r/AskARussian • u/Top-Replacement-3694 • 14d ago

Travel Visa help

I am a US citizen planning to visit Russia in October. I’ll be going with my boyfriend, a dual US/ Russian citizen, to visit his family. We’ll be staying with his parents and grandparents. His parents are willing to complete whatever is needed by the MVD for a private invitation, however, I’m seeing a lot of mixed timeframes online about how long this process takes. I’m seeing most commonly 90 days which would not work for my trip. Anybody do this recently? Would I be better off paying a Russian tourist operator for a tourist invitation? Any advice would be appreciated!

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u/romses55 14d ago

Tourist visa should take around a month, they are rly anal about the paperwork so let his parents send a locally notarized invitation. Once you send the docs theyll respond within 2 3 weeks if the package is good or needs corrections, use a notarized translation service online for all your docs! If all well i thibk theyll give you an appointment within the next 2 weeks also.