The visa policy of Russia deals with the requirements which a foreign national wishing to enter the Russian Federation must meet to obtain a visa, which is a permit to travel to, enter and remain in the country. Visa exemptions are based on bilateral or multilateral agreements. Russia has agreements with scores of countries whose citizens are either exempt from visa, or can purchase a visa online. Citizens of countries without such an agreement with Russia must obtain a visa in advance from a Russian diplomatic mission or visa centre.
Video Visa policy of Russia
Visa exemption
Ordinary passports
Travelers who are nationals of the following 49 nations are not required to obtain a visa prior to visit Russia as long as their trip lasts no more than the visa waiver limit listed below.
From 2014, citizens of the countries, except Belarus, who have the right to a visa-free entry to Russia must not stay longer than 90 days within any 180-day period. Resetting the allowed period by leaving and re-entering the country is no longer allowed. Overstaying up to 180 days is punishable by a three-year entry ban, on 180-270 days by a five-year entry ban, over 270 days by ten-year entry ban.
- Notes
- ^ Internal passport/national identification card accepted.
- ^ On 18 February 2017 the President of Russia has signed the decree "About Recognition of the Documents Issued to the Citizens of Ukraine and Persons Without Citizenship Living in Territories of Certain Districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk Regions of Ukraine". Holders of passports of Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic can carry out entry into the Russian Federation and departure from the Russian Federation without execution of visas. The decree is applied temporarily, for the period before political settlement of a situation in certain districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine on the basis of the Minsk Agreement.
- ^ If holding a letter of guarantee/invitation and a tourist voucher.
2018 FIFA World Cup
2018 FIFA World Cup holders of tickets for matches of the championship will be able to enter Russia without a visa with personalized card of viewer (also known as the passport of a fan or fan-ID) and national passport from 4 June to 15 July 2018.
- Transit through the Republic of Belarus
FAN ID holders entering the Russian Federation territory in the period from the 4th of June to the 15th of July and exiting the Russian Federation territory from the 4th of June to the 25th of July 2018 have the right of visa-free transit through the territory of the Republic of Belarus with FAN ID both on a laminated form and in electronic form and a valid identity document (passport) in the period from the 4th of June to the 25th of July 2018. Holders of a fan passports or FAN IDs can cross the Russia-Belarus border if they travel via the motor road and railway routes through checkpoints that are not international.
Tour groups
Citizens of China may visit Russia without a visa for up to 15 days if traveling as part of a tour group (from 5 to 50 persons) that is accompanied by a representative of a tour operator registered in both countries.
Land border with Belarus
Citizens of third countries aren't allowed to cross the Belarus-Russia land border due to a lack of international border crossing points, because passports must be stamped. Visitors are advised to enter mainland Russia via other countries such as Terehova-Burachki and Senkivka-Novye Yurkovichi.
The simplified border crossing regime is applied from 4 June to 25 July 2018 for holders of a fan passports or FAN IDs of FIFA.
Common visa
Russia and Belarus plan to sign an agreement on recognition of visas. Holders of a visa of Belarus will be visa exempt in 2018.
Visa-free visits for up to 72 hours for cruise ship and ferry passengers
Since May 2009 international tourists entering by regular ferry via several ports have been able to stay in Russia visa-free for up to 72 hours, provided that they spend the night on-board or in accommodation specifically approved by the travel agency.
In addition tourists entering by tourist cruise ships can leave the ship visa-free on tours organized by any authorized local tour company, when entering Russia through the ports of Anadyr, Kaliningrad, Korsakov, Novorossiysk, Murmansk, Sevastopol, Sochi, Saint Petersburg (Big port Saint Petersburg and Passenger Port of St. Petersburg), Vladivostok, Vyborg, Zarubino.
Entry to the port of St. Petersburg by regular ferry can be done only from the ports of Tallinn (Estonia) or Helsinki (Finland). It is also possible to travel visa-free for 72 hours from the port of Stockholm with the stop in Helsinki.
Visa-free zones
- Japan -- Group travel to central and southern Kuril Islands for pre-approved lists of the Foreign Ministry. Visits are carried out on the basis of identity cards and inserts.
