I'm sorry I missed you during your visit to the States.
Glad to hear you got all the visa issues worked out.
John Zagorski
· 1 year ago
Yeah, the arduous visa system is silly, really, especially for people who have suffered through it over a dozen times and proven that they can go through it without detracting from Russia. There should be some kind of honored guest plan or something, where, instead of filling out the endless homestay paperwork with the exact same facts and numbers, and wearing out one's nerves in OVIR, which in the smaller towns (like where I go) often means standing in the same line as people filing for ANY civil act --- and take a long, dramatic time doing so, --- one could apply for and pay for the visa on-line, then check in at a kiosk at the point of entry. Again, these would be guests who had always done exactly as they said they would, so why squeeze them out of a few meetings and shopping exercizes in Moscow and force them to always chose the most break-neck route to their "final" destination? I think us homestay old-timers deserve something for our loyal patronage.
fsechzer
· 1 year ago
Things haven't changed much in the last 20+ years since I left. I was back this summer -it was hard to adjust.
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Glad to hear you got all the visa issues worked out.