Не ищи меня, пропавшую без вести, - Разминулись мы с тобой не единожды

Jan 25, 2016 14:56

So. The ongoing saga of the Russian visa... she is ongoing.

I met with Visa Guy last Friday.

No. Back up.
I met with Visa Guy the Thursday before last.

No. Wait. From the top.

Russian visas are hard to get. At the best of times. Especially for Canadians (who the Russians do not currently much like) and an order of magnitude more so for people ( Read more... )

bureaucracy, holidays, russia-planning, biking

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frandroid January 28 2016, 23:42:18 UTC
Oh shit, talk about plans going sideways.

I know an entrepreneur here of Russian background who employs a few dozen programmers in Russia, maybe she could have an idea? Just throwing this out there. :P

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mrputter January 30 2016, 19:46:20 UTC
Well, yes and no.

I mean, it’s the Russian government bureaucracy - as I’ve mentioned before, not all that many steps removed from the Soviet bureaucracy. So I’ve always expected this to be awkward and difficult and annoying and a major hassle. I mean, if something like this is going to put any kind of kink into my plans, I have much bigger problems coming down the pipe. You don’t plan a multi-month trip to Russia without expecting bureaucratic frustrations. (’Least, not unless you’re hopelessly naïve...)

So yeah. *shrug* I am continuing to plug away. A solution will eventually be found, of some degree of legality.

After all, I’ve lived in the Middle East. I have learned how to have patience with officialdom’s occasionally byzantine workings ( ... )

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