General Information

Dear visitors,

The Consular Section of the Embassy informs that visa application forms should be completed online only on the official website of the Consular Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: http://visa.kdmid.ru

Application forms should be filled in English or in Russian, printed and signed by applicants personally.

All questions in application forms should be answered. Incomplete visa application forms will not be accepted.

In case of applying for a visa for non-Egyptian citizens, it is necessary to provide, in addition to all other documents, a document giving the right to stay in Egypt for more than 180 days (a residence visa or a residence stamp in the passport).

Please note that if the passport containing a valid Russian visa has been cancelled, you must contact the consular department to transfer the visa from the old cancelled passport to the new one before travelling to Russia.

Visa application forms taken from other Internet sources as well as hand-written visa application forms will not be accepted.

Visas cannot be swapped or extended. If your travel plans have been changed after the visa issuing, you have to re-apply for a new visa. Also a new visa fee is to be paid by the applicant.

Visa processing commences only after all necessary and proper documents have been presented by an applicant and accepted by a consular officer. Incomplete set of documents may lead to refusal of visa processing, or documents may be returned to an applicant undone.

In some cases, the Consular officer may request additional documents.

EU passport holders should submit travel insurance policy that is valid in the Russian Federation for the whole period of the journey.

We inform you that granting Russian visa is only a first step to visit Russia.

The final decision to allow a foreigner to enter the territory of Russia is taken by the Russian Passport control authorities in the airports. The entrance can be forbidden for the following reasons:

- presenting false documents,

- inaccurate information while filling an application form in the Consulate,

- false or incorrect information about the true objective of visiting Russia,

- other doings against the Russian Law.

Foreign citizens and stateless persons can verify beforehand the existence of personal restrictions to visit Russia on the official portal of the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation (only in Russian) in the section «Online Services», the subsection «Verification of the existence of personal restrictions to visit Russia»: http://xn--b1afk4ade4e.xn--b1ab2a0a.xn--b1aew.xn--p1ai/info-service.htm?sid=3000