Flying to Russia: Plan additional time for immigration check?
I'll be flying Aeroflot from Germany to Vladivostok with layover in Moscow SVO.
Aeroflot hotline told me that the check-in opens 150min and closes 45min pre-flight, but could not tell me about immigration formalities.
Vladivostok Airport homepage tells me I have to fill in the immigration card at VVO before leaving through customs.
This is my first non-EU flight. I already obtained the visa. Do I have take into account additional time for visa / passport / luggage checks at departure or layover airport?
Best Answer
In general, the hard part of getting to Russia is sorting out your visa, once you have one actually going through Immigration is generally no problem. (Unless you land at a busy time and end up in a huge queue, but that can happen anywhere.)
Also, since you presumably have the entire trip on one booking from Aeroflot, it's their responsibility to accommodate you if you don't make your connecting flight, as long as your layover is longer than the minimum connecting time helpfully linked to by Vince.
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