do u have 2 have a certain amount of $$ in cash when u travel from russia to the usa??

Answer 1

Whenever you travel anywhere you have to have some cash.

Answer 2

If you try to come into the USA with more than $10,000 then the customs people will probably pull you aside and ask all kinds of questions!

There is not a fixed amount - they just want to be sure you can legitimately afford your planned trip, and you are really going home when you are done.

When someone arrives to the USA for a visit, especially from a less prosperous country (like Russia) the customs people are looking for proof this is a legitimate visit, that you will go home when the visit is over. Too many people use the "I'm on vacation, visiting my dear aunt" as an excuse to sneak in and work illegally - seeing as how there isn't a river they can swim from Russia.

As a result, the customs people look at a whole list of questions to see if this is a real "visit". Do you have a steady job back in Russia? (If not, how did you afford this trip?) Do you have the job and education and established family back home, that you're likely going back? How well do you know the people you are visiting? (Are they just an excuse?) One of the main things they look for is - obviously - a paid-for and scheduled return ticket before your visa expires.

If you are just visiting friends, either these friends are very wealthy and generous, or you should be paying for your own visit - food, taxis, tickets to museums and theatres, etc. If you are being a "tourist", you will also need money for hotels.

The more "odd" the story you tell, the more questions the Customs people ask. If you are being a tourist, it would be surprising if you expected to get by on less than $150/day. If you are unemployed, visiting your second cousin who works piecework in a textile business in Brighton beach - questions. If you are a 3rd-year university student visiting your wealthy millionaire entrepreneur Uncle Igor in Silicon Valley, who will send his limo to pick you up - probably less questions.

Tourist costs - a hotel would run $90 to $150 a night. Meals - $10 for breakfast and lunch, $25 for dinner. Museums cost $10 to $30 to enter; Broadway shows and theme parks, $40 to $150; even a movie is $10. Taxis can run $10 to $30 a day or more... You can see a customs agent would get suspicious if you were seeing the sights of New York or Disney World for 2 weeks and only brought $1000. If you are staying with aunt Natasha and not leaving the neighbourhood, then maybe a few thou is more than enough.

It doesn't have to be cash, but typically foreign bank cards don't always work in the USA, and the average Russian may not have the Visa card and credit limit of a typical American.

Answer 3

dollars,euro.you dont need alot ,i have been to russia and you can live it up grand on a hundred bucks,from mikhal in israel.