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The road from [[Värska Parish|Värska]] to [[Ulitina]] in [[Estonia]], traditionally the only road to the Ulitina area, goes through Russian territory for one kilometre (0.6 mi) of its length, an area called [[Saatse Boot]]. This road has no border control, but there is no connection to any other road in Russia. It is not permitted to stop or walk along the road. This area is a part of [[Russia]] but is also a de facto part of the Schengen area.{{fact|date=March 2024}}
The road from [[Värska Parish|Värska]] to [[Ulitina]] in [[Estonia]], traditionally the only road to the Ulitina area, goes through Russian territory for one kilometre (0.6&nbsp;mi) of its length, an area called [[Saatse Boot]]. This road has no border control, but there is no connection to any other road in Russia. It is not permitted to stop or walk along the road. This area is a part of [[Russia]] but is also a de facto part of the Schengen area.<ref name=postimees>[http://news.postimees.ee/1324420/border-tweak-steals-tourism-magnet Border tweak steals tourism magnet] (Postimees 7 Aug 2013)</ref>


===Non-ordinary passports===
===Non-ordinary passports===

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The visa policy of Russia requires that any foreign citizen wishing to enter the Russian Federation must obtain a visa, which is a permit to enter and stay in the country.

Russia has agreements with many countries whose citizens are either visa-exempt or may obtain an electronic visa (e-Visa). Citizens of countries without such an agreement with Russia must obtain a visa from one of the Russian diplomatic missions or visa centers.

Foreign citizens, while in the territory of Russia, must comply with the legislation of Russia, including requirements of customs, border and immigration regimes, rules of travel finance, registration, internal movement within the territory of Russia and extensions of stay.

Nothing limits the right of competent authorities of Russia to deny entry or to shorten the period of stay in the territory of Russia for foreign citizens.

Overview

Border-crossing points

Foreign citizens may enter into the territory of Russia through the border-crossing points open to international passenger traffic.

As of 11 June 2020, Russia has 386 checkpoints.[1] across the state border of Russia.[2]

Land border with Belarus

Citizens of third countries are not allowed to cross the Belarus–Russia land border due to a lack of international border crossing points, because passports must be stamped.[3][4]

Entry will be allowed through the road checkpoints on the border between Russia and Belarus in 2021:[5]

Land border with Kazakhstan

Residents of the border areas of Kazakhstan who visit the territory of the border areas of Russia up to three days can enter Russia through checkpoints, which are specially installed for residents of border areas.[6][7][8]

Visa policy map

Visa policy of the Russian Federation
  Russia (including occupied territories of Ukraine)
  Freedom of movement
  Visa not required (90 days)
  Visa not required (60 days)
  Visa not required (30 days)
  Visa not required for tour groups (15 days) / eVisa (16 days)
  Visa not required (14 days)
  eVisa (16 days)
  Visa required

Visa exemption

Ordinary passports

Holders of ordinary passports of the following countries and territories may enter Russia without a visa if the duration of their visit does not exceed the visa-free limit specified below (except for citizens of Belarus and South Ossetia, who have the right to unlimited visa-free entry to Russia).[9][10][11]

From 2014, resetting the allowed period by leaving and re-entering the country is no longer allowed. Overstaying up to 180 days is punishable by a 3-year entry ban, 180–270 days by a 5-year entry ban, and over 270 days by a 10-year entry ban.[12]

Freedom of movement

90 days

60 days

30 days

14 days

ID - May enter with a national ID card in lieu of a passport.
IP - May enter with an internal passport in lieu of a passport.
TD - May enter with a "Travel Document in Lieu of National Passport" in lieu of a passport.
1 - 90 days within any 1-year period.
2 - 90 days within any 365-day period.
3 - 90 days within any 180-day period.
4 - 60 days within any 180-day period.
5 - 30 days within any 60-day period.

Other visa exemption

Tour groups
Citizens of China may visit Russia without a visa for up to 15 days and citizens of Iran may visit Russia without a visa for up to 15 days during one trip, but no more than 90 days within any 180-day period if traveling as part of a tour group from 5 to 50 persons that is accompanied by a representative of a tour operator registered in both countries (Russia-China, Russia-Iran).
Common visa

On 19 June 2020, Russia and Belarus have signed an agreement on mutual recognition of visas.[63]

After ratification, visa-free entry will be available for holders of a valid visa or residence permit of Belarus.[64]

Visa-free visits for up to 72 hours for cruise ship and ferry passengers

Since May 2009, international tourists entering by regular ferry via several ports have been able to stay in Russia visa-free for up to 72 hours, provided that they spend the night on-board or in accommodation specifically approved by the travel agency.[65]

In addition, tourists entering by tourist cruise ships can leave the ship visa-free on tours organized by any authorized local tour company, when entering Russia through the ports of Anadyr, Kaliningrad, Korsakov, Novorossiysk, Murmansk, Sevastopol, Sochi, Saint Petersburg (Big port Saint Petersburg and Passenger Port of St. Petersburg), Vladivostok, Vyborg, Zarubino.[66][67]

