Electronic visas

In accordance with the decision of the Government of the Russian Federation, from August 1, 2023, the practical launch of the system for issuing electronic visas will take place. Electronic visas will be valid for the whole territory of Russia.
The list of foreign states whose citizens can get electronic visa currently includes 52 countries and was approved by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated October 6, 2020 No. 2571-r. This list will be expanded in the near future. As for today, the list is as follows:

1.  Austria
2.  Andorra
3.  Bahrain
4.  Belgium
5.  Bulgaria
6.  Cyprus
7.  China
8.  Croatia
9.  Czech Republic
10.  Denmark
11.  Estonia
12.  France
13.  Finland
14.  Germany
15.  Greece
16.  Hungary
17.  India
18.  Indonesia
19.  Iran
20.  Ireland
21.  Iceland
22.  Italy
23.  Kuwait
24.  Japan
25.  Latvia
26.  Lithuania
27.  Liechtenstein
28.  Luxembourg
29.  Malaysia
30.  Malta
31.  Mexico
32.  Monaco
33.  Netherlands
34.  North Korea
35.  Northern Macedonia
36.  Norway
37. Oman
38.  Poland
39.  Portugal
40.  Philippines
41.  Romania
42.  San Marino
43.  Saudi Arabia
44.  Serbia
45.  Singapore
46.  Slovakia
47.  Slovenia
48.  Spain
49.  Sweden
50.  Switzerland
51.  Turkey
52.  Vatican City

An electronic visa is issued on the basis of a foreign citizen's application filled in electronically on the specialized website of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs https://electronic-visa.kdmid.ru or through a mobile app which can be downloaded on the above mentioned website.

An application for electronic visa must be submitted via the website no later than 4 calendar days before the expected date of entry into the Russian Federation. A digital photograph of the face and a scan of the page with the data of the machine-readable passport of a foreign citizen must be attached to the application. No other documents are required to obtain e-visa.
In accordance with the current Russian legislation, the fee should be paid for a visa (via the same website).

An electronic visa entitles you to a single entry into the Russian Federation and stay in the Russian Federation with the following purposes:
1)  Guest (private) visit
2)  Business visit
3)  Tourism
4)  Participation in scientific, cultural, socio-political, economic, sports events and contacts, which have connection to such events.

The validity of the electronic visa is 60 days from the date of its issuance, but only with the permitted period of stay in Russia no more than 16 days from the date of entry into the territory of the Russian Federation.
Electronic visas are valid for entry into the Russian Federation and exit from the Russian Federation by air, pedestrian, road and water transport only through checkpoints across the state border of the Russian Federation, the list of which was approved by the order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated October 23, 2020. No. 2741-r. Currently, this list consists of 92 border checkpoints.
Transport companies and applicants can check that a foreign citizen has a valid unified electronic visa on a special automated website of the Russian Foreign Ministry at https://evisacheck.kdmid.ru. Information on the verification procedure will be available there from August, 01, 2023 in Russian and English.
NB! The “paper” visas are still issued by the Russian consulates. If electronic visa does not suits your trip to Russia (for example, you need multiple entry or you have a different purpose of your trip), one can apply for a “paper one”. Information about them is also available on our website.