What is necessary to know for a trip across the Bering Straits?
Today native inhabitants from the Iultinsky, Providensky, Chukotsky Rayons, and the eastern part of the Anadyrsky Rayon, including Anadyr have the right tot travel to the State of Alaska visa-free. Thus, you’ve decided to visit your relatives who live in the Nome or Kobuk Census Area. You must notify the U.S. (Chief) Commissioner through the Russian Chief Commissioner or through U.S. relatives who have extended you a written invitation to visit, a minimum of ten days in advance of the visit. In the invitation-notification there must be provided your surname and name, the Russian passport number, the date and place of birth, names and addresses of the relatives who have extended you an invitation to visit, the date of your intended visit, method of travel, and the intended checkpoint to be used. The checkpoints for crossing the Russian border are Anadyr, Provideniya, Lavrentiya and Uelen in the Chukotka Autonomous Region. The checkpoints for crossing the US border are Nome and Gambell,
