St. Petersburg - 2 Day Visit - Multiple or Single Entry Visa?

[sullaRaffaello]

I posted this on the Baltic/Northern European board and received no replies, so I thought I'd post it here. Incidentally, I've gotten 2 different answers from ZVS, the visa service.

 

I plan on seeing St. Petersburg on my own, obtaining my own visa. Our ship will be there 2 days, with one overnight. If I have a single entry visa, and depart the ship the first day, and return that evening, is the return to the ship considered an exit from Russia, such that I wouldn't be allowed off the second day?

[jtl513]

My guess is that since you haven't left territorial waters, you haven't left the country by going back on the ship. Maybe you should stay in a land hotel overnight to be sure. (I'm sure someone on this forum has run into this situation and will give you the real answer.) :)

[Essiesmom]

Granted, it's been 12 years since we did this, but our visa didn't state anything about single entry or more...EM