How to apply for a nonimmigrant visa
The United States Consulate General in Vladivostok will continue
its partnership with the Pony Express courier network to allow residents
of Vladivostok consular district to submit their nonimmigrant visa
applications directly at the Pony Express offices in Vladivostok,
Khabarovsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Magadan, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy,
Blagoveshchensk and Yakutsk.
The Pony Express courier delivers the applications to the U.S. Consulate
General in Vladivostok, where they will be reviewed by consular
staff. If an interview is necessary, Pony Express will deliver an
appointment card directly to the applicant. After the interview,
should the visa be granted, the applicant will receive it through
Pony Express. Average appointment wait time for all nonimmigrant
visas - one week (from the time the application is received by the
U.S. Consulate General in Vladivostok).
Applicants should submit their passport, an official application
(Form DS-156 and Form DS-157 (for men of age 16-45) available at
Pony Express offices), an application fee, visa fees, and any documents
in support of the application.
Pony Express' fees
If documents are submitted through the Pony Express office in Vladivostok
the company's surcharge is 700 rubles per application.
If documents are submitted through one of Pony Express' regional
offices, the surcharge is 1,300 rubles per application.
If documents are submitted through the Pony Express office in Vladivostok
and delivered to one of the regional offices, the surcharge is 1,100
rubles per application.
For more information, please visit Pony Express web-site: www.ponyexpress.ru
or call Vladivostok office at (4232) 61 13 87.
Visa fees
Pony Express offices
Currently, there are Pony Express representatives in the following
major cities of Vladivostok consular district:
Pony Express, Vladivostok
9, Pervaya Morskaya St., Room 115
Vladivostok
Tel: (4232) 61-13-87
Pony Express, Yakutsk
2/3, Kalvitsa St. Room 6
Tel: (4112) 21-22-78, 65-29-60
Borisov Andrey Nikitich
E-mail: pony_yakutsk@mail.ru
Pony Express, Khabarovsk
27, Muravyeva-Amurskogo
Room 12-18
"Primorskiy Aviation Agency"
Open: 10:00 - 17:00
Tel: (4212) 31-61-03
Pony Express, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
- 246/A, Lenin St. Room 319
Tel: 4242-453567
Fax: 4242-721508
- 74, Kommunisticheskiy Ave.
"Primorskiy Aviation Agency"
Open: 10:00 - 17:00
Tel: (4242) 72-23-18, 43-74-74, 43-75-75
E-mail: emalutina@airagency.ru
Pony Express, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy
81, Okeansakaya St.
Avacha Hotel, 4th floor
Tel: (4152) 42-74-17
E-mail: dstepanova@airagency.ru
Pony Express, Blagoveshchensk
Gala Tour Company
185, Lenina St.
Room 2
Blagoveshchensk
Tel: (4162) 52-75-07, 53-73-73
Pony Express, Neryungri
Kryuchkov, Igor
Tel: (41147) 60-278
Pony Express, Magadan
46, Gagarina St. Room 30
Plakhotnikova, Irina
Plakhotnikov, Vladimir
Tel: (41322) 65-10-84, 65-29-60
Pony Express, Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Shishkin, Aleksandr
Tel: (4217) 55-36-77
E-mail: ponykxk@mail.ru
Other locations
In case there is no Pony Express office in your city, you may contact
the nearest office and submit your paperwork there, or travel to
Vladivostok and submit your paperwork via the Vladivostok office.
Groups
To facilitate the issuance of nonimmigrant visas for travel by groups
such as shipping crews, athletic teams, business delegations and
Government sponsored exchange participants, etc, the consulate will
accept applications from a designated representatives of each group
between 10:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Who may be a designated representative?
Any individual or a business entity may act as a courier or a representative
of a group of ten or more people all traveling for the same purpose
and to the same place. Otherwise, applications should be delivered
to the U.S. Consulate General in Vladivostok by Pony Express courier
service.
Waiver of personal interview
The Department of State has authorized Consular Officers to waive
the personal appearance requirement for certain persons whom the
Consular Officer has already determined do not present national
security concerns requiring an interview. While at the discretion
of the Consular Officer, people eligible for this waiver include:
- A child 13 years of age or younger;
- A person 80 years of age or older;
- Diplomatic visas applicants;
- Someone applying within 12 months of the expiration of a previously
granted visa.
Finger scanning
All visa applicants are subject to finger scanning. The Department
of State has authorized Consular Officers to waive finger scanning
for certain persons:
- A child 13 years of age or younger;
- A person 80 years of age or older.
Processing time
Average visa processing time (the number of working days after a
consular officer decision to issue a visa, for the passport with
visa to be returned to applicants by courier) - three working days.
Contacts
Further information about visa application procedures may be found
on our Internet Web
page. You may contact our User-pay
call center or the Consulate by e-mail vladcons@state.gov.
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