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Getting a Russian visa from outside your own country?
We are travelling on Canadian passports. At the moment we are in Canada but want to get going on our travels in Dec. Does anyone know if we can send our passports in to get Russian visas from neighbouring counters like Poland for ex, when we are closer to understanding the dates we will need them? We won't even be near Russia until spring of 2017 but will be in Africa, and many parts of Europe beforehand. Or... we'll be sitting in Canada, waiting 8 weeks for visas we could have sent in while travelling. Thanks in advance for any insight. Heather
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We are travelling on Canadian passports. At the moment we are in Canada but want to get going on our travels in Dec. Does anyone know if we can send our passports in to get Russian visas from neighbouring counters like Poland for ex, when we are closer to understanding the dates we will need them? We won't even be near Russia until spring of 2017 but will be in Africa, and many parts of Europe beforehand. Or... we'll be sitting in Canada, waiting 8 weeks for visas we could have sent in while travelling. Thanks in advance for any insight. Heather
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Since you'll be applying on the road, you might think about using a visa service. Agencies will specify the turnaround time for each visa type up front. A Russian business visa should take no more than 2 months at the most to acquire, start to finish.
Importantly, agencies also procure the "letter of invitation" needed for a business visa, which seems a bit tricky to pin down if doing it on your own.
I (American) used an agency to get a 6-mo Russian business visa spring 2016, starting the process in Egypt after riding South Africa > Cairo. DHL'd my paperwork to the agency and they got the materials to the U.S. Russian consulate, which returned the visa approved to the agency. Then the agency sent the materials to a DHL office in Tbilisi, Georgia, where I picked it up.
(I used Travisa but can't recommend them; they might be OK but a few staffers bungled details several times and cost me some delay).
If you do it yourself, you'd probably want to DHL your application and passports into the Russian consulate in Canada... so long as they will agree to DHL your passports to a DHL location of your choosing. Good luck 
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And you need a 2nd passport when you are on the road.
To send it to the visa agency.
I do not know how it is for Canadians, but usually you have to apply in your home country.
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5 Nov 2016
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I also don't know how it is for Canadians, but US citizens don't have to apply for Russian visas in the US; I've gotten one in Milan and friends have gotten them all over Europe. IIRC there is a clause in the US-Russia visa treaty allowing for this.
When I got my visa in Milan, I had to leave my passport with the consulate for two week while I waited for the visa, so took the opportunity to explore Italy.
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28 Jan 2020
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Russia Multiple Entry Vias -Help!
Help - have just got off the phone to a visa company in London having been told that all I can get is double entry visa valid for 30 days - this completely destroys the idea of my trip( london -mongolia- japan).
Am a u.k citizen living in London & applying for my visa in London. Obviously I was hoping to be able to get a multiple entry (hopefully business) visa. I understand this can cost a bit more but I'm prepared for that.
Have I just been unlucky in the company I spoke to & does anyone have any recommendations? Am not giving up!!
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Help - have just got off the phone to a visa company in London having been told that all I can get is double entry visa valid for 30 days - this completely destroys the idea of my trip( london -mongolia- japan).
Am a u.k citizen living in London & applying for my visa in London. Obviously I was hoping to be able to get a multiple entry (hopefully business) visa. I understand this can cost a bit more but I'm prepared for that.
Have I just been unlucky in the company I spoke to & does anyone have any recommendations? Am not giving up!!
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It is still possible to get multi entry business visas for 6 or 12 months:
https://realrussia.co.uk/Visas/Russian/Business
See with them, I used them 3 times for biz visas with no issues for husband and myself.
Cheers,
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29 Jan 2020
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Help - have just got off the phone to a visa company in London having been told that all I can get is double entry visa valid for 30 days - this completely destroys the idea of my trip( london -mongolia- japan).
Am a u.k citizen living in London & applying for my visa in London. Obviously I was hoping to be able to get a multiple entry (hopefully business) visa. I understand this can cost a bit more but I'm prepared for that.
Have I just been unlucky in the company I spoke to & does anyone have any recommendations? Am not giving up!!
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The catch is that to get a multi-entry time-based visa, you need to have had a single or double-entry visa previously (and have left the country with no problems), so that they trust you now.
If your trip is not absolutely imminent, I suggest that you get a single or double visa, take a cheap flight for some sightseeing in St Petersburg or such, then use its presence in your passport to re-apply for a time-based multivisa.
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29 Jan 2020
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The catch is that to get a multi-entry time-based visa, you need to have had a single or double-entry visa previously (and have left the country with no problems), so that they trust you now.
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I asked this specific question to RealRussia and was told this is only the case for certain classes of visa. It's worth talking to them if you have any visa questions, I have found them very helpful.
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The catch is that to get a multi-entry time-based visa, you need to have had a single or double-entry visa previously (and have left the country with no problems), so that they trust you now.
If your trip is not absolutely imminent, I suggest that you get a single or double visa, take a cheap flight for some sightseeing in St Petersburg or such, then use its presence in your passport to re-apply for a time-based multivisa.
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Not true
You just need a invitation from the FMS then, and it depends on your visa agency if they can get that.
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The first ever visa I had for Russia was a business visa, multi entry, for one year. I had never been there before and had no difficulty getting it, other than the price. Same for husband. Me on a French passport, him on a british one.
Call Real Russia, they do that everyday and should be able to advise you. They are very helpful and cheaper than other agents.
We were both contractors ( I.e. self employed) but this was no issue, they only asked to show enough cash in the bank.
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Same for me
3 times I got Russin business visa without been there the year before.
And the first time I was never in Russia before.
No problem at all.
Got in in Austria from a visa agency.
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The Russian Emabassy in Brussels and the connected visa-central gave us other information. We had applied for multi-entry 1yr business visa, but were given only double entry 90 days business visa. Their explanation from both was that it was because we hadn't visited Russia before. Since we didn't need more at the time I didn't push the subject.
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