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Message from the Consul General


Richard C. Beer
Consul General
Every year the United State Embassy’s Consular section in Moscow issues well over 100,000 visas to Russians, facilitating their travel to America for business, tourism, college and university studies, cultural exchanges and employment.  Our goal is to provide every applicant with rapid, fair and friendly service.
If you live far from Moscow, it may be more convenient to apply for your visa at one of our consulates, which are located in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Vladivostok.  I can assure that all of our consular sections in the Russian Federation offer the same high level of service to visa applicants.

On this website we have attempted to give you complete information about how to apply for a visa in Moscow.  If you choose to apply at St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg or Vladivostok, please follow the links to their websites.

Although our visa requirements may seem complex, we have attempted on these web pages to make them easy to understand.  If you read the information and follow the instructions closely, you should be able to prepare your application, submit it and obtain a visa interview appointment with little difficulty.

I have set high standards for the level of service we will provide to you, when you apply for a visa.  If you feel we have failed to meet those standards, please let me know.  Send an e-mail to me at the following address: ConsulMo@state.gov.  I will look into it and get back to you.

After you receive your visa, I hope that your visit to the United States will be enjoyable and successful.
 

Sincerely,

Richard C. Beer

Consul General

 
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