Entry to the port of Saint Petersburg by regular ferry can be done only from the ports of Tallinn (Estonia) or Helsinki (Finland). It is also possible to travel visa-free for 72 hours from the port of Stockholm with the stop in Helsinki.[68][69]

Visa-free zones
  •  United States - Residents of Alaska who are members of the indigenous population do not require a visa to visit Chukotka Autonomous Okrug if they have relatives (blood relatives, members of the same tribe, native people who have similar language and cultural heritage) in Chukotka. Individuals must be invited by a relative in Chukotka and must leave Chukotka within 90 days. Entry points are in Anadyr, Provideniya, Lavrentiya and Uelen.[70] The agreement was signed between USSR and United States on 23 September 1989 but came into force on 17 July 2015 after ratification by the United States.[71]
Local border traffic

These border permits between member states of Schengen area and third countries bordering them, allow residents near both sides of the borders to pass the border free number of times without visa. These permits do not count as visas, but applying requires a process similar to visa, for example visiting a visa office in person.

From 6 June 2013, residents of the border areas of Latvia who have a permit for local border traffic can visit the border areas of Russia without a visa. From 16 December 2018, amendments to the current agreement entered into force. The procedure for obtaining a permit was simplified; residents of border areas shall be allowed to stay in the neighbouring border area without limitation of the total duration of stay, but with a limit of not more than 90 days of continuous stay; and the stamping of travel documents at the border crossing was cancelled.[74]

  •  Norway - 15 days for holders of border traffic permit[75]

From 29 May 2012, residents of the border areas of Norway who have a permit for local border traffic can visit the border areas of Russia without a visa. From 4 March 2017, the Protocol on amendments to the current agreement entered into force – residents of area of Neiden received the right to receive a permit for local border traffic.[76][77]


Crew members

Visa is not required for crew members of airlines, sea crew, river crew, rail crew that have a bilateral agreement with the Russian government exempting crew members from visa requirements.

Citizens of following countries may visit Russia without a visa if they are travelling as part of the airline crew: Afghanistan, Algeria, Austria,[78] Belgium,[79] Bulgaria,[80] Canada,[81] China,[82] Croatia,[83] Cyprus,[84] Czech Republic,[85] Denmark,[86] Egypt, Ethiopia,[87] Finland,[88] France,[89] Germany, Greece,[90] Iceland,[91] India,[92] Iraq, Italy,[93] Japan, Jordan,[94] Latvia,[95] Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg,[96] Malta, Netherlands,[97] North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway,[98] Oman,[99] Poland,[100] Portugal,[101] Qatar, Romania, Singapore, Spain,[102] Sri Lanka,[103] Sweden,[104] Switzerland, Turkmenistan,[105] United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vietnam.[106]

Russian Government has instructed the Foreign Ministry to sign an agreement with Georgia,[107] and Tunisia.[108]

Citizens of following countries may visit Russia without a visa if they are travelling as part of the sea crew: Bulgaria,[80] China,1[82] Croatia,[83] Cyprus,[84] DR Congo, Egypt, France,[89] Iran,[109] Iraq, Lithuania,[110] North Korea, Poland,[100] Tunisia,[111] Turkey
Turkmenistan,[110][112] Vietnam.[106]

Citizens of following countries may visit Russia without a visa if they are travelling as part of the railway crew: China,[82] North Korea, Turkmenistan.[113]

Visa-free transit

Direct airside transit

Passengers travelling through international airports do not need a visa for a transit of less than 24 hours in most circumstances,[114] provided a confirmed onward ticket is held and the traveller remains in the international transit area (without clearing regular passport control). A transit visa is needed when transiting Russia to/from Belarus.

The following international Russian airports do not have international transit areas, meaning a transit visa is required to connect there:

Saimaa canal

In accordance with a treaty between Russia and Finland, though there are passport controls at borders, a visa is not required for just passing through the Russian part of the Saimaa canal without leaving the vessel.[115]

Värska–Ulitina road

The road from Värska to Ulitina in Estonia, traditionally the only road to the Ulitina area, goes through Russian territory for one kilometre (0.6 mi) of its length, an area called Saatse Boot. This road has no border control, but there is no connection to any other road in Russia. It is not permitted to stop or walk along the road. This area is a part of Russia but is also a de facto part of the Schengen area.[116]

Non-ordinary passports

Under reciprocal agreements, holders of diplomatic or various categories of service passports (consular, official, service, special) of the following countries and territories may enter and remain in Russia without a visa for the following period:[10]

Visa policy of the Russian Federation for holders of diplomatic, official or service passports
  Russia
  Visa not required for holders of diplomatic, official or service passports
  Visa not required for holders of official passports
  Visa not required for holders of diplomatic passports

Freedom of movement

3 months3

90 days

60 days

30 days

14 days

C - Consular passports
D - Diplomatic passports
O - Official passports
S - Service passports
Sp - Special passports 1 - 90 days within any 365-day period.
2 - 90 days within any 180-day period.
3 - With the right of multiple entry and exit.
4 - Applies only to employees of official institutions operating in the territory of a contracting parties and their families.

