Russia may tighten visa rules for Indians

Date: Thursday, April 10, 2003 12:47 PM

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Russia may tighten visa rules for Indians

PTI[ THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2003 07:45:03 PM ]

MOSCOW: Moscow has identified India among 21 others as a country posing
a "threat of illegal immigration" for Russia and has tightened visa
rules for Indians.

According to influential business daily Kommersamt, along with India,
20 more countries including all the SAARC member states, Afghanistan,
China and Turkey have been put on Russia's blacklist and from now on,
all visa applications of their citizens would have to be cleared by the
FSB - Federal Security Service, an equivalent of the American FBI.

There was no official confirmation of the report.

The new Russian rules are going to badly hit Indian multinationals and
fairly large NRI business in Russia, as their owners and employers
settled and posted in third countries would have to go back to India
every time for getting Russian visa.

"Russia has already refused visa for our Thailand-based officer, who
was told to fly all the way to Mumbai and to get it from the local
Russian consulate," CIS manager of a London-based NRI-owned company,
Yogender Nagpal, said here.

"My boss frequently flies in and out of Moscow on business trips, as we
own one of the largest home depots here. Now every time for the renewal
of his Russian visa he would have to waste a lot of time commuting to
India," Nagpal complained.

Almost all the Indian-owned companies in Russia are facing similar
problems.

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