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stonneeeee
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 Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:42 pm Post subject: once I get to Russia what happens |
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I have my visa. A few questions
First time visiting Russia. Traveled all over EU, but this is mind boggling lol
I will have to fill out a form on the plane?
Where do I get my exit visa/papers?
Staying in 1 hotel for entire stay, so I will register there upon check in. I will receive papers from hotel saying I have registered?
Any thoughts on what papers I should always carry on my person?
Any advice once I get to Russia would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
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polarrrbear
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You'll most likely receive migration card on the plane to Russia. If not, there will be plenty of them before passport control.
Once you finish checking in at the hotel, they'll probably give you a copy of registration paper. I don't know if you have to have it, and some places might not bother giving you. If you get it, keep it with you. If you don't get it, ask the receptionist if you are supposed to have it.
Whenever you step out of the hotel, have your passport with migration card (the paper you had to fill in on the plane or before passport control). While you should make sure not to lose your migration card, if you lose it, they might or might not bother you upon departure. When my parents came to Russia for my wedding, my father lost it but passport control didn't bother him about it. But of course it's Russia, it could lead to some unpleasant things. So it's better to tuck it in passport and guard it along with your passport.
General advice is that don't keep your wallet in your back pocket. If you have credit cards, make a couple copies (or write down card info) and write credit card company's number in case if you need to contact them. Before you leave, double check your visa and make sure that your visa is good for the duration of your intended stay. If there's a mistake on your visa and somehow over stay on your visa, you will be looking at some seriously miserable (and costly) problems. But if you are being sensible and use common sense, you should be fine. |
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captainofiron
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My Fiances parents live in Moscow, its a fairly easy process, are you entering via Sheremetyevo?
If so just follow the signs down to the passport control, and give them the form polarbear and your passport with your visa showing after that you will see the baggage claim to the right and the exit to the left there are two exits the red and green, red is for people who have stuff to declare, the green for those who dont, after that you are in Russia.
I dont know if you speak Russian but if you do it will help, in Moscow very few airport workers speak english, many know lots of words, but cant really successfully communicate.
As far as safety just behave as in a larger city and take the same precautions
Good luck with your stay. |
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romdur
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Ditto to all the above, just a little more detail:
In Russia, your visa (a full-page sticker permanently affixed to a visa page in your passport) serves as both an entry visa and exit visa. Because of this, losing a passport is a very difficult situation. I am careful with my passport when traveling.
The Migration Card (which you'll probably receive on the plane, but maybe need to pick up as you approach Passport Control at the airport) is a slip of paper. Things to fill in include your passport number, the visa number (near the upper right-hand corner of the visa), purpose of your visit (probably tourism for you) and the address where you will stay. Most of these items you will write twice, on both the left and right halves of the Card.
When you arrive, the Passport Control officer will tear off the left half of the Card, and return to you the right (departure) half, having stamped it. I always keep this in between the pages of my passport. It can be a big problem if you don't have it when you leave Russia.
All in all, it's fairly simple, with the hotel handling your registration. Just have your passport and the departure half of your migration card with you when you get to passport control on the way to your flight home, and all the formalities are taken care of.
For most tourists, there is no need to deal with customs forms - just go through the green (nothing to declare) channel when you pass through Customs, entering and leaving.
One practical note about passport control -- recently at Moscow airports, I have had a couple of hour plus waits getting through passport control. So I recommend making allowance for this, and especially to be plenty early arriving to the international airport or terminal for your flight back home. |
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