Currently, visa exemption for holders of diplomatic passports of European Union member states, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland have been suspended.[117]

Among citizens of countries whose citizens do not normally require a visa, holders of diplomatic or service passports of Israel require a visa.[118]

Future changes

Russia has signed visa exemption agreements with the following countries, but they have not yet entered into force:

Country Passports Days
 Democratic Republic of Congo[119] Diplomatic, service 90 days within any 180-day period
 Micronesia[120] All 30 days
 San Marino[121] All 90 days within any 180-day period

Russia is considering visa exemption agreements or visa policy improvements for the following countries:

  •  Central African Republic - 90 days within any 180 day-period for diplomatic and service passports[122]
  •  China - 21 days for tourist groups from 3 to 50 persons[123]
  •  Côte d'Ivoire - 90 days for diplomatic and service passports[124]
  •  Eritrea - 90 days within any 180 day-period for diplomatic and service passports[125]
  •  Ghana - 90 days within any 180 day-period for diplomatic and service passports[126]
  •  Hong Kong - 30 days for all passports[127]
  •  Lebanon - 90 days within any 180 day-period for diplomatic, service and special passports[128]
  •  Saint Lucia - 90 days within any 180 day-period for all passports[129]

In addition, Russia is currently in talks with Gulf countries as well as other countries to establish visa exemption agreements.[130]

APEC Business Travel Card

Main article: APEC Business Travel Card

The APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) is a travel document issued to business travellers who are citizens of APEC participating economies. Valid for five years, the card eliminates the need for its holder to possess a visa when visiting other APEC participating economies.

From 1 June 2013,[131] holders of passports issued by the following countries who possess an APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) containing the "RUS" code on the reverse that it is valid for travel may enter Russia without a visa for business trips for up to 90 days within any 180-day period.[132]

ABTCs are issued to citizens of:[133]

Electronic Visa (e-Visa)

From 8 August 2017, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia started to implement the e-Visa Program.

Citizens of the 18 countries[Note 16] could apply an e-Visa to visit to regions in the Far Eastern Federal District.[134]

From 8 June 2019, citizens of Taiwan were added to the list for Far East.[135]

From 1 July 2019, citizens of the 54 countries could apply for single-entry business, humanitarian and tourist visas to visit the Kaliningrad region.[136]

From 1 October 2019, electronic visa have become valid for Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast.[137]

On 24 January 2020, the new list for the Far Eastern e-Visa was approved.[Note 17][138]

Thus, the list of countries has become uniform for all regions where an electronic visa is applied.

On 6 October 2020, in accordance with the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 2571/2020, the list of States was approved.[139] These are all the countries whose citizens were allowed to enter Russia with an electronic visa as part of the pilot project. The e-Visa is a single entry visa, which is valid for a period of 60 days from the date of issue, and which allows a period of stay in the Russian Federation of up to 16 days from the date of entry.

Unified e-Visa was scheduled to be introduced in Russia on 1 January 2021, but the program was temporarily suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[140]

Russia started issuing e-Visas on 1 August 2023.[141][142]

The 16-day e-Visa is issued for private or business visit, tourism, as well as for participating in scientific, cultural, socio-political, economic, sporting events. The application can be submitted no earlier than 40 days and no later than 4 days before the expected date of entry.

E-Visa applications will be processed within no more than 4 calendar days from the date of application. The consular fee is 40 USD (children under 6 years of age get a visa free of charge).[143]

E-Visa allows arrival and departure only through the following border crossing points:[144][145]

Airports (51)

Seaports (12)

Railways (8)

Roads (24)

Russia – Сhina border (3)
  • Poltavka – China side: Sanchakou
  • Starotsurukhaytuy – China side: Heishantou
  • Turiy Rog – China side: Dangbi
Russia – Estonia border (3)
Russia – Finland border (5)
Russia – Georgia border (1)
  • Verkhniy Lars – Georgia side: Dariali
Russia – Latvia border (2)
  • Burachki – Latvia side: Terehova
  • Ubylinka – Latvia side: Grebnova
Russia – Lithuania border (4)
Russia – Mongolia border (2)
Russia – Poland border (4)

Mixed (3)

River (1)

Pedestrians (1)

Citizens of the following countries and territories may obtain an e-Visa:

1 - Visa exemption in general.
2 - Available for holders of non-biometric passports.

Closed cities

Several closed cities in Russia require special authorization.

Areas requiring special permits

In accordance with the Government Decree of 1992, 19 areas of the Russian Federation are closed to foreigners without special permits.[146] This restriction does not apply to Russian citizens.

A full list of such areas:

Conflict area

As of 2024, Crimea and parts of Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Luhansk, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia regions are under Russian control and Russia enforces its visa policy there.

The Government of Ukraine strictly prohibits the entry and transit of foreign citizens to the occupied territories. Foreign citizens who entered the occupied territories without permission will be denied entry and transit to Ukraine.

Visas

The Russian visa is a machine-readable document, which is placed in the holder's passport. All fields are indicated in both Russian and English, but are filled out only in Russian.

The holder's name appears in both the Roman and Cyrillic alphabets.

