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Multiple entry Russian visa help

Please help me team I'm struggling on the 1st hurdle! Must be out of practice!

Ok going on my geography when I leave New Zealand I ship to Vladivostok. I then drive into Mongolia pop out the other side into Russia then into Kazakhstan followed by back into Russia before I hit Eastern Europe.
As a Russian visa is only double entry and valid for 90 days how do I get around this?
Based in New Zealand right now have a British and New Zealand passport.

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Multiple entry Russian visa help...

As a Russian visa is only double entry and valid for 90 days how do I get around this?
Your answer is your question... get a multiple entry visa.
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As EO said, you have to get a multiple entry Business Visa.


Fairly straightforward to get sorted. Find a good agency and wait. Give yourself at least 4 to 6 weeks.




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Does anyone have any good agencies they have used? So I take it I don't need to be on business?
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Does anyone have any good agencies they have used? So I take it I don't need to be on business?


A good agency depends on where you are.... New Zealand?


Rules also depend on nationality and location. I am French, and my Russian Business visa, in the UK, costs half that of my British husband, BUT I need to provide a return plane ticket! Go figure!


However, in France, as a French, rules again are different from what I gather.


So see locally.


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hmm strange.

Yeah I'm in New Zealand at the moment. I have a NZ and a UK passport so I use which ever is best. Bit like James Bond really ha

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Hi! I would recommend to visit Belarus and Ukraine also. These ountries differ from Russia and have a number of places to visit.
However more visas to open.
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I'm American and recently secured a multi-entry business visa for Russia, using an US based agency. As I understand it a "business" visa is needed for more than two entries, and I'm doing three. The agency arranged my "business" contact and secured the needed business invitation.

It took two months and cost a fair bit of coin!
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