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Today, the migratory service told my girl friend that the only way i can stay with her family in kostroma is through a private visa. I told her to find out if her post office can register a business ...

OVIR will most probably turn down you request for a residental visa. From my experience I know that having property in Russia does not give a foreigner any advantage in getting/registering visas. I ow ...

Why don't you ask the local Russian consulate whether they can help you? At least they should explain what you are supposed to do.

Cheburatorr, technically you are a Russian citizen. You got visas to Russia, because the consulate did not pay attention to the rule. It happens. Do not be surprised if next time they refuse to issue ...

Check the rules for applying Russian visa from the Netherlands, which I posted there:

http://www.waytorussia.net/TalkLounge/quote-66962.html&highlight=#66962

The first answer is yes. You sho ...

Now, it seems that the business visa won't be available anymore and if you want to stay there for a year, you need a working visa! Could it be any more complicated?

Yes, it is complicated. Howeve ...

rumours were saying that very soon there won`t be any business visas given out anymore

No one is going to cancel business visas. I think you confuse it with the new "90/180" rule, which ...

No, a private visa.
Right, private visas (as well as tourist visas) are much easier to register now. However, it is very difficult to get a private invitation, except for the case when you have a clo ...

We had a positive experience with the new procedure.
Did you register a business visa?

The question I want to ask is: "Do we really know the rules?"

My experience showed that the rules of visa registration are different from what we think. Two examples - registration in own ...

Admin, how to register foreigners is a different story. Russian citizens living in Russia are obliged to have a domestic passport. Domestic passports contain, in particular, the following records:

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Stas, you have to register after 90 days. The registration rules are there:

http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=50881;fld=134;dst=100015;div=LAW

You should register ...

Conscription in Russia is made by Voenkomats. If you live in Russia, then you are registered in your local Voenkomat. You are their "client" and they will chase you. If you 'departed for p ...

1. When you leave Russia, they check whether you are allowed to enter the country of destination. Your wife should have a correspondent document (Canadian green card, visa). Then she will not have pr ...

The issue is that I have no Russian passport at all.
This is a problem. You can neither withdraw your Russian citizenship, because for this procedure you need valid domestic and "zagranichnyi&q ...