Visa & RegistrationVISA & REGISTRATIONDear international students! The visa office is located on the third floor of the Conservatory building, room 339. ARRIVAL Each student arrives on the grounds of one-entry study type visa issued for 90 days. Within 2 working days upon arrival your migration card must be registered by the Conservatory. That is why all students are required to submit their documents within the first two days. What is registration? Upon arrival, the visa-office staff will hold your passport, migration card for the registration procedure. To replace those you will receive copies along with the certificate stating that your passport and migration card are temporarily held by the Conservatory. You will get your documents back in 3-4 days along with the registration slip («notification form»). The registration slip («notification form») has two parts separated by a puncture line. The main part is submitted to the authorities. The tear-off receipt must be kept through your stay in Russia and shown to the police or to the passport control officers at the border. Keep your migration card and registration slip safe, as they have to be handed back at passport control on departure. Please remember that you must have your migration card registered EACH TIME you enter the Russian Federation – also in case you have a multiple-entry visa. VISA PROLONGATION In case your study programme is longer than three month, you need your visa to be extended (prolonged). A month prior to your first visa expiry date, you should submit your documents to the Visa Office of the Conservatory and get a multiple-entry visa which is valid for one year. To be registered on arrival/ to prolong the visa the following documents are required:
CHANGING OF RESIDENCY A foreign citizen changing residency in Russia should notify the Visa office about his/her new address within 3 days. In case you stay in a hotel or in hospital (in St. Petersburg or another city), the hotel/ hospital makes a new registration, your present registration of the conservatory is cancelled. You must require the original registration slip from the hotel/ hospital and submit it to the Conservatory Visa office within tree working days upon return to the Student residence/ apartment. The Visa office will make a new registration for you free of charge. LEAVING BEFORE COMPLETING THE COURSE In case you decide to stop your studies in the Conservatory for some reason, you must inform the Visa office and the International Students Office one month before the plan date of leaving, agree on the date of leaving with the Dean and the Visa office, buy a plane ticket and submit it to the Visa office, wait till the “exit visa” is ready (approx. 3 weeks). LOSS OF DOCUMENTS If a foreign citizen loses his/her passport, migration card or registration slip (notification form), he/she should:
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