What I have done in the past in this situation: 1. Call your banks and cancel the credit cards. Have them send you new ones.
2. Apply for a new passport at your embassy in Moscow. For a US citizen, this took about a week. 2. File a report with the local police (uchastkoviy) and get a copy of this report to whomever submitted your visa documents. If your visa/invitation processor is competent, you will be able to get a new visa (free-of-charge) in Moscow placed/stamped/registered in your new passport without having to leave the country and the expiration date on this visa will be the same as on your lost visa. 4. Submit your new passport with police report and copies of your old passport/visa to your visa service provider. In 3-5 working days you'll have a perfectly valid visa in hand and won't have to leave the country. This is how it was for me less than 2 years ago. Good luck to your friend. P.S. This tip below will save you from some serious stress if the occasion arises - something I've followed for years as an expat abroad: ALWAYS have scans of all of your important documents readily available. Whenever I get a new visa in my passport, I scan it and send it to myself via e-mail. Same goes with drivers licenses, passport, etc. If you ever get in trouble on the road and lose your documents or need them immediately when they're not on hand, all you have to do is do a quick search of your e-mail and either print out a copy or send it to the necessary recipient. The above visa replacement would not have been possible if I didn't have copies of my lost visa & registration. If he has copies of his lost visa it will be a lot easier to get On Dec 3, 2007 9:12 AM, Serge Rivet (Hotmail address) < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Listers, > > > > One of my friends, a French man, got his documents (Visa + Passport +money > +Cdt Cards + …) stolen > > Do you know what he should do ? > > He had a work permit – should he anyway quit the country ? > > Can't the Russian authorities get a copy of your visa or re-print it ? > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Serge Rivet > > + 7 916 453 30 55 > > > > Owner at Conseo > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > skype : rivetmoscow > > www.conseo-cis.com > > > > > > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. If > you have received this email in error please send it back to the person that > sent it to you. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of its > author and do not necessarily represent those of CONSEO or any of its > subsidiary companies. Unauthorized publication, use, dissemination, > forwarding, printing or copying of this email and its associated attachments > is strictly prohibited. > > Consider the environment. If you need to print this email, please use both > sides of the page before recycling > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ >
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