No Invitation for Odessa

[fairbro]

Once again, I read a story claiming that a US or Western European tourist doesn't need an invitation letter nor tourist visa to visit Odessa. The story claims that you can obtain the visa when you land at the Odessa airport, and it's good for up to 8 days. Anyone know if this is true?

[Ulysses]

I posted an article here not too long ago:

http://www.ukraine.com/forums/showth...?threadid=4024

Originally posted by fairbro
Once again, I read a story claiming that a US or Western European tourist doesn't need an invitation letter nor tourist visa to visit Odessa. The story claims that you can obtain the visa when you land at the Odessa airport, and it's good for up to 8 days. Anyone know if this is true?

[Ulysses]

I contacted the Ukrainian Embassy and here is the response I received:

You can obtain an 8-day tourist visa at Odessa airport or seaport only if
you have an original invitation from a tourist agency.


You can contact the Ukrainian embassy at: consular@ukremb.com

[fairbro]

How were you able to get a reply?