No visas for citizens of Japan who visit the burial place of relatives located in the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin Island. By pre- authorized list in the regional Russian-Japanese consultations. - United States -- Residents of Alaska who are members of the indigenous population do not require a visa to visit Chukotka Autonomous Okrug if they have relatives (blood relatives, members of the same tribe, native people who have similar language and cultural heritage) in Chukotka. Individuals must be invited by a relative in Chukotka and must leave Chukotka within 90 days. Entry points are in Anadyr, Provideniya, Lavrentiya and Uelen.
Local border traffic
- Latvia -- 90 days within any 180-day period for holders of border traffic permit
Agreement on the abolition of the 180 day total period of stay was signed on 14 November 2017 but are not yet ratified.
- Norway -- 15 days for holders of border traffic permit
- Poland -- 30 days, for a maximum total stay of 90 days within a 180-day period for holders of border traffic permit
The agreement was suspended indefinitely from 4 July 2016.
Crew members
Visa is not required for crew members of airlines, sea crew, river crew, rail crew that have a bilateral agreement with the Russian government exempting crew members from visa requirements.
Citizens of following countries may visit Russia without a visa if they are travelling as part of the airline crew: Afghanistan, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Greece Iceland, India, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, North Korea, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Oman Poland, Portugal Romania Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom Vietnam.
Agreements signed with Finland, Italy and Luxembourg and are yet to be ratified.
Russian Government has instructed the Foreign Ministry to sign an agreement with Georgia and Tunisia.
Citizens of following countries may visit Russia without a visa if they are travelling as part of the sea crew: Bulgaria, China,1 Croatia, Cyprus, DR Congo, Egypt, France, Iran, Iraq North Korea, Lithuania,1 Poland, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan,1 Vietnam.
1 - including riverboats crew
Citizens of following countries may visit Russia without a visa if they are travelling as part of the railway crew: China, North Korea, Turkmenistan.
E-visa to visit certain regions
From 8 August 2017, citizens of the following 17 countries can get e-visa to visit to regions in the Russian Far East. Eligible countries
Conditions for issuing:
- e-visa is a single-entry visa and issued for 30 calendar days from the date of its issuance. The permitted stay in Russia with an e-visa is up to 8 days starting from the date of entry, within its validity period
- e-visa validity and/or the permitted stay under it cannot be extended
- an e-visa is free
- invitations, hotel booking confirmations or any other documents that confirm the purpose of your journey to Russia are not required for an e-visa
- the time period for issuing an e-visa is no longer than 4 calendar days from the date of submission of the complete application
- e-visas can be of the following categories only: ordinary business visa (purpose of journey is business), ordinary tourist visa (purpose of journey is tourism), and ordinary humanitarian visa (purposes of journey are sports, cultural, scientific and technological ties)
- foreign nationals will have the right to freedom of movement within the territory of the region near the point of entry with the exception of territories, organizations and facilities, to enter which a special permission is required in accordance with federal laws of the Russian Federation.
- foreign citizens who have arrived to Russia with e-visas have the right to freedom of movement within the territory of the constituent entity of Russia which they entered, with the exception of territories, organizations and facilities, to enter which a special permission is required in accordance with federal laws of Russia.
- foreign citizens should leave the territory of Russia only through checkpoints of the constituent entity of Russia which they entered
- application form for an e-visa can be filled not earlier than 20 days and no later than 4 days before the intended date of entry into Russia
- passport must be valid for at least 6 months from the date of application
- foreign citizens are required to have a medical insurance
- Regions of the Far East
Eligible border crossing points of entry
- Kaliningrad region
The Russian Government plans to introduce electronic visas to visit the Kaliningrad region in 2019.
Visa-free transit
- Direct airside transit
Passengers travelling through international airports do not need a visa for a transit of less than 24 hours (except to/from countries of the Eurasian Custom Union, including Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan), provided a confirmed onward ticket is held and the traveller remains in the international transit area (without clearing passport control).
The following international Russian airports do not have international transit areas, meaning a transit visa is required to connect there:
- Khabarovsk Airport (KHV)
- Krasnodar Airport (KRR)
- Mineralnye Vody Airport (MRV)
- Rostov Airport (ROV)
- Sochi Airport (AER)
- Vladivostok Airport (VVO)
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport (UUS)
- Saimaa canal
In accordance with a treaty between Russia and Finland, though there are passport controls at borders, a visa is not required for just passing through the Russian part of the Saimaa canal without leaving the vessel.
