VISIT THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION WITH AN E-VISA!

 

FAST

An e-visa is issued within 4 calendar days, including week-ends and bank holidays.

 

EASY

There is no need for any invitations or confirmations. Just fill in the application form on the website.

 

CONVENIENT

There is no need to waste your free time or working hours to visit the consular agency during its business hours. The website works 24/7.

 

According to the decision of the President of the Russian Federation, the issuance of unified e-visas, valid on the entire territory of the Russian Federation, has begun on August 1, 2023. 

Nationals of the following foreign States may be granted an e-visa to enter the Russian Federation through the border crossing points :

  • Andorra
  • Austria
  • Bahrain
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Cambodia
  • China
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • The Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • Kuwait
  • Latvia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malaysia
  • Malta
  • Mexico
  • Monaco
  • Myanmar
  • Netherlands
  • North Macedonia
  • Norway
  • Oman
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • San Marino
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Serbia
  • Singapore
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan, China
  • Turkey
  • Vatican
  • Vietnam

An electronic visa can be issued on the basis of a foreign citizen's application filled in online on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia at https://electronic-visa.kdmid.ru or via a mobile application available for download on the above-mentioned website.

The application for an e-visa must be submitted no later than four calendar days before the expected date of entry into the Russian Federation. The application must be submitted with a digital photo of the person and a scan of the personal data page of the foreign citizen's machine-readable passport. No other documents are required to obtain an e-visa.

According to the current Russian legislation, the unified electronic visa is chargeable. Payment can be proceeded with a banking card through the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia https://electronic-visa.kdmid.ru. The total amount including consular fee, bank commission, transaction costs of the payment system, as well as the fee for preliminary verification of documents is (taking into account currency exchange rate fluctuations) about 52 USD. When applying for an e-visa for children under 6 years old, only the transaction costs of the payment system (about 2 USD) are payable.

An electronic visa entitles the holder to enter the Russian Federation once only and stay in the Russian Federation for private, business or tourist purposes, as well as to participate in scientific, cultural, socio-political, economic, sporting events and to establish relevant relations and contacts.

Unified electronic visa is valid for 60 days from the day of its issuance with the authorized period of stay in the Russian Federation not exceeding 16 days from the day of entry into the Russian Federation.

Unified electronic visas are valid for entering into the Russian Federation and departing from the Russian Federation by air, road, rail and water transport, as well as without the use of vehicles only through checkpoints across the state border of the Russian Federation, the list of which is approved by the order of the Government of the Russian Federation of October 23, 2020 № 2741-r.

The list of checkpoints is available on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation https://electronic-visa.kdmid.ru.

Transport companies may check whether a foreign citizen has a valid unified electronic visa via website of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs at https://evisacheck.kdmid.ru. Information on the checking procedure is also available in Russian and English.