For the participants which will live at the Hotel "Andersen" the invitation for reception of the tourist visa will be made by the Hotel and sent by fax. The price of such invitation is included in the registration fees.

If you do not plan to live at the Hotel "Andersen" or you plan to visit also other towns, it is necessary to make a special invitation and to take official visa via the Internal Affairs Ministry. In this case you should pay in addition 20 EURO for the official invitation..

For taking the official visa via the Internal Affairs Ministry taking you would send by E-Mail after scanning the following information for you and for the accompanying persons:

• The copy of your passport page, contained photo, number and validity of the passport
  Number and validity of the passport should be well visible on a copy.
• The complete name and address of your organization, phone, fax and your post-office
• Itinerary
• arrival/departure

Please send these data by e-mail discone@vilan.spb.ru not later than March 30, 2005

Please ask the Russian Consulate in each country if they accept a Fax copy of the Invitation letter.
Take into account that to obtain the visa without an additional tax for rapid delivery, the formalities can take up to two weeks (ask the Russian Consulate in your country).

Please, inform the Organizing Committee about the date and time of your arrival and departure as well as the flight numbers by E-mail. In this way we can organize a pick up service from and to the airport.