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Old 1 May 2017
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Russia Visa in Ulaanbaatar, Possible? Whats the situation?

Hi all, we will soon be doing Mongolia on two wheels but will sell the bike in Ulaanbaatar to take the trans-siberian home.

I have read some conflicting info about whether you can get a Russia visa in UB or not. One of us is with a US passport, the other with a Swiss. Anyone done this recently?

Specifically we were curious of

A.) it is possible (I have heard you must apply for Russia visa in your country of residence)

B.) Do you need all the invitation and hotel bookings etc.

C.) How long does it take

And lastly, if it takes several weeks would it be a problem to leave our passports in UB while they process the visas and go tromping around Mongolia with only photocopies of our passports and the receipt from the Russian embassy.

Any help much appreciated!
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(I have heard you must apply for Russia visa in your country of residence)
Not sure about for Swiss citizens, but US citizens definitely don't need to apply for a Russian visa in the US. I've received many Russian visa outside of the US. This differs by country, however, based on reciprocal visa arrangements, so could be different for Swiss.
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In 2015 I met one person in Oasis who got a Transit Visa in UB.

I am not sure what Nationality he was, but I think he was from Europe.
At least he did not speak German. So no Swiss, Austrian or German.
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Last year friends of me get It. Not sure how many time was needed, but I think It was less than a week. Try to get fresh news.

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I got my Russian work visa (UK passport) in UB November 2016.
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Is there any update to this?

Coming from Europe to Mongolia, continuing to Vladivostok, it is not clear to me what the best choice is. Perhaps take a normal tourist visa of one month (which we will probably need one month). And then go to Ulaanbatar to get a new Russian visa?

I also read the business visa can be used to get a longer duration double entry visa. But if you take the multiple entry that is one year, you have to stay out of Russia for three months. This is too long, maybe we stay two months in Mongolia.

So three months double-entry also won't work because it is probably too short.

So I'm wondering if we would take a 5 to 6 months double entry business visa, it would work? Or other restrictions?
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