Documents required at the border
| If you need a visa to enter the Russian Federation | If you do not need a visa to enter the Russian Federation |
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You must bring the following to cross the border:
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You must bring the following to cross the border:
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How to apply for a visa?
If you need a visa to enter the Russian Federation, you can:
- obtain a visa through an invitation for foreign arrivals (for all Forum participants)
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- obtain an electronic visa (available for citizens of 55 foreign countries)
Visa by invitation for foreign arrivals
Participants of the CIF can apply for a visa by invitation for entrants from foreign countries.
Visa validity periods
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After submitting all the required documents, Forum participants can obtain a short-term, single-entry Russian visa for the period from 8 to 25 July 2024 at foreign consular offices of the Russian Federation.
Participants must apply at their Russian consular office in good time, and at least 2 (two) weeks before their departure. |
Visa = invitation for foreign arrivals + list of documents
1. Generate an invitation for foreign arrivals
An invitation for foreign arrivals is not an invitation to the Forum, but a special document from the Forum organizers, which can be downloaded in the personal web office after data processing.
- Participants who have approved a visa, can generate an invitation for foreign arrivals in the personal web office.
- Log in to your Roscongress personal account using your personal login and password.
- Confirm your attendance at the Forum.
- Go to the ‘My events – CIF 2024 – Event dashboard – Visa support’ tab of the Roscongress personal account.
- Your personal information will be automatically uploaded from the Roscongress personal account to the document. You can manually add the city and country where you will be applying for your visa.
- Download and print the invitation for foreign arrivals.
- Provide your Russian consular office with the invitation for foreign arrivals and the other required visa documents.
If you have found any errors in your personal data in the application for participation, you can contact a Roscongress Foundation specialist to make changes to the personal data.
2. Submit an application at a consular office
To receive a visa for entry into Russia, individuals in possession of an invitation must apply at the relevant foreign consular office of the Russian Federation. Information about the location of Russian consular offices can be found on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
We recommend that participants apply at their Russian consular office in good time, and at least 2 (two) weeks before their departure.
Participants are advised not to apply for entry visas at intermediary visa centres or travel agencies, which are not authorized to issue official visas.
Please make sure to bring the following documents with you when attending your consular office:
- A printed invitation for foreign arrivals.
The document must be generated in the Roscongress personal account.
- A valid travel document recognized by the Russian Federation (an ordinary, official or diplomatic passport or a United Nations laissez-passer).
The passport must have at least two blank pages and be valid for at least six months after the requested visa expiration date.
- A completed and printed visa application form. The form must be filled out in advance on the visa website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
When completing the form, members of official delegations, business representatives and persons accompanying them should select ‘official visit’ as the purpose of their trip, while journalists should select ‘press/correspondent’ or ‘press/technical’.
- One 35 x 45 mm photo (colour or black and white).
The photograph must be with a clear front view of the participant’s face, without tinted glasses or headgear (with the exception of foreign citizens who are required to wear headgear with respect to their nationality or religion, and provided that they are wearing headgear in their passport photo).
The photograph must have been taken no earlier than six months before the date of application.
- A medical insurance policy that is valid in Russia.
E-Visa
Can be issued to citizens of 55 foreign countries.
Andorra, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Northern Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Vatican City, Vietnam.
Validity period of e-visa
The unified electronic visa is a single-entry visa. The validity of the single electronic visa is 60 days from the date of issue.
The permitted period of stay in the Russian Federation on a single electronic visa is not more than 16 days from the day of entry within its validity period.
How do I apply for an e-visa?
To apply for a unified e-visa, it is necessary to fill in an application on the purpose-made website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
The application may be submitted not earlier than 40 days and not later than 4 days before the expected date of entry into the Russian Federation.
The unified electronic visa is not free. Payment is made on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia via the Internet using bank cards of international payment systems (Visa, MasterCard, etc.). No refunds will be issued regardless of the result of the application.
Detailed information on obtaining an e-visa is available on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
