm... I think that's AIDS. Anyway it's a HIV test that's required.
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Kesha Talk Show Host Joined: 26 Sep 2005 Posts: 258 Location: Terrapin Station	Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:54 pm    Post subject: surfguy wrote: Does anyone know about the aids certificate here in the US does it need to be in Russian, or notarized, etc. I am going through the SF consulate for my visa. I had a test in 2001 for a multi-entry, business visa.....it was not translated....I sent it along with my application to the travel agency that invited me.
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surfguy Lounge Wizard Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 6979	Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:47 pm    Post subject: In SF the consulate never answers thier phone. It is AIDS and HIV TEST is for AIDS. HIV is the same thing-just in the earlier stages. I tend to classify them as the same thing. This is the last item I need to get before sending in my application. Just found out I may be doing the trans siberia/mongolia next summer also. So I'm stoked on the possibilitiy of this. Especially if the right guide comes along.
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init6 WayToRussified Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 363 Location: Москва, Россия	Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:59 pm    Post subject: Just as an aside, I never had a test before my visa was issued, and I was never asked to get a test by any faculty members or officials the entire time I was in Moscow (10 months). I had a student visa, which may have been a factor, but I was ready and willing to get a test, but was never required to. Just a different perspective.
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surfguy Lounge Wizard Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 6979	Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:56 pm    Post subject: I finally spoke with the consulate in San Francisco and they were very friendly and helpful. The HIV certificate does not have to be translated but is required for any visa over 3 months.
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