Visa to get into the US

[juliemac57@hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

Let me ask the guys at work. I work with a couple of Russians who came over 
back about 5 years ago. One of them is from where Roman is from.

Julie


>From: cwass99@rogers.com
>To: Josh Able <mkii@nycap.rr.com>
>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: RE: Visa to get into the US
>Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 22:05:22 -0500 (EST)
>
>      I can't comment on going from Russia to US, but from Canada to 
>"scheduled
>countries" (Syria, former Yugoslavia, etc) we needed to allow about 2 
>months.
>I would guess going in the other direction is pretty similar.  Basically, 
>he
>needs to get himself and his passport to the nearest US embassy and fill 
>out the
>forms.  Then he gets to wait.  Again, my experience doesn't cover this 
>specific
>instance, but I would think a US mission (if he isn't in Moscow) would work
>equally well.  Otherwise (no mission, no embassy) he needs to mail things 
>in
>and I would guess at least 2-3 months planning in advance is needed.  How 
>much
>does he trust the local postal system with his passport?
>      Also depends on type and duration of visa.  If he's just visiting 
>(for
>Cincy?) for  couple weeks, shouldn't be that tough.  If he's planning to 
>get a
>green card so he can stay and get a job, I've heard it's a lot easier to 
>get to
>Mexico and get the green card from the embassy there.  He could probably 
>expect
>(from friends from southeast Asia who did this) to be in Mexico a couple 
>months
>at least.
>      Good luck.
>
>Cheers,
>Colin
>
>
>On 01-Mar-2002 Josh Able wrote:
> > Hi, I've been talking to Roman the guy from Russia. He is wondering how 
>hard
> > and what he has to do to get a Visa to get into the US. Any clues?
> >
> >
> > Josh Able
> >
> >
> >
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