I am visiting Moscow, Russia and leaving on a specific date in July, per my tourist visa. I'll be leaving via bus, going into Lithuania.
I just realized that the bus leaves at 10:30pm the day my visa expires and won't cross the Russian border into Lithuania until 6am on the 27th. So my visa will be expired before I even cross the border.
Should I change my bus tickets? Or will the 6-hour overage probably not be a big deal? I really don't want to get stuck in Russia.
I was on a train with a Canadian who experienced this.
We left Irkutsk, Russia heading towards Ulan Bator, Mongolia on the ... let's say Tuesday, the last day of his visa. Seemed ok, but we didn't actually cross the border until early on the Wednesday. The result - he was a few hours over his visa.
The security and passport people came on the train, took our passports, and announced - "there is problem". He was whisked off the train, and we debated dividing up his stuff - there'd been no indication what was going to happen.
A couple of hours later (we were at the border for ages) he returned. He'd been fined for overstaying, and apparently there's a base fine, and an additional fine per day over. Plus a mark in his passport for overstaying, if I recall correctly.
You won't get stuck in Russia. But you will get in trouble. Get an earlier bus, or if you can, adjust your visa. Either way, don't overstay.
