So, another pleasant experience with Russian Consulates around the world, this time in Ottawa, Canada. I wrote a letter to them yesterday, asking for an official advice about travelling arrangements and documents to Crimea due to the uncertain geo-political situation in the region. I stated my main citizenship - British, my secondary expired passport - Russian as well as a current Canadian permanent residency and other info. We were LUCKY enough to avoid dealing with RF authorities since 2003 as we opted to just visit Crimea, Ukraine for 10 years visa and hassle free. I wrote a letter in English, so I will have a correspondence record understandable to my local family and my English speaking lawyer, and possible international bodies should something happen to me/us. I foolishly believed that in the country where official languages are English and French, it is not just courteous but simply a must that consulate workers are to be able to handle the cases in English, French and of course Russian should someone prefers it. Here is an answer I received - Добрый день! Просьба писать на русском языке. В случае отсутствия русской клавиатуры - методом транслитерации. С уважением, Консульский отдел Translating - Good Day! We request that you write in Russian. If you do not have Russian keyboard, use translit.ru method. Regards, ~Russian~ Consulate department I LOVE IT. SO GLAD I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS AGAIN.
Posted on: Fri, 23 May 2014 16:44:47 +0000
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