The name that appears in the machine-readable zone at the bottom of the visa represents the holder's Cyrillic name mapped into the Roman alphabet. This allows Russian computer systems to read the Cyrillic name, despite the machine readers only being able to read Roman alphabet letters. As a result, the spelling of a name in the machine-readable zone does not necessarily reflect its spelling in the visa's name field. For example, the name "Christoph" would appear in the field as "Kpиcтoф/Christoph", but the MRZ would contain the name "Kristof".

Contrary to guidelines for machine-readable documents, the issuing country's ISO code (RUS) is not shown at positions 3–5 (i.e. V<RUS). Instead, the first line is formatted as: VSURNAME<<GIVEN<NAMES.

While not necessarily printed on the visa (depending on the embassy), a photo is required in the visa application. The visa application form may be filled online and submitted to the diplomatic mission.[147]

Types of visa

Depending on the purpose of entry into the Russian Federation and the purposes of stay, visas are categorized as:

  • Private
  • Business
  • Tourist
  • Educational
  • Working
  • Humanitarian
  • Entry (for receiving shelter or to obtain citizenship in Russia)[148]
Diplomatic visa

A diplomatic visa shall be issued to a foreign citizen holding a diplomatic passport. A diplomatic visa is issued:

  • to foreign heads of state, foreign heads of government, members of the foreign official delegations, family members of such persons traveling with them or accompanying them – for a period of up to 1 year.
  • to diplomatic agents of diplomatic missions and consular officials of consular establishments, the staff of representations of the international organizations in the Russian Federation which have the diplomatic status in the Russian Federation, to family members of specified persons for a period of up to 1 year.
  • to foreign diplomatic and consular couriers for the term of business trip.
  • to officials of the foreign states who have the official status in the Russian Federation have the right to a diplomatic visa and who come for a working visit to diplomatic missions or consular establishments of the foreign states in the Russian Federation or to the international organizations or their representations in the Russian Federation, for a period of up to 1 year.
Service visa

A service visa is issued to the foreign citizen having service (consular, official, special) passport. A service visa is issued:

  • to members of foreign official delegations, family members of such persons traveling with them or accompanying them - for a period of up to 1 year.
  • to administrative and technical and service personnel of diplomatic missions, consular employees and service personnel of consular establishments of the foreign states in the Russian Federation, representations of the international organizations in the Russian Federation and to family members of such persons for a period of up to 1 year.
  • to military personnel of armed forces of the foreign states and family members of such persons for a period of up to 1 year. Extension of term of stay in the Russian Federation by issuance of the multiple entry visa for a period of validity of the foreign trade contract registered in accordance with the established procedure, but no more than for 5 years is allowed to the military personnel of armed forces of the foreign states driving to the Russian Federation for implementation of international treaties of the Russian Federation and (or) decisions of public authorities of the Russian Federation in the field of military and technical cooperation, and family members of such persons.
  • to foreign state officials who have the official status in the Russian Federation have the right to be issued a service visa and those who travel for a working visit to diplomatic missions or consular establishments of the foreign states in the Russian Federation or in the international organizations or their representations in the Russian Federation, for a period of up to 1 year.
Ordinary visa

Depending on the purpose of entry of the foreign citizen into the Russian Federation and the purpose of his stay in the Russian Federation ordinary visas are subdivided on private, business, tourist, educational, working, humanitarian and entry visas to the Russian Federation for temporary residence or citizenship ceremony:

  1. An ordinary private visa is issued for a period of up to 3 months to foreign citizens traveling to Russia for a short visit on the basis of an invitation letter. Citizens from certain countries (based on the principle of reciprocity) can receive a visa for a period of up to 1 year.
  2. An ordinary business visa is issued for a period of up to 1 year to foreign citizens traveling to Russia for a business trip.
  3. An ordinary tourist visa is issued for a period of up to 1 month (or on the basis of the principle of reciprocity for a period of up to 6 months) to foreign citizens traveling to Russia as tourists, if holding an invitation letter by a Russian tour operator. Invitations can be issued by many hotels on request (sometimes for a fee) or through various online services associated with Russian tour operators. An ordinary tourist group visa is issued for a period of up to 1 month to foreign citizens traveling to Russia as a tourist in an organized tourist group (not less than 5 people), of holding a confirmation by an organization in the unified federal register of tour operators.
  4. An ordinary student visa is issued for a period of up to 1 year to foreign citizens traveling to Russia for training in the educational institution.
  5. An ordinary work visa is issued to foreign citizens visiting Russia for work purposes for a period of validity of the employment contract or civil contract for performance of work (rendering services), but no more than for 1 year.
  6. An ordinary humanitarian visa is issued for a period of up to 1 year (or on the basis of the principle of reciprocity for a period of up to 5 years) to foreign citizens visiting Russia for a scientific, cultural, political or a sport visit, religious communication and contacts, pilgrimage, charity, delivery of humanitarian aid.
  7. An ordinary entry visa to Russia for receiving a shelter is issued to foreign citizens for a period of up to 3 months if holding a decision of the federal executive authority authorized on implementation of functions on control and supervision in the sphere of migration on recognition of this foreign citizen as a refugee on the territory of Russia.
  8. An ordinary entry visa to Russia to obtain citizenship of the Russian Federation is issued to foreign citizens for a period of up to 1 year if holding a decision on recognition of such foreign citizen as a native speaker of Russian.
  9. An ordinary entry visa to Russia to obtain permission for temporary resident is issued to foreign citizens for a period of up to 4 months.
Transit visa

A Transit visa is issued for a period of up to 10 days to the foreign citizen for transit through the territory of Russia.

