RUSSIAN VISA INFORMATION AND APPLICATION PROCEDURES

Attention! All Russian Consulates as well as other government institutions in Russia will be closed on Thursday, February 23d and Friday, February 24th for the Homeland Defender's Day. Please, make your travel plans accordingly.

Effective July 1, 2011, the Russian Embassy and all Russian Consulates General in the U.S.A. have changed its visa application procedures. All applications for Russian visas submitted in the United States now need to be completed online. Based on the information submitted, a completed application form with a bar-code will be generated. We understand that a new form might present difficulties, therefore, to better assist our customers we offer two options for visa application procedures:

IMPORTANT! Please, read all linked information below before applying.

Our fees already include official mandatory invitation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or Interior or a necessary tourist voucher and/or invitation, consular fee, one overnight delivery to the Consulate and our document handling.

Visa return shipping charge click here will be added.

**Please, note that the processing time is calculated from the next business day following the receipt of your documents.

Please note when ordering 8-business-day service that the official processing time of the Consulate General of Russia is 4-20 days depending on their volume of visa applications, however absolute majority of our applications get processed in specified time frames.

**Please, note that the processing time is calculated from the next business day following the receipt of your documents.

**Please, note that the processing time is calculated from the next business day following the receipt of your documents.

Please note when ordering 14-day and 10-day service for single and double entry business visas and 26-day and 20-day service for multiple entry business visas that the Consulate General of Russia reserves the right to process your application for up to 10 business days longer depending on their volume of visa applications, however absolute majority of our applications get processed in specified time frames.

If you have an emergency, and your visa needs to be processed faster than the quickest processing time advertised for the required visa type, please contact our office.

*IMPORTANT INFORMATION!

• VISA REGISTRATION UPON ARRIVAL TO RUSSIA click here

• NON U.S. CITIZENS click here

• WHERE TO MAIL YOUR VISA DOCUMENTS click here

• MEDICAL INSURANCE REQIUREMENTS click here

• VISA FOR CHILDREN click here

• SERVICE AND PRICE GUARANTEE click here

If Russia or one of the former Soviet republics is listed in your passport as country of birth, you are required to provide documented proof that you are no longer a citizen of the Russian Federation. Here are examples of such proof:

• a copy of your old Soviet passport that has departure stamp dated prior to February of 1992 and indicates that you immigrated for permanent residency;
• a copy of the visa to the country where you immigrated, in case your Soviet passport was confiscated upon departure;
• a copy of the document issued by Russian consulate or Embassy that verifies renouncement of your Russian citizenship, in case you renounced it officially;
• a copy of the passport issued by another country (including former Soviet republics) with departure stamp, in case you left that country and were a citizen of that country at the time of your departure.

YOU MUST MAIL US:

• Completed Russian Visa Application (only If you choose 'Option A' service)
• YOUR PASSPORT (with at least 2 blank visa-designated pages. Passport must be valid for at least 6 months after expiration of your Russian visa)
• TWO passport-size PHOTOGRAPHS (2 x 2, front of the face, plain background). No digital photos are accepted!