Tourist visa
Tourist visa (single or double entry):
Tourist visa is issued to foreign citizens for visiting the Russian Federation with purpose of tourism. Tourist visa can be single or double, with validity of up to 90 days. Please note: the above-mentioned validity period specifies the maximum possible validity for a visa of a particular category. The validity of your tourist visa is determined by the dates of entry and exit mentioned in your tourist confirmation and cannot be changed or extended in the Russian Federation.
If you are traveling with international airlines and intend to change flights at the same airport in the Russian Federation, or have a stopover, please refer to Transit Visa section.
For a Tourist Visa, please, submit the following documents at least one month prior to the planned trip.
1. Valid Passport (+ a good quality scanned copy of the page with the photo and the address page). The passport should be valid for at least 6 months after the expected visa expiry date and have at least two blank (without any stamps, inscriptions, etc.) pages facing each other for stamping by the Immigration Officer;
2. Visa Application form filled in on the website visa.kdmid.ru, printed out and signed personally by the applicant in the due field of the form. When selecting the location for submission of the documents please specify the Visa Center/Russian Consular Institution you will be applying at;
3. One passport size good quality photo (35x45 mm) with the light background;
4. Confirmation of acceptance of a foreign tourist(good quality color scanned copy is acceptable) issued by a Russian organization which is authorized to carry out tour operator activities and is registered in the Unified Federal Register of Tour Operators under a unique reference number (MVT); the confirmation should contain:
confirmation number;
number of entries;
full name, date of birth, sex, citizenship and passport number of the tourist;
duration of stay (dates of entry and exit);
purpose of visit (specified by the current Russian legislation);
itinerary and places of accommodation;
receiving organization’s address and its MVT;
signature of an authorized person of the tour agency and its official seal.
On issuing tourist visas based on confirmation of a hotel reservation or other accommodation facility
On March 6, 2023, Federal Law No. 501 of December 5, 2022 "On Amendments to Articles 25 and 25.6 of the Federal Law "On the Procedure for Leaving the Russian Federation and Entering the Russian Federation" came into force.
In accordance with its provisions, an ordinary tourist visa is issued for a period of up to six months based on confirmation of a hotel reservation or other accommodation facility, information about which is contained in the unified list of classified hotels, ski slopes, beaches, exclusively to citizens of foreign states, the list of which is determined by the Government of the Russian Federation.
This list, approved by the order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated February 16, 2023 No. 372-r, includes the following foreign countries: Bahrain, Brunei, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Iran, Cambodia, China, DPRK, Kuwait, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, the Philippines.
Attention: citizens of other countries not included in the abovementioned list, as well as stateless persons, can be issued a tourist visa only on the basis of confirmation of the reception of a foreign tourist by an organization, information about which is contained in the Unified Federal Register of tour operators.
The procedure for issuing tourist visas on the basis of confirmation of the reception of a foreign tourist by an organization, information about which is contained in the unified federal register of tour operators, remains unchanged.
The procedure for issuing a confirmation of a hotel reservation or other accommodation facility, information about which is contained in the unified list of classified hotels, ski slopes, and beaches, is established in accordance with the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 9, 2003 No. 335 "On approval of the Regulation on establishing the visa form, the procedure and conditions for its registration and issuance, extension of its validity, restoration in case of loss, as well as the procedure for cancellation of a visa."
A confirmation of a hotel reservation may be completed on paper using technical means (typewriters, computers) in Russian, English or in the language of the country in which the foreign tourist applies for a visa, signed by an authorized hotel employee and certified by the hotel seal. It contains:
1. The name of the document "Confirmation of a hotel reservation", its number and date of issue;
2. The hotel's corporate name, its actual address and registration number in the unified list of classified hotels, ski slopes, beaches;
3. Information about the foreign citizen for whom the confirmation was issued (last name, first name(s), date of birth, gender, citizenship, passport number or other document recognized by the Russian Federation
as an identity document of a foreign citizen);
4. Date of arrival at the hotel and date of departure from the hotel;
5. Other information about the booking conditions (at the discretion of the hotel).
