landing In russia without a visa
Dec 22, 2014, 10:58 am
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landing In russia without a visa
i have a stopover in moscow on jan 5th and i just realized that there is an airport change from SVO to VKO, im assuming there is no way to get a visa in the airport. what will happen in russia?
Dec 22, 2014, 12:48 pm
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The most probable outcome is that you will be denied boarding onto your inbound flight to Russia. If you get to SVO, you will not be allowed through the passport control (as you don't have a visa and I assume you need one), so you'll be detained and put on a flight back to where you arrived from.
Dec 22, 2014, 3:27 pm
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Ps. The above assumes you're an American.
Dec 22, 2014, 3:34 pm
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However, the Russian consulates in the USA tend to take holidays (based on holidays on the USA and Russian calendars) without advance announcement. Some of them could suddenly decide to close for most of the rest of this month.
Dec 22, 2014, 11:06 pm
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Dec 22, 2014, 11:55 pm
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Answer: nothing... the airline will not give you boarding passes.
Dec 23, 2014, 12:45 am
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not an option now, they are on holiday
Dec 23, 2014, 12:47 am
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Dec 23, 2014, 12:48 am
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Answer: nothing... the airline will not give you boarding passes.
Dec 23, 2014, 12:50 am
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The most probable outcome is that you will be denied boarding onto your inbound flight to Russia. If you get to SVO, you will not be allowed through the passport control (as you don't have a visa and I assume you need one), so you'll be detained and put on a flight back to where you arrived from.
Dec 23, 2014, 8:06 am
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Dec 24, 2014, 12:37 am
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Will cost you an extra $129 on top of the $289 visa fee.
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Jan 5, 2015, 2:34 pm
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anyway your choices are two:
change ticket
try to get visa in a consulate wherever you are going between 5th and 15th.