- Värska-Ulitina road
The road from Värska to Ulitina in Estonia, traditionally the only road to the Ulitina area, goes through Russian territory for one kilometre (0.6 mi) of its length, an area called Saatse Boot. This road has no border control, but there is no connection to any other road in Russia. It is not permitted to stop or walk along the road. This area is a part of Russia but is also a de facto part of the Schengen area.
Diplomatic and service category passports
Under reciprocal agreements, holders of diplomatic or various categories of service passports (official, service, special, consular) issued by the following countries and territories are allowed to enter and remain in Russia for up to 90 days (unless otherwise noted) without a visa:
* - diplomatic passport only (diplomatic and service passports for Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia)
D -- diplomatic passports
S -- service passports
O -- official passports
Sp -- special passports
C -- consular passports
1 -- Unlimited
2 - 3 months
3 - 90 days within any 180-day period
4 - 90 days within any one-year period
5 - 60 days
6 - 30 days
7 - 14 days
8 - not for tourism or transit, only for employees of official institutions of the country on the territory of Russia
Holders of diplomatic or service category passports of Israel require a visa.
APEC Business Travel Card
Holders of passports issued by the following countries who possess an APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) containing the "RUS" code on the reverse that it is valid for travel to Russia can enter visa-free for business trips for up to 90 days within any 180-day period.
ABTCs are issued to nationals of:
Maps Visa policy of Russia
Closed cities
Several closed cities in Russia require special authorization.
Areas closed to foreigners
Due to the Government Decree of 1992, parts of 19 subjects of Russian Federation closed for foreigners without special permits. This restriction is not applicable for Russian citizens.
Part of them:
- 1. Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, all
- 2. In Leningrad Oblast - all Russian islands of Gulf of Finland, except Gogland, and 20-km strip along South coast of Gulf of Finland.
- 3. The Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, 85% of territory. Transit to border with Georgia and to border with South Ossetia are possible along the main roads. Tsey Gorge is opened for foreigners from 2012.
- 4. Part of Kaliningrad Oblast, approx. 15%.
- 5. Part of Moscow Oblast, approx. 10%.
- 6. Part of Arkhangelsk Oblast, include Novaya Zemlya, approx. 30%.
- 7. Part of Murmansk Oblast, approx. 15%. Transit to/from Norway is possible by main road.
- 8. Part of Kamchatka Krai.
- 9. Part of Primorsky Krai.
Crimea
As of 2014 the disputed territory of Crimea is under Russian control and Russia enforces its visa policy there. However, Ukraine requires that foreigners should comply with Ukrainian visa regime including obtaining a Ukrainian visa if one is necessary. Otherwise, Ukraine may impose sanctions for "support of the temporary occupation of the Ukrainian territory".
Future changes
The Russian Government has instructed the Foreign Ministry to sign an agreement on visa waiver with the following countries:
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 90 days within any 180-day period for all passports
Visa waiver agreements have already been signed with the following countries but are not yet ratified or applied:
- Algeria - 90 days within any 180-day period for diplomatic and service passports
- Costa Rica - 90 days within any 180-day period for ordinary passports
- Cuba - 90 days within any 180-day period for all passports
- Equatorial Guinea - 90 days within any 180-day period for diplomatic and service passports
- Gambia - 90 days for diplomatic and service passports from 15 August 2018
- Iran - 15 days for tourist groups
- Micronesia - 30 days for all passports
- Sudan - 90 days within any 180-day period for diplomatic passports
Agreements
The Russian Federation has visa waiver agreements with 130 jurisdictions.
In the table, red indicates agreements signed but not ratified or temporarily not applied.
Russia has concluded agreements that facilitate procedures for issuing visas to both Russian citizens and citizens of the partner jurisdiction on a reciprocal basis. Such agreements are in force with the following countries or political associations:
Russia has agreements on cancellation of consular fees, for execution of visas, with the following countries: Algeria (1965), Angola (15 Apr 1985), Cambodia (26 Sep 1983), Iran (15 Feb 1966), Japan (1 Apr 1965), Mauritania (1967), New Zealand (1 Apr 1962).
Agreements were denounced in 2017-2018 with Bangladesh and Pakistan.
