Foreign citizens who have arrived to the Russian Federation with e-visas can visit one of the regions only through the state border crossing points the list of which is approved by the Government of the Russian Federation.
Electronic visa to Russia is:
- Fast. An e-visa is issued within 4 calendar days, including weekends 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.
- Free. You do not need to pay for anything to obtain an e-visa.
E-visa characteristics of and conditions for issuing an e-visa
E-visa is a single-entry visa and issued for 60 calendar days from the date of its issuance. The permitted stay in the Russian Federation with an e-visa is up to 16 days starting from the date of entry, within its validity period. E-visa validity and/or the permitted stay under it cannot be extended.
You can fill in an application form for an e-visa on this website not earlier than 40 days and no later than 4 days before the intended date of entry into the Russian Federation.
Your passport must be valid for at least 6 декабрьs from the date you applied for an e-visa. Your passport must have free space for border crossing stamps.
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),
- ordinary humanitarian visa (purposes of journey are sports, cultural, scientific and technological ties).
Foreign citizens should leave the territory of the Russian Federation only through checkpoints of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation which they entered.
How does it work?
- Fill in an e-visa application form
- Get an e-visa grant notification on the website or by email
- Print out the notification or download it to your mobile device
- Show the notification to a transport company employee
- Show the notification to a Border Service officer at the border crossing point
E-visa to Saint Petersburg and Leningrad region
Starting from October 1, 2019, nationals of 55 foreign States may be granted an e-visa to enter the Russian Federation through air, naval, automobile, and pedestrian checkpoints located in the territory of Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad region.
PLEASE NOTE: Entry and exit on an e-visa by means of rail transport is currently unavailable.
The crossing points:
- By plane: Saint Petersburg (Pulkovo)
- By car/bus: Ivangorod, Torfyanovka, Brusnitchnoe, Svetogorsk
- On foot: Ivangorod (Checkpoint between Russia and Estonia)
- By ship/ferry: Vysotsk, Big port of Saint Petersburg (Marine station section), Passenger port Saint Petersburg
- Rail transport: St. Petersburg-Finlyandskiy
E-visa to Kaliningrad region
Starting from July 1, 2019, nationals of 55 foreign States may be granted an e-visa to enter the Russian Federation through the border crossing points, located in the territory of the Kaliningrad region.
The crossing points:
- By plane: airport Kaliningrad (Khrabrovo)
- By car/bus: Bagrationovsk, Gusev, Mamonovo (Gzhekhotki), Mamonovo (Gronovo), Morskoye, Pogranichnyy, Sovetsk, Chernyshevskoye
- By train: Mamonovo, Sovetsk
- By ship/ferry: Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad (Baltiysk), Kaliningrad (Svetly)
The list of foreign States whose nationals can apply for e-visa to St Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast / Kaliningrad Oblast:
- 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
E-visa to the Russian Far East
Starting from August 8, 2017, nationals of 55 foreign States may be granted an e-visa to enter the Russian Federation through the border crossing points, located in the territory of the Far East.
The crossing points:
- By plane: Anadyr (Ugolny), Blagoveschensk, Vladivostok (Knevichy), Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (Yelizovo), Ulan-Ude (Mukhino), Khabarovsk (New), Chita (Kadala), Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Khomutovo)
- By car/bus: Poltavka, Turiy Rog.
- By train: Makhalino, Pogranichny, Khasan
- By ship/ferry: Vladivostok, Zarubino, Korsakov, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Posiet
The list of foreign States whose nationals can apply for e-visa:
- 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
