Electronic visas
E-Visas to Russia are available to citizens of 52 countries,
as of January 2021
! Due to the current unprecedented situation with COVID-19 and the restrictions on entry to the Russian Federation still in force, the e-visa will not be available yet from 1 January 2021.
Citizens of 52 countries can be granted electronic visas to Russia, starting from January 2021. The list of countries was signed by the Russian Prime Minister on 7 October 2020.
UK nationals will still have to obtain a visa prior to travelling to Russia.
Who can travel to Russia with an electronic visa?
List of countries whose citizens can apply for an e-visa to Russia:
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Places in Russia which can be visited with an e-visa
Citizens of the listed countries can visit Russia without any geographical limitations, as of January 2021. An electronic visa gives the right to arrive at any border control point in any Russian region and travel anywhere across the country for up to 16 days.
Number of days you are allowed to stay on an electronic visa
Extending the list of eligible countries
Other information about e-visas to Russia
- E-visas let you stay for up to 16 days. The date of arrival and date of departure from Russia are counted as whole days. For example: if you arrive on 1 January 2022 at 10.00pm, you must leave the country by 16 January by 11.59 pm.
- An e-visa is valid for 30 days from the date of approval. You must leave the country by the last date of visa validity, even if your stay is less than 16 days.
- The e-visa cannot be extended or renewed from Russia.
- The e-visa can have the following purpose of entry: tourist, business, humanitarian (cultural relations). If your purpose of travel is different, you must obtain a normal visa before travelling.
- E-visas are normally issued within 4 days.
- An application for an e-visa can be submitted not earlier than 20 days before the date of travel, but no later than 4 days before the date of entry.
- If your passport is missing your date of birth, you need to obtain a normal visa before travelling.
- All children travelling with parents must have their own e-visas before travelling.
- Your passport must be valid for 6 months minimum from the date of travel to apply for a Russian e-visa.
- All travellers arriving on e-visas to Russia must be in possession of a valid travel insurance certificate for the whole period of stay.
- You cannot combine normal and e-visas to extend the validity of your normal visa.
- E-visas will not guarantee entry to the Russian Federation. The border control will carry out standard checks and interviews for all visitors arriving in Russia.
List of 29 checkpoints (border crossing locations) approved for e-Visa holders:
Airports approved for Russian electronic visa entry:
- Belgorod International Airport
- Volgograd International Airport
- Yekaterinburg Koltsovo International Airport
- Kazan International Airport
- Krasnodar International Airport (Pashkovsky Airport)
- Krasnoyarsk International Airport
- Moscow Vnukovo International Airport
- Moscow Domodedovo Airport
- Moscow Sheremetyevo Alexander S. Pushkin International Airport
- Nizhny Novgorod Strigino International Airport
- Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport
- Rostov-on-Don Platov International Airport
- Samara Kurumoch International Airport
- St Petersburg Pulkovo Airport
Railway border control checkpoints approved for Russian electronic visa entry:
- Kaliningrad Region Pogranichny
- Khasan, Primorsky Krai
Maritime (seaports) border control checkpoints approved for Russian electronic visa entry:
- St Petersburg - Marine Station (Big Port)
- Vladivostok
- Zarubino
- Passenger Port of St Petersburg
Land (road, by car, bus etc) border control checkpoints approved for Russian electronic visa entry:
- Bagrationovsk (Kaliningrad Region)
- Gusev (Kaliningrad Region)
- Ivangorod (Leningrad Region)
- Mamonovo Grzechotki (Kaliningrad Region)
- Mamonovo Gronovo (Kaliningrad Region)
- Morskoe (Morskoje) (Kaliningrad Region)
- Sovetsk (Kaliningrad Region)
- Ubylinka (Pskov Region)
Land (on foot) border control checkpoints approved for Russian electronic visa entry:
- Ivangorod border crossing point
Electronic visa rules for Russia until 1 January 2021 - the "pilot project"
Due to Coronavirus travel restrictions, electronic visas are not being processed from 18 March 2020.
