E-visas to Russia

In accordance with the Decision of the President of the Russian Federation, the issuance of unified e-visas, valid on the entire territory of the Russian Federation, begins on August 1, 2023.  

Unified e-visa can be obtained by citizens of the following countries approved by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of October 6, 2020 № 2571-r:

1. Austria

2. Barbados

3. Bahrain

4. Belgium

5. Bulgaria

6. Bhutan

7. Vatican

8. Hungary

9. Vietnam

10. Germany

11. Greece

12. Denmark

13. Zimbabwe

14. India

15. Indonesia

16. Jordan

17. Iran

18. Ireland

19. Iceland

20. Spain

21. Italy

22. Cambodia

23. Kenya

24. Cyprus

25. China (including Taiwan)

26. Democratic People's Republic of Korea

27. Kuwait

28. Latvia

29. Lithuania

30. Liechtenstein

31. Luxembourg

32. Malaysia

33. Malta

34. Mexico

35. Monaco

36. Myanmar

37. Netherlands

38. Norway

39. Oman

40. Papua New Guinea

41. Poland

42. Portugal

43. Romania

44. San Marino

45. Saudi Arabia

46. North Macedonia

47. Saint Lucia

48. Singapore

49. Slovakia

50. Slovenia

51. Tonga

52. Trinidad and Tobago

53. Turkmenistan

54. Turkey

55. Philippines

56. Finland

57. France

58. Croatia

59. Czech Republic

60. Switzerland

61. Sweden

62. Eswatini

63. Estonia

64. Japan

An electronic visa can be issued based on a foreign citizen's application filled in electronically on the specialized website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia at https://electronic-visa.kdmid.ru or via a mobile application available for download on the said website.

The application for an e-visa must be submitted no later than four calendar days before the expected date of entry into the Russian Federation. The application must be accompanied by a digital photo of the person and a scan of the personal data page of the foreign citizen's machine-readable passport. No other documents are required to obtain an e-visa.

In accordance with the current Russian legislation, the unified electronic visa is chargeable. Payment can be made with a bank card through the specialized website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia https://electronic-visa.kdmid.ru. The total amount including consular fee, bank commission, transaction costs of the payment system, as well as the fee for preliminary verification of documents is (taking into account currency exchange rate fluctuations) about 52 USD. When applying for an e-visa for children under 6 years old, only the transaction costs of the payment system (about 2 USD) are payable.

An electronic visa entitles the holder to enter the Russian Federation only once and stay in the Russian Federation for private, business or tourist purposes, as well as to participate in scientific, cultural, socio-political, economic, sporting events and to establish relevant relations and contacts.

The validity period of a unified electronic visa is 60 days from the day of its issuance, with the authorized period of stay of a foreign citizen in the Russian Federation not exceeding 16 days from the day of entry into the territory of the Russian Federation.

Unified electronic visas are valid for entering into the Russian Federation and departing from the Russian Federation by air, road, rail and water transport, as well as without the use of vehicles only through checkpoints across the state border of the Russian Federation, the list of which is approved by the order of the Government of the Russian Federation of October 23, 2020 № 2741-r.

The list of checkpoints is available on the specialized website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation https://electronic-visa.kdmid.ru.