Embassies and Consulates of Russian Federation

What is Russian visa?

A visa to the Russian Federation is a document, permitting stay in Russia for a specific period of time. A visa lists entry/exit dates, your vital information, passport details, and your photo. Please note, that your Russian visa is an entry-exit permit: if you lose it or stay over your designated departure date, leaving the country could be more troublesome than entering it.

Tourist visa.

This visa type is issued to tourists who have booked accommodation in Russia for different reasons. Tourist visas are issued for a maximum of 30 days (check with your local Russian Embassy or Consulate). A tourist visa is the best when you know exactly where and how long you will be staying without diverting from your planned itinerary. For a tourist visa you must have confirmed accommodations for every night of your stay in Russia. We will provide you with visa support invitation to satisfy this requirement and confirm your accommodation or itinerary in Russia. No hotel reservation or bookings are needed on your part.

Business visa.

This type of visa is issued for travelers who visit Russia on official or private business. Business visas are the best for visitors who do not know their exact itineraries, want to stay in Russia longer than 30 days but not more than 365 days or need to enter Russia frequently. We will apply for your official business visa support at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and will fax or mail it after it is issued.

ATTENTION!

The cost of a visa does not include local charges levied by the appropriate Russian Consulate. The cost of all visa types except multiple entry visa includes registration in Moscow.

Please note that after receiving "EYE VISTA Travel" visa support papers you or your client should contact the appropriate Russian Consulate and ask for an application form (PDF; 81,5 KB), (please note that application forms may vary in different countries but this form includes all basic questions of the Russian Consulate to the applicant), fill it with the required information, stick photo picture, sign the application, pay the Consulate fee and deliver back to them: the letter, Voucher and the passport, wait to receive VISA in few days.

What we need to prepare Invitation form for you.

To issue a visa support forms (Invitation and Voucher for tourist type of visa, or Official Invitation Form or Telex confirmation of the Consulate Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation for business types of visas) we need the following information:
IMPORTANT!!! This information should be given for each applicant.

• Family name (write in capital letters), given names;
• Day, Month, Year of birth (for Moslem countries fits 00.00.Year);
• Sex;
• Citizenship;
• Passport number, expiration date;
• Dates of visa validity: From » To. (Please indicate the date of CHECK-IN and CHECK-OUT);
• Cities to be visited in Russia;
• Accommodation in Russia (Hotel or private flat);
• The Russian Consulate or Embassy where the visa will be collected. (We are ready to supply you with the information about location of the Russian Consulate);
• Your personal Fax number or your Travel Agent-s Fax (Please notify your Travel Agent that he will receive visa support forms in the Russian and English languages).

For business visas, please add the following information:

Copy of first page of passport with photo + passport No.;
Company name, business address, telephone and fax numbers.
Position of the applicant in a Company.

Getting a visa to Russia step by step:

Step 1.
Read carefully the above instruction.

Step 2.
Answer all questions of the instruction in written form. Each applicant (passport bearer) should fill the separate form.

Step 3.
Send your form to our Fax to Moscow: (Please check country code and follow dialing instructions) + 495 744-4861, 940-6126, by e-mail: visa@visittorussia.com or fill the Visa support application form. Please enclose the filled form of Payment Agreement (if payment for this service is effected by Credit Card). You are welcome do download Payment Agreement Form now.

Step 4.
Receive from EYE VISTA Travel Invitation Form consisting of one A-4 size page but divided in two parts (printed in Russian language with Cyrillic letters and printed in English language) for TOURIST TYPE OF VISA or the Official Invitation Form or Telex confirmation of the Consulate Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation for BUSINESS TYPE OF VISA.

Step 5.
Contact the Russian Consulate or the Russian Embassy in their work hours. Ask for the Application Form (You are welcome to download now an example form containing all questions of a standard Visa Application Form). Fill the form by answering on the questions (use pen or type). Stick your photo size pictures. Pay the Consulate fee for visa processing. Please note that there could be Regular (10-12 work days but cheaper) and Urgent (1-2 work days but more expensive) fees.

Step 6.
Deliver your passport (Xerox copy is not acceptable), filled Application Form and EYE VISTA Travel visa support documents to the Russian Consulate. Wait.

Step 7.
Receive your passport and visa at appointed time. We advise you to make Xerox copy of your visa and passport.

Step 8.
On arrival to Russia be ready to produce your passport, visa and EYE VISTA Travel visa support documents to the border officers.

Step 9.
WITHIN 72 HOURS AFTER ARRIVAL all clients must register at any Hotel in Russia or local passport department (if they are staying in private accommodation).

EYE VISTA Travel office is open to assist you at Hotel IZMAILOVO GAMMA-DELTA Block 24 hours per day. Please call: (+495) 737-7150, 737-7159.
IZMAILOVO GAMMA-DELTA – Moscow, Izmailovsky highway, 71, office 6-15.

The new Russian visa registration procedure was implemented starting from 15’Jan. 2007.

The new rules are friendly to the foreigners.

If you're staying at a hotel, the hotel will register you. The main change is that there is no need anymore to go to UFMS (former OVIR) if you're staying at an apartment and that all the documents can be submitted by post.

1. A foreigner submits his passport and migration card to the landlord. The landlord takes these to the local police station and fills out a registration form (see in attached file) also enters his own passport details and needs to have his own passport when going to the police. It's essential that the landlord himself is registered at this address. The good news is that no approval of the other people registered at the apartment is needed (as it was before).
2. The authorities accept the form and give a tear off coupon to the landlord. He gives it back to the foreigner and the foreigner keeps it until departure. Please note that the foreigner himself is not supposed to go to the police at all.
3. The registration is to be done within three business days upon arrival.
4. When leaving, the foreigner renders the tear off coupon to the landlord (he does not need to show it at the border) and the landlord passes it to the police. This should be done within 24 hours after departure. This procedure is obligatory. If the guest does not render the coupon his stay would not be duly accomplished and it can cause the serious problems for future arrivals.
5. The procedure can be accomplished by post. In this case the same documents are presented to the post office, they check them and give you the coupon back and when the foreigner leaves, you can send the coupon back by post as well. This procedure (submitting the registration by post) should work in Moscow, we do not yet know if all the post offices in Russia are aware of this procedure.

ATTENTION!

Please keep our Voucher with you. You may be asked to show it at the Russian border on your arrival.