Visa of temporary living person

A visa of temporarily living person is issued for 4 months to the foreign citizen to whom entry into Russia is allowed for temporary residence, within a quota of delivery of permissions to temporary residence.

Applying for a visa

All types of Russian entry visas are received through Russian embassies and consulates. Provided all the documents are ready, the process usually takes no more than 3-10 workdays for Russian travel visa.

Russian Tourist Visa requirements:

  • Original passport
  • One photo (colour, passport size photo)
  • Tourist invitation
  • Russian Consulate Application Form

The Russian Consulate requires the visa application form to be printed on A4 paper with right and bottom margins of 5mm. A failure to meet these requirements invalidates the form.

Exit

Russia requires that an alien who needs a visa on entry be in possession of a valid visa upon exit.

To satisfy this formal requirement, exit visas sometimes need to be issued. Russia requires an exit visa if a visitor stays well past the expiration date of their visa. They must then extend their visa or apply for an exit visa and are not allowed to leave the country until they show a valid visa or have a permissible excuse for overstaying their visa (e.g., a note from a doctor or a hospital explaining an illness, missed flight, lost or stolen visa). In some cases, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can issue a Return-Home certificate that is valid for 10 days from the embassy of the visitor's native country, thus eliminating the need for an exit visa.[149][150][151]

A foreign citizen granted a temporary residence permit in Russia needs a temporary resident visa to take a trip abroad (valid for both exit and return). It is also colloquially called an exit visa.

Costs for a visa

Almost all Russian embassies and consulates, require visa applications to be submitted to semi-private visa processing centers instead of directly to the consular section of the embassy. Costs differ.

Fingerprinting

From January 2015, visa applicants from the United Kingdom, Denmark, Myanmar and Namibia will be obliged to provide fingerprint scans. After a trial period it will be decided whether to expand this to other countries as well.

Russia plans to require, from 1 July 2019, fingerprinting and photographing of all foreign citizens entering the Russian Federation without a visa and staying for more than 30 days.[152]

Visitor statistics

According to the Border Service of the Federal Security Service and the Federal State Statistics Service, most visitors arriving in Russia were from the following countries of nationality:[153]

