Dear
colleagues,
The
Organizing Committee of the Xth International Congress for Finno-Ugric Studies
would like to thank you for your interest in participation in our forum and
host you in
In order to
organize the procedures of receipt of the
Please
download and open the attached file (Visa_appl.doc)
and read thoroughly the instructions. Please fill in all required personal
information, which is necessary for the Invitation for a visa. The Organizing
Committee will submit a set of documents for each participant, and then the
invitation (so called "visa support") will be sent to the Embassy or
Consulate of the Russian Federation, where the applicants will address for a visa.
Please send
the filled application form with personal data back to the main e-mail of the
Congress (fu10@mari-el.ru) in attached MS Word file, or by fax (+7 8362
72 07 78). Please send along a copy of your passport (pages with photo and
personal information) either by fax or e-mail (as attached jpg. file).
DEADLINE!
Application forms with your personal information and copies of national passports
must be received by the Organizing Committee of the Congress by
WARNING!
The national passport must be expired not earlier than in 6 months after the
end of the planned visit. Therefore, those participants who have passports with
expiration date earlier than in January 2006 should exchange or prolong them.
Many of you
who travel throughout the world have passport filled with plenty of foreign
visas. In order to get a new Russian visa, there must be at least 2 blank pages
in your passport.
IMPORTANT!
Every foreign citizen crossing the Russian border must have the so-called
Migration Card (generally given at the airport, in train, or at the border
crossing point). Please be aware not to lose these Migration Cards: they must
be represented to the Russian authorities during the registration (in
Sincerely
yours,
Organizing
Committee