On the issuance of unified electronic visas

In accordance with the decision of the President of the Russian Federation from 1 August 2023, foreign citizens are issued single electronic visas valid throughout the territory of the Russian Federation.

🌏 Citizens of the following foreign states, the list of which is approved by the Government of the Russian Federation Order No. 2571-r dated 6 October 2020 (in editions of the Government of the Russian Federation Orders No. 2040-r dated 29.07.2023, No. 3583-r dated 05.12.2024), may obtain a single electronic visa:

1. Austria

2. Barbados

3. Bahrain

4. Belgium

5. Bulgaria

6. Bhutan

7. Vatican City

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. Northern 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 is issued on the basis of an application of a foreign citizen filled in electronically on the specialised website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation at https://electronic-visa.kdmid.ru or via a mobile application available for download on the said website.

The application for a single electronic visa must be submitted no later than 4 calendar days before the expected date of entry into the Russian Federation. The application must be accompanied by a digital photograph of the person and a scan of the data page of the foreign citizen's machine-readable passport. No other documents are required to obtain a single electronic visa.

In accordance with the current Russian legislation, the unified electronic visa is paid. Payment is made on the specialised website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia https://electronic-visa.kdmid.ru by bank card. 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 a single electronic visa for children under 6 years of age, only the transaction costs of the payment system (about 2 USD) are payable.

The single electronic visa entitles the holder to enter and stay in the Russian Federation once.

to the Russian Federation and stay in the Russian Federation with a guest or business visit, as a tourist, as well as to participate in scientific, cultural, socio-political, economic, sporting events and to fulfil relevant relations and contacts.

The validity of a single electronic visa is 60 days

from the day of its issuance with the permitted 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.

Single electronic visas are valid for entry into the Russian Federation and exit 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 23 October 2020 № 2741-r.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation of 23.10.2020 N 2741-r (ed. on.pdf).

The above list of border crossing points is available on the specialised website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation for the issuance of unified electronic visas at https://electronic-visa.kdmid.ru.