You got this visa in the St. Petersburg's consulate???

Hmm...

From what I'm hearing St. Petersburg's consulate is much more liberal and less cruel...

Noone knows if what would happen in Moscow.
A good friend of mine was there in the April and she witnessed how a husband of an American woman ( also working, living in Russia, but in Moscow ) got DENIED a visitor's visa. All she wanted to do is to show her husband to her family back in the states ( they've been married for a couple of years ).

And not only didn't they give him a visa, but they treated her like crap in the process. The conversation was in English of course.

Would you happen to know what's the best way of contacting the consulate in St. Pete?

Did you have any experience in that? I need to either call them or send an e-mail regarding a question I have. Do you know if they'd respond? How did you husband contact them ( if he did )?

By the way, if you want to call Moscow's consulate it's about a $1 per minute - they will tell you nothing on the regular phone, they will direct you to a paid line.

Thanks again for your help,

Pavel

I live in Los Angeles, California, so an "Average American" here is generally well educated ( not even mentionning the immigrants ). I did mean the compliment in the best way, and you shouldn't be ashamed to accept it.

If I lived in Butthole, Oklahoma - now that's another matter, and an Average American there is NOT an Average American in a big City like Los Angeles, and in California as a whole.

Generally it's not easy for a Non-native speaking to achive your level of English comprehension, so congrads!

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Originally posted by Sweetypie:
Well, thank you for the compliment. I know well what "avarage American's" means. That's not my goal. My husband is very well spoken (not only for an American).
Regarding the consulate in StPete: you can call them free of charge (if you're in StPete, naturally). That's what my husband did. Their phone # is the following: (812) 275-1701 (call from 9:00 am till 17:00 pm). You can call any time, but the thing is that they answer questions regarding immigration stuff in the morning, and non immigration - in the afternoon. But in any case they will tell you, when you have to call them back.
Good luck!

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Originally posted by JuliaMI:
To SRaul: sorry, but your wife should go to the nearest embassy (in Moscow). One my friend tryed to get B1 visa in SPb - having "propiska" in Tver'. Her documents were rejected in a moment. And SPb embassy does not have any deal with K1, K3 and many other types of US visas.

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Esli u neio est' propiska v Pitere ( mozno vremennuu zdelat' esli znakomie est' - glavnoe chto bi bil real'niy address ) to mozete idti v Piterskoe posol'stvo.

Chto bi idti v Varshavu - ona dolzna bit' grazdankoi Urkraini, ili Belorussii ( po moimu ).

Mi s moei nevestoi kak raz rabotaem nad etim voprsom ( naschet Pitera ), esli hochesh - e-mail me, ya rasskazu chto mi delaem.

ca_russianman@yahoo.com

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Originally posted by Sweetypie:
Только что прочитала статью о девушке Майе из Сибири, которой не дали визу для визита семьи мужа в США. Я, конечно, не знаю, в Москве правила могут быть другие, но, по-моему, не все уж так плохо. Конечно же, имеют значение многие факторы: предыдущие визиты в США, работа, присутствие мужа при подаче заявления на визу и т.д.
Я замужем за американцем, мы работаем вместе в российско-американской компании. Знакомы 2 года, поженились в январе 2002. Я до этого дважды была в США - по работе. Получили многократную визу на прошлой неделе - даже без интервью. Мы просто пришли в консульство, показали все документы, сказали, что иммиграционные документы начнем оформлять со временем, ближе к отъезду - я не хочу бросать мужа тут одного. Планируем прожить в России еще 2-3 года, а затем переехать в США.
Получили визу в тот же день.

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