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Maybe for him, but not for others.
It may help anyone if you know that it is possible by doing it with a proper visa company.

In my case, the last 2 times I did not pay higher prices for this service.
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i got 12 months at takji, kyg`z border in july , if you need to extend yours get intouch with Oibek or George at MUZTOO in Osh thay can arrange it for you
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Thanks all for the replies. I also understood meantime from visa agency that I should be able to apply for multi entry full year visum. The only worry from the agency was that Russian customs might make an issue when I then arrive with my (Russian) girlfriend at the border with what clearly is a holiday car and not a business car, but maybe such concerns are not really too relevant.

Does anyone know if the Belarus - Russian border has known issues with TIP issuing? (or do you get the TIP actually already at Polish / Belarus border?)

@ Cyber zebb - I'm already in touch with them, thanks! Do you know if you can extend for unlimited amount of times, or is it restricted to e.g. 1 or 2 extensions?

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Thanks all for the replies. I also understood meantime from visa agency that I should be able to apply for multi entry full year visum. The only worry from the agency was that Russian customs might make an issue when I then arrive with my (Russian) girlfriend at the border with what clearly is a holiday car and not a business car, but maybe such concerns are not really too relevant.

Does anyone know if the Belarus - Russian border has known issues with TIP issuing? (or do you get the TIP actually already at Polish / Belarus border?)

@ Cyber zebb - I'm already in touch with them, thanks! Do you know if you can extend for unlimited amount of times, or is it restricted to e.g. 1 or 2 extensions?

Thanks,
Martin
It is no problem to use a business visa for private / pleasure trips, I have done so for at least 10 trips into Russia.

The Belarus - Russia border has no immigration or customs facilities and has for the last year or so been closed to foreigners as far as I know, so you'll need to enter from another country.
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@eurasiaoverland, how have you been applying for Russian visas? Since you, me and Martin are in Netherlands. Did you apply yourself or through an agency, if through an agency, which one do you recommend?
The Hague is one hour away, and we will be applying for four persons. I can imagine that we would save quite some money by doing it yourself, but I haven't done much investigation yet (which I will do)
Thanks in advance.

Oh and good to know about Belarus. I thought it would be to difficult anyway, and that we should drive around it. But this confirms it.

By the way, I checked your site, we almost have the same car, we just have a van built on top of it instead of a pickup :P
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As far as I know there is only one border from Belarus to RUS that can handle Foreigners.
Do not use any other border!! Might cause big problems later.

And to avoid problems with questioning about the business visa, just tell them you are doing travel stories, videoshows ...

I know from 2 persons which were questioned about the business visa and had to pay a ( small ) fine.

But it is just about what you answer when you get asked.
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As far as I know there is only one border from Belarus to RUS that can handle Foreigners.
Which border crossing is it?
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@eurasiaoverland, how have you been applying for Russian visas? Since you, me and Martin are in Netherlands. Did you apply yourself or through an agency, if through an agency, which one do you recommend?
The Hague is one hour away, and we will be applying for four persons. I can imagine that we would save quite some money by doing it yourself, but I haven't done much investigation yet (which I will do)
Thanks in advance.

Oh and good to know about Belarus. I thought it would be to difficult anyway, and that we should drive around it. But this confirms it.

By the way, I checked your site, we almost have the same car, we just have a van built on top of it instead of a pickup :P
Will do more reading when time permits.
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Please look up the thread list as in an earlier reply I have written how I went about getting a visa in Den Haag.

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So Belarus is no go and at the border with Latvia we had bad experience, and apparently were not the only ones....

So what does that leave? Estonia or Ukraine? No other options?

Or should we simply try Latvia again with a full year visa?

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