СССР: технология отъезда Together with the application, you needed to submit to OVIR: your autobiography; the invitation from the relative in Israel, certified by the Foreign Ministry of Israel; the
kharakteristika from your job, stating that it was addressed to OVIR specifically for a visa application, and signed by the director of your place of employment, the party secretary, and the chairman of the trade union committee; a certificate, also specifically directed to OVIR, from the office running your apartment building regarding your status as a resident of Moscow and the condition of your domicile; a signed statement from your parents, if alive, about how they looked upon your desire to leave the country and whether they had any financial or other claims upon you, with their signatures certified either at their places of work or by the office of their appartment building; certificates of birth and, wherever applicable, of marriage, divorce, parents' death; copies of diplomas; four photographs; two blank postcards with your home address; receipt from the bank certifying your payment of the special tax for the exit visa application; internal passport, military record, trade union card, work book, pension card.
Chaim Potok,
The Gates of NovemberНа самом деле, неточность только одна: не автобиографию, а заполненную и заверенную анкету на 3-4 страницы. Большая часть перечисленных документов (кроме согласия родителей, справки из ЖЭКа и копий дипломов) требовалась не только для эмиграции в Израиль, но и для одноразового визита, хоть бы и на три дня, в любую страну за пределами СССР. Разница между оформлением в кап. и соцстраны состояла лишь в размерах гербового сбора (205 руб. и 31 руб. соответственно) и разных сроках ожидания ответа от ОВИР.
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