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# Formolities*Moskow. .P.i.s' Companiowo**Moscow, 1967.*All you need for a Soviet Union is your national passport and visa and the itinerary. Pioneer time of your visit and the itineraryVisa As a rule, are issued for travellers by tourist firms and travel you can get your viva yourself.Visas are issued is Soviet consular offices in every country five to seven days the visa is valid for the indicated time of . The visa is valid for the indicated time of the Soviet Union. The visa is valid for the indicated time of the Soviet Union.Soviet border the visa is valid for the indicate points of entry and exit on the Indication on your route.If you decide to end your visit or alter the itinerary, apply to the service bureau at your hotel. If Intourist is able to provide the necessary accommodation, your visa will be altered accord- ingly. Vieas, and subsequent alterations in them, are free of charge.Visas for transit travel via the U.S.S.R. by railway or motor are issued if you have the pertinent visa of the country neigh boring on the U.S.S.R. You need no Suvict visa if you travrt248Intourist takes care of youvia U.S.S.R. by air, provided you do not stay in Soviet transfer towns for more than 24 hours.Intourist does not service travellers who come on visits to rela- tives in the Soviet Union. Neither does it offer services in towns where Intourist. agencies are unavailable In such cases, apply to a Soviet consulate abroad.Under reciprocal agreements between the Soviet Union and some other countries, no visas are necessary for nationals of these countries for travel in the U.S.S.R. and for Savistotourists visiting these countries.Medical Formalities. An international smallpox incolation certi- ficate is required for entry to the Soviet Union from African, Asian and South American countries, and in addition, a cholera certiheste for entry froni India and Eastern Pakistan.Customs. Personal belongingi-garments shoes tourist and sports gear, perfumery and cosmetics, ete in quantities neces sary for the time of stay in the Soviet Union depending on the seisun, are duty-free. Besides, travellers may boring duty-free. (per person; two cameras, one amateur camera and a reasonable (non-commercial) amount of souvenirs. Persons com- ing to the Soviet Union on a hunting tour provided they have a certificate issued by Intourist or a foreign travel firm confirm- ing this purpose of their trip! may bring sporting rifles.To make sure passage home in unhinderul, please register the foreign currency you have brought with you with the customs. which wilt issue you a pertinent certificate.It is pruhchited to bring to the U.S.S.R. Soviet curreneys, Soviet government lends, annulled sentities, at ... and hashish and applestues for smoking them, obscene materiels and books, blins, records, etc., pofitually and economically rejudicious to the U.S.S.R.All objects and articles (except those prohibited by Law; may be shipped cut of the U.S.S.R. in any quan provided they have been purchased with Soviet at the Vneshtorg Bank of the U.S.S.R. or the eicies of the State Bank of the U.S.S.R (Gabant chased with foreign convertible currency. For the ur passage of such goods make sure you have the pertin-ut bank certificates or shop's balls6