- Visa waiver agreements which ceased to apply
Visa
The Russian visa is a machine-readable document, which is placed in the holder's passport. All fields are indicated in both Russian and English, but are filled out only in Russian. The holder's name appears in both the Roman and Cyrillic alphabets.
The name that appears in the machine-readable zone at the bottom of the visa represents the holder's Cyrillic name mapped into the Roman alphabet. This allows Russian computer systems to read the Cyrillic name, despite the machine readers only being able to read Roman alphabet letters. As a result, the spelling of a name in the machine-readable zone does not necessarily reflect its spelling in the visa's name field. For example, the name "Christoph" would appear in the field as "Kp?c?o?/Christoph", but the MRZ would contain the name "Kristof".
Contrary to guidelines for machine-readable documents, the issuing country's ISO code (RUS) is not shown at positions 3-5 (i.e. V<RUS). Instead, the first line is formatted as: VSURNAME<<GIVEN<NAMES.
While not necessarily printed on the visa (depending on the embassy), a photo is required in the visa application. The visa application form may be filled online and submitted to the diplomatic mission.
Types of visa
Depending on the purpose of entry into the Russian Federation and the purposes of stay, visas are categorized as:
- Private
- Business
- Tourist
- Educational
- Working
- Humanitarian
- Entry (for receiving shelter or to obtain citizenship in Russia)
- Diplomatic visa
A diplomatic visa shall be issued to a foreign citizen holding a diplomatic passport.
A diplomatic visa is issued:
- to foreign heads of state, foreign heads of government, members of the foreign official delegations, family members of such persons traveling with them or accompanying them - for a period of up to one year.
- to diplomatic agents of diplomatic missions and consular officials of consular establishments, the staff of representations of the international organizations in the Russian Federation which have the diplomatic status in the Russian Federation, to family members of specified persons for a period of up to one year.
- to foreign diplomatic and consular couriers for the term of business trip.
- to officials of the foreign states who have the official status in the Russian Federation have the right to a diplomatic visa and who come for a working visit to diplomatic missions or consular establishments of the foreign states in the Russian Federation or to the international organizations or their representations in the Russian Federation, for a period of up to one year.
- Service visa
A service visa is issued to the foreign citizen having service (consular, official, special) passport.
A service visa is issued:
- to members of foreign official delegations, family members of such persons traveling with them or accompanying them - for a period of up to one year.
- to administrative and technical and service personnel of diplomatic missions, consular employees and service personnel of consular establishments of the foreign states in the Russian Federation, representations of the international organizations in the Russian Federation and to family members of such persons for a period of up to one year.
- to military personnel of armed forces of the foreign states and family members of such persons for a period of up to one year. Extension of term of stay in the Russian Federation by issuance of the multiple entry visa for a period of validity of the foreign trade contract registered in accordance with the established procedure, but no more than for five years is allowed to the military personnel of armed forces of the foreign states driving to the Russian Federation for implementation of international treaties of the Russian Federation and (or) decisions of public authorities of the Russian Federation in the field of military and technical cooperation, and family members of such persons.
- to foreign state officials who have the official status in the Russian Federation have the right to be issued a service visa and those who travel for a working visit to diplomatic missions or consular establishments of the foreign states in the Russian Federation or in the international organizations or their representations in the Russian Federation, for a period of up to one year.
- Ordinary visa
Depending on the purpose of entry of the foreign citizen into the Russian Federation and the purpose of his stay in the Russian Federation ordinary visas are subdivided on private, business, tourist, educational, working, humanitarian and entry visas to the Russian Federation for temporary residence or citizenship ceremony:
- An ordinary private visa is issued for a period of up to three months or on the basis of the principle of reciprocity for a period of up to one year to foreign citizens traveling to Russia for a short visit on the basis of an invitation letter.
- An ordinary business visa is issued for a period of up to one year to foreign citizens traveling to Russia for a business trip.
- An ordinary tourist visa is issued for a period of up to one month or on the basis of the principle of reciprocity for a period of up to six months to foreign citizens traveling to Russia as tourists, if holding an invitation letter by a Russian tour operator. Invitations can be issued by many hotels on request (sometimes for a fee) or through various online services associated with Russian tour operators.
An ordinary tourist group visa is issued for a period of up to one month to foreign citizens traveling to Russia as a tourist in an organized tourist group (not less than five people), of holding a confirmation by an organization in the unified federal register of tour operators. - An ordinary student visa is issued for a period of up to one year to foreign citizens traveling to Russia for training in the educational institution.
