My fiancee is fighting not knowing which international passport type to get.
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There are two: Temp, Perm

Temp is for like tourists
Perm is when you move permanantly out of the country.

Does anyone know what your fiance/e got?

Is your fiancee going to be a "tourist" when she comes here to America?

Or is she moving permanently out of the country, to be with you???

-- Dan

its a K1 visa... but the embassy didn't know the difference what so ever.

Well, Tanja did not quite understand the question. She has two red passports, both book-like. The international one is valid for 5 years.

Does the tourist one have the same duration and features?

Jim

I have never heard of this distinction.
As far as I am aware there are only two passports for Russian citizens:
1. Internal passport. This is like a national ID card and cannot be used for international travel.
2. International Passport.
Have the authorities issue her a "zagran" passport.

She needs a "permanent" (aka long-term) international Russian Passport.

A "tourist international passport" for a citizen of the Russian Federations is of short duration, allowing them to leave the country for a short time as a visitor (tourist) somewhere else. At least as I understand it.

If she's getting a K-1 visa to ENTER the US, then she should have an INTERNATIONAL (permanent) Russian Passport in order to exit (and enter again, if she desires) Russia...

The VISA is used to ENTER America. The Passport is used to leave (and re-enter) Russia, as well as to identify her as a Russian citizen abroad.

Since ostensibly, I am sure the K-1 petitioner Sling hopes she will live here for longer than the 90 days the K-1 Visa is good for, I would likely think she should get the PERMANENT Russian citizen international passport.

It does have an expiration date, but it is permanent (can be renewed...)

My .02 kopecks worth. Sheesh!

-- Dan

Yes. I think there was some problem with the translation. Just internal and international passports, and she won't get past the interview and get the visa with just the internal passport.

Just realized looking at your other thread about PMJ that you have confused visas and passports. There are temp and perm visas. See my response to your PMJ thread.

The longer the better! (Insert your own joke hear.)