Originally Posted by
fungirl
My fiance just got a tourist visa from the Russian Embassy in D.C. His dates of travel 12/24/10-1/3/11 requested - he got it for a whole month - 12/22/10-1/22-11 - so extra dates were given.
^ Haven't heard of this happening outside this forum, maybe the agencies are requesting the extra dates? I'm curious to know, since I always max the number of days for my visa type on the application to give myself as much room as possible for unexpected events.

I have always assumed if I didn't add extra safety days, no one else would.