Originally Posted by
MaecDavidMiller
Hotels generally only register people for the duration of their stay in that hotel (not just pre-paid). On a practical basis, this is not an issue as long as you spend less than 30 days in Russia. For instance, I will arrive in Moscow on October 1 (where I have a residence), fly to Kazan on October 2 and register at the hotel there, then go back to Moscow on October 5 and stay till October 20. I've never been challenged, nor have any of my clients in similar circumstances been challenged.
Marc David Miller
That's interesting. In May I flew with a friend to OVB where I have a residence
. I was on my ME visa and he was on a tourist visa. We were only there 3 nights total. He bought a room at the Sibir Hotel for one night and was grilled upon flying out of OVB back to SVO as to where he was and why he did not have the other nights paid for and stamped on his migration card. One of the 3 days we were there was May 1 and therefore not a working day and, as I understand it, therefore not to be counted as one of our 3 days to register. I guess it varies from place to place???