Electronic visa to Russia from August, 01, 2023
In accordance with the decision of the President of the Russian Federation starting from August 1, 2023 the system for issuing electronic visas has been launched. Electronic visas will be valid for the whole territory of Russia. The list of foreign states whose citizens are issued with such visas includes 55 countries according the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated October 6, 2020
No. 2571-r. As of today, Iceland is included to this list.
The electronic visa is issued on the basis of a foreign citizen's application filled in electronically on the designated website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
https://electronic-visa.kdmid.ru or via a mobile app which can be downloaded on the abovementioned website.
An application for the electronic visa must be submitted via the website no later than four calendar days before the expected date of entry into the Russian Federation. A digital photograph of an applicant and a high quality scan of the page with the data of the passport must be attached to the application. No other documents are required to obtain e-visa.
According to the current Russian legislation the fee should be paid for a visa (via the same website).
The electronic visa entitles an applicant to a single entry into the Russian Federation and stay in the Russian Federation with the following purposes:
- guest (private) visit,
- business visit,
- tourism,
- participation in scientific, cultural, socio-political, economic and sports events.
The e-visa is valid for 60 days from the date of its issue, but only with the permitted period of stay in Russia no more than 16 days from the date of entry into the territory of the Russian Federation.
Electronic visas are valid for entry into the Russian Federation and exit from the Russian Federation by air, road and water transport only through designated checkpoints across the state border of the Russian Federation, the list of which was approved by the order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated October 23, 2020
No. 2741-r. Currently this list consists of 92 border checkpoints which can be found at https://electronic-visa.kdmid.ru/.
The validity of electronic visas can be checked on a special website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation at https://evisacheck.kdmid.ru. Information on the verification procedure is available there from August, 01, 2023 in Russian and English.