- An ordinary work visa is issued to foreign citizens visiting Russia for work purposes for a period of validity of the employment contract or civil contract for performance of work (rendering services), but no more than for one year.
- An ordinary humanitarian visa is issued for a period of up to one year or on the basis of the principle of reciprocity for a period of up to five years to foreign citizens visiting Russia for a scientific, cultural, political or a sport visit, religious communication and contacts, pilgrimage, charity, delivery of humanitarian aid.
- An ordinary entry visa to Russia for receiving a shelter is issued to foreign citizens for a period of up to three months if holding a decision of the federal executive authority authorized on implementation of functions on control and supervision in the sphere of migration on recognition of this foreign citizen as a refugee on the territory of Russia.
- An ordinary entry visa to Russia to obtain citizenship of the Russian Federation is issued to foreign citizens for a period of up to one year if holding a decision on recognition of such foreign citizen as a native speaker of Russian.
- An ordinary entry visa to Russia to obtain permission for temporary resident is issued to foreign citizens for a period of up to four months.
- Transit visa
A Transit visa is issued for a period of up to ten days to the foreign citizen for transit through the territory of Russia.
- Visa of temporary living person
A visa of temporarily living person is issued for four months to the foreign citizen to whom entry into Russia is allowed for temporary residence, within a quota of delivery of permissions to temporary residence.
Applying for visa
All types of Russian entry visas are received through Russian embassies and consulates. Provided all the documents are ready, the process usually takes no more than 3-10 workdays for Russian travel visa.
Russian Tourist Visa requirements:
- Original passport
- One photo (colour, passport size photo)
- Tourist invitation
- Russian Consulate Application Form
The Russian Consulate requires the visa application form to be printed on A4 paper with right and bottom margins of 5mm. A failure to meet these requirements invalidates the form.
Exit
Russia requires that an alien who needs a visa on entry be in possession of a valid visa upon exit. To satisfy this formal requirement, exit visas sometimes need to be issued. Russia requires an exit visa if a visitor stays well past the expiration date of their visa. They must then extend their visa or apply for an exit visa and are not allowed to leave the country until they show a valid visa or have a permissible excuse for overstaying their visa (e.g., a note from a doctor or a hospital explaining an illness, missed flight, lost or stolen visa). In some cases, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can issue a Return-Home certificate that is valid for ten days from the embassy of the visitor's native country, thus eliminating the need for an exit visa.
A foreign citizen granted a temporary residence permit in Russia needs a temporary resident visa to take a trip abroad (valid for both exit and return). It is also colloquially called an exit visa.
Costs for visa
Some Russian embassies and consulates, but not all, require visa applications to be submitted in person to visa processing centres instead of directly to the consular section. Costs differ per administration center.
Fingerprinting
From January 2015 visa applicants from the United Kingdom, Denmark, Myanmar and Namibia will be obliged to provide fingerprint scans. After a trial period it will be decided whether to expand this to other countries as well.
Russia plans to require, from 1 July 2019, fingerprinting and photographing of all foreign citizens entering the Russian Federation without a visa and staying for more than 30 days.
Statistics
- Visitor statistics
According to the Border Service of the Federal Security Service and the Federal State Statistics Service, most visitors arriving to Russia were from the following countries of nationality:
- Visa statistics
Most visas were issued in the following countries:
History
General Rules
The law "On the legal status of foreign citizens in the USSR" was used by the Russian Federation. Action extended from 1 January 1993. Chapter III of the law "entry into the USSR and exit from the USSR Foreign citizens" was replaced adopted the Federal Law No.114-FZ 1996 "On the Order of Exit from the Russian Federation". The law was repealed with the adoption of the Federal Law 115-FZ on 25 Jul 2002 On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation. The laws establishes that as a general rule all foreign citizens and stateless persons need visas for entry and exit from the territory of Russia and the period of temporary stay (90 days within any 180 days). It also establishes a number of exceptions addressing certain groups of travelers. It should be noted that the basis of the legal status of foreign citizens and stateless persons are secured primarily by the Constitution of the Russian Federation 1993 - Art. 62 and Art. 63.