Country Total (includes all types of purposes of visits)
2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
 Ukraine Decrease 3,648,972 Decrease 8,646,295 Decrease 9,177,272 Increase 9,817,008 Decrease 9,737,405
 Kazakhstan Decrease 1,426,727 Increase 4,324,856 Increase 4,241,244 Decrease 4,137,613 Decrease 4,686,059
 Uzbekistan Decrease 720,041 Increase 2,588,922 Increase 2,354,642 Increase 2,350,007 Decrease 2,116,480
 Abkhazia Decrease 414,927 Increase 600,399 Increase 492,310 Increase 436,368 Decrease 415,606
 Tajikistan Decrease 401,888 Increase 1,557,148 Decrease 1,340,975 Increase 1,350,356 Increase 1,293,270
 Kyrgyzstan Decrease 299,611 Increase 959,130 Increase 859,735 Increase 836,946 Decrease 792,042
 Azerbaijan Decrease 269,807 Increase 1,175,045 Increase 1,145,327 Decrease 1,143,243 Increase 1,156,703
 Armenia Decrease 209,812 Decrease 816,454 Decrease 825,200 Increase 857,212 Decrease 833,577
 Finland Decrease 180,110 Decrease 938,693 Decrease 994,098 Decrease 1,063,348 Decrease 1,376,646
 Belarus Decrease 176,601 Increase 440,438 Increase 403,597 Increase 382,022 Decrease 320,372
 China Decrease 155,594 Increase 2,257,039 Increase 2,030,319 Increase 1,780,200 Increase 1,565,524
 Moldova Decrease 154,766 Decrease 614,043 Decrease 698,027 Increase 803,916 Decrease 699,112
 Philippines Decrease 133,414 Increase 193,031 Increase 179,672 Increase 172,278 Decrease 160,734
 Poland Decrease 133,014 Decrease 680,382 Decrease 728,546 Decrease 765,544 Decrease 1,056,013
 Turkey Decrease 132,372 Decrease 187,612 Increase 196,061 Increase 181,285 Decrease 120,035
 Estonia Decrease 105,584 Increase 540,062 Increase 496,582 Decrease 432,803 Increase 433,926
 Latvia Decrease 93,865 Increase 365,783 Increase 355,641 Decrease 330,266 Increase 360,603
Stateless persons Decrease 74,215 Decrease 303,851 Increase 327,613 Decrease 318,393 Decrease 321,383
 South Ossetia Decrease 70,470 Increase 147,355 Increase 143,501 Increase 137,427 Decrease 115,382
 Germany Decrease 69,456 Increase 744,473 Increase 701,576 Increase 629,082 Increase 613,370
 Lithuania Decrease 57,883 Increase 253,950 Decrease 243,190 Decrease 256,009 Increase 281,168
 Mongolia Decrease 56,625 Decrease 394,994 Decrease 401,485 Decrease 416,293 Increase 542,196
 Georgia Decrease 56,266 Decrease 120,086 Increase 123,732 Increase 117,204 Decrease 65,378
 India Decrease 46,025 Increase 180,567 Increase 159,865 Increase 130,400 Increase 108,498
 South Korea Decrease 42,297 Increase 453,796 Increase 386,413 Increase 276,560 Increase 181,024
 France Decrease 38,391 Increase 249,410 Increase 236,583 Increase 211,673 Increase 201,260
 Israel Decrease 32,402 Increase 260,472 Increase 228,530 Increase 185,426 Increase 182,438
 Italy Decrease 28,432 Increase 251,751 Increase 225,776 Decrease 206,860 Increase 208,689
 Serbia Decrease 26,731 Decrease 84,852 Increase 96,730 Increase 87,899 Increase 79,575
 United Kingdom Decrease 22,471 Decrease 194,956 Increase 216,029 Increase 193,522 Decrease 190,278
 Turkmenistan Decrease 21,680 Increase 92,616 Increase 82,675 Increase 65,749 Increase 56,258
 Vietnam Decrease 19,477 Increase 90,565 Increase 84,612 Increase 77,391 Increase 66,939
 United States Decrease 19,306 Decrease 300,933 Increase 337,395 Increase 293,011 Increase 248,990
 Japan Decrease 16,048 Increase 127,696 Increase 119,240 Increase 114,207 Increase 95,675
 Netherlands Decrease 14,663 Increase 84,651 Increase 80,540 Increase 73,729 Increase 68,017
 Egypt Decrease 13,481 Decrease 28,039 Increase 39,402
 Iran Decrease 12,725 Decrease 54,469 Decrease 61,007 Increase 91,862 Increase 75,203
 Thailand Decrease 12,183 Increase 72,031 Increase 64,898 Increase 52,697 Increase 32,222
 Greece Decrease 11,732 Increase 44,784 Increase 42,967 Decrease 41,205 Increase 46,730
 Bulgaria Decrease 10,255 Increase 41,083 Increase 40,836 Decrease 39,191 Increase 41,290
 Austria Decrease 9,977 Increase 67,429 Increase 64,500 Increase 59,501 Decrease 56,663
 Czech Republic Decrease 9,874 Increase 57,835 Increase 53,739 Increase 49,232 Increase 47,288
 Indonesia Decrease 9,671 Increase 40,284 Increase 31,695 Increase 25,425 Increase 20,211
 Spain Decrease 9,565 Increase 140,181 Increase 123,652 Increase 118,642 Increase 116,032
 Romania Decrease 9,335 Increase 32,779 Increase 29,920 Increase 26,330 Decrease 23,684
 Norway Decrease 8,506 Increase 52,022 Decrease 51,003 Increase 53,197 Decrease 46,631
 Sweden Decrease 8,308 Decrease 43,198 Increase 55,329 Decrease 32,095 Decrease 39,153
 Belgium Decrease 7,534 Decrease 42,473 Increase 48,270 Increase 38,868 Increase 37,492
 Croatia Decrease 7,480 Decrease 19,243 Increase 36,045
  Switzerland Decrease 7,407 Decrease 55,747 Increase 59,828 Increase 53,167 Increase 52,656
 Cuba Decrease 6,631 Increase 29,169 Decrease 27,882 Increase 30,711 Increase 26,667
 Hungary Decrease 5,680 Increase 35,541 Increase 32,998 Increase 25,659 Increase 25,313
 Denmark Decrease 5,016 24,662 Increase 31,308
Total Decrease n/a Increase 32,866,265 Increase32,550,677 Increase32,035,443 Decrease 31,466,538

Visa statistics

Most visas were issued in the following countries:

Location Number of visas issued in
2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
 Germany 58,953 410,780 360,582 336,423 324,959 299,791
 China 41,280 453,338 406,831 371,489 339,030 357,040
 Turkey 34,162 83,169 81,177 79,898 45,209 33,698
 France 27,059 172,870 146,491 145,576 131,229 119,314
 United Kingdom 20,770 92,573 88,290 96,246 93,169 87,863
 Italy 18,272 162,529 139,797 129,124 129,038 117,123
 United States 16,736 106,250 98,936 95,630 94,682 85,974
 Finland 14,271 110,480 105,157 108,792 116,462 112,655
 Latvia 11,295 78,727 79,082 74,382 77,574 70,328
 Poland 10,535 67,666 62,840 59,187 54,885 43,038
Total 452 161 3,090,538 2,758,893 2,687,146 2,505,457 2,283,850

History

Main article: Visa history of Russia

General Rules

Visa policy of the Russian Federation
  Russia
  Visa not required

The law "On the legal status of foreign citizens in the USSR" was used by the Russian Federation. Action extended from 1 January 1993. Chapter III of the law "entry into the USSR and exit from the USSR Foreign citizens" was replaced adopted the Federal Law No.114-FZ 1996 "On the Order of Exit from the Russian Federation". The law was repealed with the adoption of the Federal Law 115-FZ on 25 Jul 2002 On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation. The laws establishes that as a general rule all foreign citizens and stateless persons need visas for entry and exit from the territory of Russia and the period of temporary stay (90 days within any 180 days). It also establishes a number of exceptions addressing certain groups of travelers. The basis of the legal status of foreign citizens and stateless persons are secured primarily by the Constitution of the Russian Federation 1993 – Art. 62 and Art. 63.

