Invitation status: PICES 14^th Annual Meeting

NEWS: U.S. CITIZENS NEED DIFFERENT VISA APPLICATION FORM (please check this link)

Dear Registrants for PICES 14th Annual Meeting,

If you have applied for an Invitation Letter, you will find information about the status of your request in the table below.

The processing takes several steps, and the final step goes through the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MID). Once the documents are in MID, it takes about 2 weeks to issue the Invitation Letters. Please note that NO Invitation Letter will be sent to you personally.

In the table below, please check the date when your documents were submitted to MID. If you add 15 days to it, you will get the date when you should find your Invitation Telex number in this table and receive a confirmation email from PICES Secretariat.

TINRO can submit only a limited number of documents to MID every week.

Once you receive this Invitation Telex number, you can apply for a VISA to enter Russia.

To obtain a VISA please send your passport along with all required documents and fee to the Russian Embassy/Consulate where you are applying for a VISA.
A short accompanying letter has to be attached to your documents..

This letter should indicate that

1. You have been invited by the Administration of Primorsky Region, Russia
2. Your invitation has been processed through the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
3. Indicate your invitation TELEX NUMBER (from the table) issued by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Please right click on the link and choose "Save Target As..." to download an save on your computer the VISA on-line Application Form

Click on the link to open the SAMPLE on-line VISA Application Form

Download VISA Application Form (not on-line)

Please contact PICES Secretariat if you have any questions.

The Russian Embassy in Canada will accept payment by certified cheque, money order or bank draft.

Please Note that you are going on a BUSINESS trip.

Invitation Status Table

Sorted by Family Name

If you find that "Applied for Invitation" field in your record has "FALSE" value, and you have sent all required documents to TINRO, please contact Julia Yazvenko, PICES Secretariat, IMMEDIATELY.