Electronic visa to Russia from August, 01, 2023

Electronic visa to Russia from August, 01, 2023

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In accordance with the decision of the President of the Russian Federation, from August 1, 2023, the system for issuing electronic visas will be launched. Electronic visas will be valid for the whole territory of Russia.

At the same time the list of foreign states whose citizens are issued such a visa, which currently includes 52 countries, will be preserved and expanded. In the near future, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar will be additionally included in this list, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated October 6, 2020 No. 2571-r. As for today, Iceland is included to this list.

An electronic visa is issued on the basis of a foreign citizen's application filled in electronically on the specialized website of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs https://electronic-visa.kdmid.ru or through a mobile app which can be downloaded on the abovementioned website.

An application for electronic visa must be submitted via the website no later than 4 calendar days before the expected date of entry into the Russian Federation. A digital photograph of the face and a scan of the page with the data of the machine-readable passport of a foreign citizen must be attached to the application. No other documents are required to obtain e-visa.

In accordance with the current Russian legislation, the fee should be paid for a visa (via the same website).

An electronic visa entitles you 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, sports events and contacts, which have connection to such events.

The electronic 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 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.

Transport companies and applicants can check that a foreign citizen has a valid unified electronic visa on a special automated website of the Russian Foreign Ministry at https://evisacheck.kdmid.ru. Information on the verification procedure will be available there from August, 01, 2023 in Russian and English.

The list of foreign states whose citizens are issued a single electronic visa

1. Austria

2. Andorra

3. Bahrain

4. Belgium

5. Bulgaria

6. Vatican

7. Hungary

8. Germany

9. Greece

10. Denmark

11. India

12. Indonesia

13. Iran

14. Ireland

15. Iceland

16. Spain

17. Italy

18. Cyprus

19. China (including Taiwan)

20. Democratic People's Republic of Korea

21. Kuwait

22. Latvia

23. Lithuania

24. Liechtenstein

25. Luxembourg

26. Malaysia

27. Malta

28. Mexico

29. Monaco

30. Netherlands

31. Norway

32. Oman

33. Poland

34. Portugal

35. Romania

36. San Marino

37. Saudi Arabia

38. North Macedonia

39. Serbia

40. Singapore

41. Slovakia

42. Slovenia

43. Turkey

44. Philippines

45. Finland

46. France

47. Croatia

48. Czech Republic

49. Switzerland

50. Sweden

51. Estonia

52. Japan

In the near future, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar will be additionally included in this list, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated October 6, 2020 No. 2571-r.