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Photo by Andy Miller, UK, Taking a rest, Jokulsarlon, Iceland

I haven't been everywhere...
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Photo by Andy Miller, UK,
Taking a rest,
Jokulsarlon, Iceland



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waytorussia.net reliable?

Hello, trying to get a tourist visa for Russia (on the way to Mongolia) several
services to get an invitation are proposed, but some of them are very expencive (185 Euro!)
On the website "waytorussia.net" an invitation is proposed for 30 dollars to register online...
My question is : is this site reliable?
Anybody has experienced to obtain the visa by this way.?.. any feed-back would be welcome
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Yes!

I used WayToRussia.Net to get multi-entry visas for Russia. I delt with Irina Osminina and found her to be excellent.

Invite was issued quickly with minimal fuss and all credit card statements matched up.

No problems with them, and I would use them again anytime.

Cheers.

Mark

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Hi,

I tried to use them, my experience was ok. They were a little bit slow and there was a bit too much back and forth due to lack of clarity on their part. I had much better luck looking locally and after a few incredibly high quotes for what is a simple paper, found someone who was willing to do it at a similar price but knocked it off very quickly, no problems.
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Thanks , I did find a belgian service to help me, very fast and efficient , On the way( thinking of returning trough kazakstan I think to use the services of STAN TOURS (thanks mottoedde)
they look pretty much fast and clear to me

Anyway thanks for your advices

Three more weeks of prep...and ...there we go
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