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| When I land at Sheremetyavo(?) or Domodedovo(?) I used to have to fill in a form on the plane prior to arrival and get it stamped at passport control. Now, they print it out and give it to me when they look at my passport when I arrive. But when I depart they take this slip of paper from me and, seemingly???, chuck it on the floor. I always wondered how important these slips of paper are and what the penalties are for losing them? Can anyone tell us more? Perhaps they are not chucked on the floor but are put through some computer scanner or something?? Peter |
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Location: South Oxfordshire, UK & St. Petersburg, Russia | Migration Card - I don't know anyone who has tried to exit Russia without one but I suggest that you look after it like you would a £50 note unless you want some aggro at immigration control and the risk of a fine. They use the unique number on it which they enter the into the computer system when you depart Russia. This number will then match up with all the other details on the computerised record they logged when you entered Russia. After they've keyed the number into the computer and are happy that all the details are fine they probably then just bin the paper slip as it's no longer needed.
Visa Registation Slip - Once you've registered, this isn't needed again unless you get stopped by the authorities for some reason and asked to show your documents. It's just a receipt to prove you've registered your visa. |
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| Many thanks GaryM. I only ask because those little slips of paper seem easily lost, and I am slightly careless............ (no humourous comments on my previous posts please!!) |
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Location: South Oxfordshire, UK & St. Petersburg, Russia | Simple answer is don't lose it!! 
If you're worried then get a zippable pouch for your passport and keep the migration card tucked inside the passport, and keep the passport zipped inside the pouch. Then leave that pouch somewhere safe in the apartment you are staying or in a hotel safe if you're staying in a hotel. If you then happen to lose your migration card it also means you will have lost your passport too so you would then have bigger problems to worry about than just a lost migration card.
There is no reason to carry your passport and/or migration card (and/or registration slip) around with you on the street. If you're concerned that you might need to produce your documents to the authorities for some reason while you're away from your place of residence (I've never needed to in the 6 years I've been visiting Russia) then just carry photocopies with you 
Edited by GaryM 2012-03-08 1:08 PM
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| Use a decent quality wide elastic band wich will fit round your passport with just a little bit of stretching.
Open the passport up at the middle pages and thread the elastic band over the pages & cover so that it wraps round the spine and down the middle of the centre pages.
Any certificates for jabs, or immigration slips - I then open up the passport at the middle pages, and thread them through under elastic band so that they're half one side and half the other side. Close the passport and all is nice and secure plus I always know where the damn things will be when I need them.
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DO NOT do what I did a few years ago. I stuck an emergency £10 under the band to be sure I had cash for the tube on my return to LHR. Completely forgot about it, arrived at passport control to leave and come back to blighty, at passport control opened the passport to retrieve the immigration slip to also reveal a crisp £10 note.
Edited by senwd 2012-03-08 4:52 PM
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Location: When at home either Sakhalin Island or Scotland | Further to previous posts. Concerning the importance of that slip of paper (The Migration Card).
Concerning the importance of the Migration Card I would add another 0 (Zero) behind the £50 pound note, loose that slip of paper and you are deep in the brown stuff, I cannot remember what the exact fine is for loosing the migration card but I o remember that it is quite hefty further if you loose the migration card you have lost all proof of your registration. I personally attach the migration card to the back page of my passport using a paper-clip, so that the card is tucked inside the passport.
To confirm Gary's comment about not carrying your passport with you.
I never carry my passport with me when I am in Russia. Some time in the past I had to go to the local UFMS in Yuzhno-Sakhalin, I was asked to produce my passport, my then fiancée (now my wife) said "I have told him not to carry his passport, so that he does loose it" the UFMS official looked at us and his comment was "Then you will have to come back tomorrow with the passport". |
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