Electronic visas to Russia are currently operated only when travelling to the Kaliningrad Region, Far Eastern Federal District, St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
An electronic visa is issued for a single entry (tourism, business or a humanitarian visit) for a maximum stay of 8 days.
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E-visas to St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region
Starting from 1 October 2019, nationals of 53 foreign States are granted an e-visa to enter the Russian Federation through air, sea, automobile and pedestrian checkpoints located in the territory of Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad region.
An e-visa is valid for entry into and exit from the Russian Federation only through the following State border crossing points of the Russian Federation located in the territory of Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad region:
By plane
- St Petersburg (Pulkovo)
By car/bus:
- Ivangorod
- Torfyanovka
- Brusnitchnoe
- Svetogorsk
Pedestrian
- Ivangorod
By ship/boat
- Vysotsk
- Big port of St Petersburg (Marine station section)
- Passenger port St Petersburg
PLEASE NOTE: Entry and exit on an e-visa using rail transport is currently unavailable.
An e-visa is issued within 4 calendar days, including weekends and Bank holidays.
There is no need for any invitations or confirmations. Just fill in the application form on the website.
There is no need to waste your free time or working hours visiting the consular agency during its business hours. The website works 24/7.
List of foreign States whose nationals can apply for an e-visa:
- Austria
- Andorra
- Bahrain
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Vatican
- Hungary
- Germany
- Greece
- Denmark
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Ireland
- Iceland
- Spain
- Italy
- Qatar
- Cyprus
- China (including Taiwan)
- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Kuwait
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mexico
- Monaco
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Oman
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- North Macedonia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Turkey
- Philippines
- Finland
- France
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Switzerland
- Sweden
- Estonia
- Japan
If you have any specific questions on the subject, please ring our advisers on 0207 985 1234.
E-visas to the Kaliningrad Region
Electronic Russian visas can be granted to nationals of 53 countries (see list below) to enter Russia through the particular border crossing points located in Kaliningrad by direct flight to Kaliningrad (but not via another Russian airport), by sea, railway or road. These include all EU member states, except the United Kingdom. An e-visa does not allow travel to other regions of Russia.
The visa is issued within 4 calendar days, including weekends and Bank holidays.
List of countries eligible for electronic visas to the Kaliningrad Region:
- Austria
- Andorra
- Bahrain
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Vatican
- Hungary
- Germany
- Greece
- Denmark
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Ireland
- Iceland
- Spain
- Italy
- Qatar
- Cyprus
- China (including Taiwan)
- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Kuwait
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mexico
- Monaco
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Oman
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Northern Macedonia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Turkey
- Philippines
- Finland
- France
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Switzerland
- Sweden
- Estonia
- Japan
Crossing points in the Kaliningrad region with an e-visa
Airports:
- Kaliningrad (Khrabrovo Airport)
By train:
- Mamonovo
- Sovetsk
- Kaliningrad
- Kaliningrad (Baltiysk)
- Kaliningrad (Svetly)
By car:
- Bagrationovsk
- Gusev
- Mamonovo (Gzhekhotki)
- Mamonovo (Gronovo)
- Morskoye
- Pogranichny
- Sovetsk
- Chernyshevskoye
E-visas to the Far Eastern Federal District (Vladivostok)
List of countries eligible for electronic visas to the Kaliningrad Region:
- Algeria
- Bahrain
- Brunei
- China
- India
- Iran
- Japan
- Kuwait
- Mexico
- Morocco
- North Korea
- Oman
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
Crossing points in the Far Eastern Federal District region with an e-visa
Airports:
- Vladivostok (Knevichi)
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (Yelizovo)
- Blagoveshchensk Khabarovsk (Novy)
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Khomutovo)
- Anadyr (Ugolny)
- Ulan-Ude (Muhino)
- Chita (Kadala)
- Vladivistok Zarubino
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
- Korsakov Posyet
- Pogranichny
- Khasan
- Makhalino
- Poltavka
- Turiy Rog
Other Destinations in About Russian Visas
- Flight
- Hotel
- Flight + Hotel