Russia Visa
Visa regime in Russia
Visa is a permision to enter and exit from the Russian Federation, staying in the Russian Federation and the transit through the territory of the Russian Federation of foreign citizens for the duration of the visa.
All foreign citizens staying in Russia more than 3 days must apply for registration not later than 3 days from the moment of crossing the border of Russia.
Russian visa
Different categories and types of visas are established by the law. Depending on the purpose of entry of a foreign citizen to the Russian Federation and the purpose of his stay in the country the following categories are differentiated: diplomatic visa, official visa, ordinary visa, transit visa and temporary residence visa.
The varieties of an ordinary visa are private, business, educational, employment, humanitarian visas and visa for the entry into the Russian Federation for the purpose of receiving asylum. On selecting the category of a visa it is necessary to identify the purpose of the trip correctly and it must be remembered that the discrepancy between visa category and the real purpose of the trip can be seen as giving false information about the purpose of the visit, which may give rise to administrative penalties up to the deportation.
More details about Russian tourist visa and visa support conditions
Russian visa includes the following information
- Name (written in letters of the Russian and Latin alphabets), date of birth, gender, nationality (citizenship);
- Number of the main identity document of a foreign citizen or stateless person;
- The date of issuance of visa, authorized period of stay in the Russian Federation, number of invitations for entry to the Russian Federation or decision of a public body, the validity of visa;
- Purpose of visit, details of the inviting organization (inviting physical person);
- The multiplicity of visa.
Validity of a visa may be extended during the stay of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation.
The entry to the country is visa-free for the citizens of the states of the CIS and states signed the agreement on visa-free regime. To apply visa a foreigner must submit to the Embassy of Russia;
- Passport
- Invitation (in case if it was not sent by telex);
-3-4 standard passport-size photos;
- A completed application form.
Visa-free countries:
Argentina, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Antigua, Barbados, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China (Hong Kong), Bahamas, Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Vietnam, Guatemala, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Macedonia, Moldova, Malaysia, Morocco, Nicaragua, Peru, Serbia, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Philippines, Croatia, Montenegro, Ecuador.
Registration on site:
Egypt, Turkey, Tunisia, Thailand, the Maldives, Seychelles, Madagascar, Bahrain, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Mauritius, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Oman, Syria, Tanzania, Uganda , Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic a permit to stay in the country can be obtained upon arrival.
Loss, damage and expiry of visa
Upon expiry of visa a foreign citizen is obliged to leave the territory of the Russian Federation.
Extension of visa is allowed only in exceptional cases, not more than 10 days in the presence of a reasonable request and the documents proving the necessity of such extension. The request is recognized as reasonable on the basis of circumstances of each case and reviewed by the authorized body.
In case of loss or damage visa can be restored after checking the grounds and confirmation of its issuance.
Foreign citizens who have entered the territory of the Russian Federation in violation of the rules or do not have documents proving the right to stay in the Russian Federation, or have lost such documents and not applied for the restoration or deviate from leaving the Russian Federation after the expiry of visa are recognized to be ineligible foreigner and responsible in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.
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