According to the Russian Constitution, international treaties of Russia override the domestic legislation. Russia has concluded a number of bilateral or multilateral treaties on visa abolishing or simplification and is seeking to negotiate new such treaties. The visa policy Russia applies the principle of reciprocity, the principle of specular.
- Visa-free 72-hour transit
In September, 2013 the president of Russia has sent the bill of introduction of 72-hour visa-free transit to parliament. The list of the airports and the list of the states which citizens will be able to use visa-free transit in the tourist purposes, will be approved by the Government of the Russian Federation after ratification. In 2014 the parliament has suspended ratification of the bill for an indefinite term.
- Crimea
In April 2014 Crimea's Tourism Minister proposed a visa-free regime for foreign tourists staying at Crimean resorts for up to 12 days and a 72-hour visa-free stay for cruise passengers. Visa-free access for Chinese citizens was proposed in June 2014. Visa-free entrance in cruise courts to Sevastopol began to be carried out from September 2015 Other of the proposals has been not realized.
International events
- Art events
Participants and members of delegations coming to participate in the musical events are either provided with a simplified visa regime (e.g. Eurovision Song Contest 2009) or the right of visa-free entry (e.g. International Tchaikovsky Competition 2015).
Currently (September 2015) the law providing permanent visa abolition for participants and jury members of art competitions is being planned by the Government of Russia. The focus of this regulation will be on the International Tchaikovsky Competition.
- Economic events
Participants of the 1st Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok did not require a visa. Entrance was allowed with passport and the accreditation certificate only.
- Sporting events
Prior to the adoption of a special law, participants and members of delegations arriving to sporting events, could count on a visa-free entry or visa facilitation (determined by law for each event which has to pass ratification in parliament and to be signed by the president). For the 2008 Champions League Final held in Moscow, also spectators were given such visa-free entry. On 13 May 2013 the presidential decree on the abolition of visas for athletes, coaches, team leaders and members of foreign official delegations, as well as judges from the international sports competitions came into effect. It envisages entry on the basis of passport and accreditation certificate. The order of the President or the Government of Russia is sufficient for visa abolition or simplification of registration of visas.
Visas were abolished for participants of the 2013 Summer Universiade, the 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Moscow, the 2014 World Judo Championships in Chelyabinsk and the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan. Participants of the XVI World Aquatics Championships in the Masters category were exempted from visa fees.
The right to enter Russia without a visa was also given to visitors during thee 2014 Winter Olympics and 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi if they were in a possession of tickets for the event. Players of 2016 IIHF World Championship were able to obtain visas on arrival, for the fans were simplified procedure for issuing visas.
2017 FIFA Confederations Cup holders of tickets for matches of the championship could enter Russia without a visa with personalized card of viewer (also known as the passport of a fan or fan-ID) and national passport from 7 June to 12 July 2017, if holding a laminated FIFA FAN ID card; from 14 June to 2 July 2017, if holding a printed FIFA FAN ID electronic format card. The foreign citizens could use their FAN IDs for multiple visa-free entry into and exit from the Russian Federation.
2018 FIFA World Cup holders of tickets for matches of the championship will be able to enter Russia without a visa with personalized card of viewer (also known as the passport of a fan or fan-ID) and national passport from 4 June to 25 July 2018.
Foreigners participating in events and athletes included in the lists of FIFA, will have to obtain visas, but in a simplified manner. In particular, visas for this category of citizens will be issued within 3 working days from the date of filing and without consular fees. This procedure will be applied until 31 December 2018. Foreigners involved in activities and not participating in sporting events, will travel to and from Russia by an ordinary multiple-entry work visas that will be issued for a period of 1 year. Foreigners, attracted by the FIFA, its subsidiaries and contractors, confederations, national football associations, the Russian football Union, organizing Committee "Russia-2018" will be entitled to work in Russia without obtaining a patent.
See also
- Visa requirements for Russian citizens
- List of diplomatic missions of Russia
- Foreign relations of Russia
- Visa history of Russia
References
External links
- The conditions of entry of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation of diplomatic, service (official, special), regular passport. (in Russian) May 2017
- E-visa to visit the free port of Vladivostok. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
- Federal Law No.114-FZ On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation (in English) (without additions)
- Federal Law No.114-FZ On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation (in Russian) (with additions)
- Timatic. Visa & Passport Information
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