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Importaint information for football fans from UK!
Posted: Tue May 6, 2008 06:03 AM UTC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7384367.stm

Russia has waived normal visa requirements for a 72-hour period for football fans with a ticket for the Champions League final in Moscow.

And the visa exemption will apply between 19 and 23 May (other source: 17...25).

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Re: Importaint information for football fans from UK!
Posted: Tue May 6, 2008 07:06 AM UTC
And wouldn't it be nice if the visa applications in general were made a whole lot simpler but I guess, for UK citizens at least, that won't happen until there is a reciprocal arrangement for Russians. Oh well, I'll just keep on doing the yearly rigamarole.......

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Re: Importaint information for football fans from UK!
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 08:41 AM UTC
Just to give a real picture. At least 1 of every 2 visas to UK is denied now with the most ridiculous explanations. Even if a person visited UK hundred times before. Travel agencies tend to stop to cater this destination.

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Re: Importaint information for football fans from UK!
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 10:58 AM UTC
One reason may be because the UK authorities in Russia have "farmed out" the visa issuing system to local agencies.

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Re: Importaint information for football fans from UK!
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 11:01 AM UTC
local authorities don;t influence the decision, but I agree it could be even worse if they could, but may be not

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Re: Importaint information for football fans from UK!
Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 07:07 AM UTC
It's just that they don't have the relevant training and it seems to involve more middlemen and thus, the information, etc. gets stuck in the pipeline.

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