Originally Posted by
craz
whom are you using in order to get the multiple visa? its not simply that you ask that they issue that instead of the 1 time Visa.
I will apply through ILS, which is damn impossible to reach by phone. But...
I could not follow your post well (sorry!). When you say that "its not simply that you ask that they issue that instead of the 1 time," do you mean that it is not up to me whether I'll get a three-year visa. The ILS site actually says that I can specifically ask for a three-year visa (there is even a letter / form I can use to do that). The question is whether I can get a multiple visa with a passport that is set to expire in 2.5 years. Couldn't find anything on the ILS site about this.
The only information I could get is from a dubious site (
this one), which states this: "Does your passport expire in less than 3.5 years? You can still get a multiple entry visa, but it will just be good for the life of your passport, less 6 months. So, for example, if your passport expires in 2.5 years, your Russian Visa would be valid for 2 years." Can I trust that?