RUSSIAN VISA SUPPORT

HOW TO OBTAIN A VISA TO RUSSIA
STEP-BY-STEP

VISA GUIDE

The preparation of all the documents can take no longer than an hour in front of the computer but some of the beginners may have their difficulties.

We have made the detailed manual describing the process step-by-step, containing the list of the necessary documents and examples how to fill them in so that you get everything right and obtain your visa without problems.
STEP 1
Tourist Visa (30 Days)
Business Visa (90 Days)
STEP 2
Website of the Consular department
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
STEP 3
Application Centers
After Arrival & other tips
WHAT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR VISA
  • PASSPORT
    Check the validity of your passport. You won't get a visa if it is valid for less than 6 month after the alleged departure from Russia.
    If there are no blank pages or the validity ends, you'd better issue a new passport.
    While applying for a visa, you present a valid passport but there is a chance you will be asked to present the previous ones (in the case you have them).
  • INVITATION TO RUSSIA
    Patient and his family members can order an invitation in authorization form.
    The cost of issuance patient is free, the cost of invitation for accompanying persons will be added to the total amount of the contract.
  • VISA APPLICATION
    Application can be submitted only after you will have an invitation with details of inviting party. If you already have it, complete application for visa with the help of our detailed manual "How to complete application on the website of consulate of Russia"
  • A FEW COLOR PHOTOs
    You will need 2 color photos 35mm x 45mm.
    Make a photo on the light background, full-face, without dark-glasses.
    That should be the pictures of a good quality: clear, no pixels, not blurred.

    It will be required on the last stage, paste it carefully into the special frame in you printed application. Write a date and a signature in the black frame below the photo.
  • consular fee
    Invoice, confirming the payment of a consular fee.
    Russian visa for foreigners costs the same as visa of your country for Russian.
    For example: Schengen visa for Russians costs € 35,
    accordingly the price for visa to Russia for EU members will be the same.
FIRST OF ALL
PLAN YOUR DATES OF TRAVEL
Always include the end date in calculation
CALCULATE
SPECIFYING DATES FOR VISA INVITATION
Use your flight dates in application to order visa invitation.
But do not rush to change your tickets, if received invitation indicates the date of entry a little bit earlier than you have expected.
DATE OF ENTRY
You can't come earlier
But you can arrive later
DEPARTURE DATE
You can't stay longer
But you can leave earlier
ORDER
The invitation is an official document issued in the special form that contains your personal data, information about the receiving party, the purpose of your trip and duration of stay.

Invitation must be issued only by the official organization accredited by the MFA of Russia or by Tour Company included in the Unified Register. The authenticity of your invitation can be checked on the web of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

Choose the place where you're going to apply for a visa. For example, if you have written that you live in Austria, you will be offered to choose a consulate/visa center located in Austria.

You should present all the collected documents in the Russian consulate (or in the Visa Center of your native country). If you are a citizen of a Schengen country, you can also obtain a visa in any of other Schengen countries.

If you have a citizenship of one country but live in another one, you can obtain a Russian visa in the country of your living in the case you have a residence/work permit.
REQUIREMENTS
FOR A PASSPORT COPY
An application can be rejected in cases where the passport goes beyond the image or highlights are present.
Use only
a color scanner
to create a copy






Passport photos
are not accepted
TRAVEL DATES
Please, do not use CAPSLOCK
And follow the normal case of letters, where the first capital, the rest lowercase
A sample of input is indicated in each field

Please do not enter your name or surname twice, together with other names or else
Details in your profile will be used in the form they were provided

Details for the visa invitation will be retrieved manually, directly from the image of your passport
Customs and Migration Services identify your full name from the last line in your passport.
The picture above shows a few suitable examples