According to the Russian Constitution, international treaties of Russia override the domestic legislation. Russia has concluded a number of bilateral or multilateral treaties on visa abolishing or simplification and is seeking to negotiate new such treaties. The visa policy Russia applies the principle of reciprocity, the principle of specular.

Visa-free 72-hour transit

In September 2013, the president of Russia has sent the bill of introduction of 72-hour visa-free transit to parliament. The list of the airports and the list of the states which citizens will be able to use visa-free transit in the tourist purposes, will be approved by the Government of the Russian Federation after ratification.

In 2014, the parliament has suspended ratification of the bill for an indefinite term.

Occupied territories of Ukraine

Crimea

In April 2014, Crimea's Tourism Minister proposed a visa-free regime for foreign tourists staying at Crimean resorts for up to 12 days and a 72-hour visa-free stay for cruise passengers.[citation needed] Visa-free access for Chinese citizens was proposed in June 2014. Visa-free entrance in cruise courts to Sevastopol began to be carried out from September 2015[67] Other of the proposals has been not realized.

Donetsk and Luhansk

On 18 February 2017, the President of Russia signed the decree "About Recognition of the Documents Issued to the Citizens of Ukraine and Persons Without Citizenship Living in Territories of Certain Districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk Regions of Ukraine". Holders of passports of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic could carry out entry into the Russian Federation and departure from the Russian Federation without execution of visas. The decree is applied temporarily, for the period before political settlement of a situation in certain districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine on the basis of the Minsk Agreement.[154]

From 29 December 2018, citizens of Ukraine who are residents of the territories of "certain districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions" of Ukraine are allowed to enter Russia visa-free for a maximum stay of 180 days.[155]

International events

Art events

Participants and members of delegations coming to participate in the musical events are either provided with a simplified visa regime (e.g. Eurovision Song Contest 2009) or the right of visa-free entry (e.g. International Tchaikovsky Competition 2015).[156]

Currently (September 2015), the law providing permanent visa abolition for participants and jury members of art competitions is being planned by the Government of Russia. The focus of this regulation will be on the International Tchaikovsky Competition.[157]

Economic events

Participants of the 1st Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok did not require a visa. Entrance was allowed with passport and the accreditation certificate only.[158]

Participants of East Economic Forum in Vladivostok can visit an event without visas from 8 to 15 September 2018.[159]

Sporting events

Prior to the adoption of a special law, participants and members of delegations arriving to sporting events, could count on a visa-free entry or visa facilitation (determined by law for each event which has to pass ratification in parliament and to be signed by the president). For the 2008 Champions League Final held in Moscow, also spectators were given such visa-free entry.

On 13 May 2013, the presidential decree on the abolition of visas for athletes, coaches, team leaders and members of foreign official delegations, as well as judges from the international sports competitions came into effect. It envisages entry on the basis of passport and accreditation certificate.[160]

The order of the President or the Government of Russia is sufficient for visa abolition or simplification of registration of visas. Visas were abolished for participants of the 2013 Summer Universiade,[161] the 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Moscow, the 2014 World Judo Championships in Chelyabinsk and the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan.[162]

Participants of the XVI World Aquatics Championships in the Masters category were exempted from visa fees.[163]

The right to enter Russia without a visa was also given to visitors during the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi if they were in a possession of tickets for the event.[164] Players of 2016 IIHF World Championship were able to obtain visas on arrival, for the fans were simplified procedure for issuing visas.[165]

2017 FIFA Confederations Cup holders of tickets for matches of the championship could enter Russia without a visa with personalized card of viewer (also known as the passport of a fan or fan-ID) and national passport from 7 June to 12 July 2017, if holding a laminated FIFA FAN ID card; from 14 June to 2 July 2017, if holding a printed FIFA FAN ID electronic format card. The foreign citizens could use their FAN IDs for multiple visa-free entry into and exit from the Russian Federation.

2018 FIFA World Cup holders of tickets for matches of the championship were able to enter Russia without a visa with personalized card of viewer (also known as the passport of a fan or fan-ID) and national passport from 4 June to 25 July 2018.

Foreigners participating in events and athletes included in the lists of FIFA, will have to obtain visas, but in a simplified manner. In particular, visas for this category of citizens will be issued within 3 working days from the date of filing and without consular fees. This procedure will be applied until 31 December 2018.

