Simone: Whatever you imagine, you are incorrect. The correct information about US visas is clearly posted on the US Embassy Moscow website . Just do a Google search on US Embassy Moscow it will be the first hit (moscow.usembassy.gov/). And there is a complete version in Russian (moscow.usembassy.gov/consular/consularr.php?record_id=nivtypes). I suggest you try to find the websites of Russian consulates in other countries as easily I doubt you will find many.
Just to correct your complete misunderstanding of the US visa regime in Moscow. 1. Standard US travel visas are issued for one year, multi-entry. They are called Tourist and Business Visas. 2. Invitations to travel to the US do not need to be notarized, or approved by the Department of State or any other government entity. 3. Business travellers may come and go as they like. They may not hold employment without a green card but can attend to their business affairs. 4. There is no travel insurance requirement. 5. There is no HIV (SPID) test requirement. 6. The cost of a one-year, multi-entry visa is $100. 7. The procedure very straight forward, and completely clear on the website. Y ou submit application and schedule an appointment for a time for an interview no waiting in line for hours. 8. Once you are interviewed, you receive approval (or not in some cases - if you are a young, single girl and come dressed like a hooker, or a young guy dressed like a street thug, or if you try to mislead or lie to the consular officer who interviews you, you might have a problem.) 9. If renewing a visa within one year of expiry, no interview is necessary, meaning a faster turnaround time. 10. After the first year, a two-year visa may be granted for an additional payment of $100 (total cost $200 for two year visa). CB On 11/8/07 8:53 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Kirill: > > Please be aware that the Russians embassy in London does only the same thing > like the US-american embassy in Moscow. Please ask Russians who try to apply > for a USA-visa. This is just a hassle and for most of the Russian (with a > clean record) a very precarious situation. And I may not imagine that a > Russian man may enter US with a multiple entry business visa valid 360 days. > > The same situation exists for Russian in the EU, no entry for 360 days without > a break (90/180). > > Nevertheless there are again and again new and tougher rules for visa, working > allowance and registration in Russia and the Russian authorities interpret and > fulfill these new rules ³on their own way². This makes our life here not > easier. > > http://www.kommersant.com/p-10583/r_500/Deripaska_U.S._visa/ > > Regards, > Simone > > > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/
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