Foreigners involved in activities and not participating in sporting events, will travel to and from Russia by an ordinary multiple-entry work visas that will be issued for a period of 1 year. Foreigners, attracted by the FIFA, its subsidiaries and contractors, confederations, national football associations, the Russian football Union, organizing Committee "Russia-2018" will be entitled to work in Russia without obtaining a patent.[166]

Travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Main articles: Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic and Russian government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia has imposed the following temporary travel restrictions:

On 28 June 2021, Russia resumed flights with Belgium, Bulgaria, Jordan, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, North Macedonia, USA, Turkey, Austria, Armenia, Greece, Qatar, Serbia, Finland, Croatia, and Switzerland.[167]

On 27 January 2021, Russia resumed flights with Finland, Vietnam, India and Qatar.[168]

From 15 August 2020, restrictions are lifted for citizens of Switzerland.[169]

From 1 August 2020, restrictions on entry to Russia were lifted for citizens of Abkhazia,[170] Tanzania, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. The issuance of entry visas and invitations has also been resumed.[171]

The issuance of Russian electronic visas for the Far East District, Kaliningrad Oblast, and St Petersburg and Leningrad has been suspended since 18 March 2020 and has not been resumed yet.[172]

For foreign citizens who are in Russia on the basis of a visa or visa-free regime, the duration of temporary stay is suspended From 15 March to 15 June 2020.[173]

From 18 March until a special order of the government,[174] all foreign citizens (except citizens of CIS member nations, Abkhazia, South Ossetia from 20 March 2020[175][176][177]) are not allowed to enter the Russian Federation.[178][179][180] This does not apply to some category of travels.[181] From 13 March 2020, temporarily suspended the entry of citizens of Italy travelling for educational, work, private, tourist and transit purposes[182]

From 28 February 2020, temporarily suspended the entry of citizens of Iran travelling for educational, work, private, tourist and transit purposes.[183][184]

From 20 February 2020, temporarily suspended the entry of citizens of China, Hong Kong, Macao, travelling for work, private, educational and tourist purposes.[185]

See also

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Russia.

Notes

  1. ^ Citizens of Ukraine must arrive only through Sheremetyevo International Airport (Moscow).[13]
  2. ^ Citizens of Ukraine could be subject to interrogation by the Federal Security Service upon entering Russia.[14]
  3. ^ For holders of Macao Special Administrative Region passport only.
  4. ^ A visa is not required if holding a letter of guarantee / invitation and a tourist voucher.
  5. ^ For holders of biometric passports only.[15]
  6. ^ For holders of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport only.
  1. ^ Previous visa-free agreements under different terms were applied in period 1981-1985 and 1985-1994. 30 days from 29 Jul 1994 to 21 December 2018; 90 days within 180 days period from 21 December 2018.
  2. ^ Previous visa-free agreement was applied in period 1990-2008 (was signed between USSR and Yugoslavia).
  3. ^ Previous visa-free agreement under different terms was applied in period 1990-2008 (was signed between USSR and Yugoslavia).
  4. ^ Previous visa-free agreement under different terms were applied in period 1965 (on duty)/1967 (for tourism)-1990 and 1990-2009 (were signed between USSR and Yugoslavia).
  5. ^ Previous visa-free agreements under different terms were applied in period 1990-2008 (was signed between USSR and Yugoslavia) and 2008-2013.
  6. ^ Visa-free agreements were applied in period 1970-1979, 1979-1990.
  7. ^ Except «citizens of the former USSR permanently residing in the territory of the Republic of Latvia and the Republic of Estonia who have not received citizenship of these States».
  8. ^ Was applied from 14 August 1982.
  9. ^ Was applied from 23 May 1971.
  10. ^ Was applied from 22 January 1986.
  11. ^ a b Was applied as Yugoslavia from 26 April 1990.
  12. ^ Visa-free agreements under different terms were applied in period 1962-1965, 1965-1969, 1969-1982, 1982-1995 as Czechoslovakia and 1995-2000.
  13. ^ Visa-free agreements under different terms were applied in period 1962-1965, 1965-1969, 1969-1982, 1982-1994 as Czechoslovakia and 1994-1995, 1995-2001.
  14. ^ Was applied from 15 June 1995.
  15. ^ Was applied from 16 April 2011.
  16. ^ Algeria, Bahrain, Brunei, China, India, Iran, Japan, North Korea, Kuwait, Mexico, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates.
  17. ^ Citizens of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia were not included in the new list.

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  181. ^
    • employees of diplomatic missions and consular offices in the Russian Federation;
    • drivers of international road transport vehicles;
    • crews of air, sea and river vessels, train and locomotive crews of international railway transport;
    • members of official delegations and persons holding diplomatic, official, or ordinary private visas issued in connection with the death of a close relative;
    • persons permanently residing in the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as persons in transit through air checkpoints.
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  183. ^ "Распоряжение от 27 февраля 2020 года №446-р".
  184. ^ "Распоряжение от 27 февраля 2020 года №447-р".
  185. ^ "(in Russian) Россия с 30 января приостанавливает оформление электронных виз для граждан Китая".

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