2.  An original passport and a xerox-copy of it's vital pages with personal data of the bearer (including the amendments at p.24: passport validity extension, the bearer's name change, etc. ("GREEN CARDS" i.e. "RESIDENT ALIEN CARDS" are not valid for entry into Russia).

Region	MFA local office	Address, tel/fax	e-mail/web-site
Moscow/Moscow region	Moscow
St.Petersburg region	St.Petersburg	191187, наб.Кутузова, д.34 tel.: (812) 272-00-76, 273-37-58, 275-36-50 fax: 272-60-22	davtian@predspfpb.spb.ru pitermid@predspfpb.spb.ru
Novgorodsky region	St.Petersburg
Arkhangelsky region	Arkhangelsk	163061, ул.Карла Либкнехта, д.2 tel.: (8182) 64-12-13, 64-12-12, 64-12-14, 64-12-93 fax: 64-13-00	midarkh@sanet.ru  midarkh@atnet.ru
Altay region	Barnaul	656099, пр.Ленина, д.41 tel.: (3852) 24-78-66, 24-18-02, 24-49-25 fax: 24-79-18	mid@ab.ru
Tomsky region	Barnaul
Evreisky A.O.	Birobidzhan	279016, ул.Шолом- Алейхема, д.16 tel.: (42622) 407-67, 602-29 fax: 407-66	mid@on-line.jar.ru
Chitinsky region	Chita	672002, ул.Амурская, д.68 tel.: (3022) 23-34-91, 26-23-54, 26-12-83, 23-41-27 fax: 26-23-54	root@mfa-rf.chita.ru
Aginsky Buriatsky okrug	Chita
Yekaterinburg region	Yekaterinburg	620219, ГСП-540, ул.Д.Н.Мамина-Сибиряка, д.111 tel.: (3432) 51-54-84, 56-47-57, 56-40-87 fax: 51-86-32	ekat@mid.ural.ru  nefedov@mid.ural.ru
Permsky region	Yekaterinburg
Tumensky region	Yekaterinburg
Hanty-Mansyiski region	Yekaterinburg
Irkutsky region	Irkutsk
Republic of Udmurtia	Izhevsk	426074, пл.50 лет Октября, д.15 tel.: (3412) 75-72-06, 75-24-39, 52-52-60 fax: 75-04-53	mid@udmnet.ru
Kaliningrad region	Kaliningrad	236000, ул.Кирова, д.17 tel.: (0112) 21-37-12, 21-59-28, 21-16-68, 21-22-03, 27-33-61, 27-93-03, 21-14-63, 55-64-77, 55-62-66 fax: 21-06-26, 21-59-28	kaliningrad@mid.ru  postmaster@mid.koenig.su
Khabarovsky region	Khabarovsk	680000, ул.Запарина, д.85 tel.: (4212) 32-86-06, 32-86-04, 32-86-02, 32-54-35, 32-63-19 fax: 32-63-19	olga@mid.kht.ru
Amursky region	Khabarovsk
Kamchatsky region	Khabarovsk
Krasnodar region	Krasnodar	350000, ул.Красная, д.176 tel.: (8612) 55-77-14 fax: 55-64-09	mid@krasnodar.ru
Krasnoyarsk region	Krasnoyarsk	660049, пр.Мира, д.93 tel.: (3912) 22-44-32, 22-44-85 fax: 22-44-57	pred@mid.krasnoyarsk.ru
Dagestan	Makhachkala	367025, пр-т Шамиля, д.44А tel.: (8722) 64-64-21, 64-64-48 fax: 64-43-25, 64-64-57	konsul@datacom.ru  bekmurzaev@datacom.ru
Republic of Adygeya	Maykop	385000, ул.Советская, д.176 tel.: (87722) 241-01, 238-28, 711-19, 707-85, 700-09 fax: 213-12	mid@maykop.ru
Stavropolsky region	Mineralnye vody
Murmansk region	Murmansk	183006, ул.Володарского, д.6 tel.: (8152) 42-26-72 fax: 42-34-71	acopig@com.mels.ru
Nakhodka		692900, Находкинский пр., д.24 tel.: (42366) 469-80, 570-21 fax: 458-61	mid@online.nakhodka.ru
Nizhegorodsky region	Nizhny Novgorod	603082, Кремль, д.1 tel.: (8312) 39-13-45, 39-13-28, 39-12-28 fax: 39-13-52	kot@mid.nnov.ru
Republic of Mordovia	Nizhny Novgorod
Chuvashia	Nizhny Novgorod
Kirovsky region	Nizhny Novgorod
Kareliya	Petrozavodsk	185000, ул.Энгельса, д.10 tel.: (8142) 785-555, 783-000, 765-701 fax: 765-063	admin@mid.onego.ru
Pskov region	Pskov	180001, ул.Некрасова, д.23 tel.: (8112) 16-14-37, 16-30-98, 16-36-28 fax: 16-14-37, 16-30-98	pskovmid@ellink.ru
Sakhalin		693000, Коммунистический пр-т, д.32 tel.: (4242) 727-341, 727-497 fax: 727-116	sakhmid@snc.ru
Samarskaya region	Samara	443010, ул.Галактионовская, д.132 tel.: (8462) 70-40-93, 70-45-21, 70-45-22 fax: 70-40-94, 70-45-22	mfasam@vis.infotel.ru
Saratovskaya region	Samara
Penzenskaya region	Samara
Volgogradsky region	Samara
Ulyanovsky region	Samara
Republic of Mordovia	Saransk	ул.Советская, д.55 tel.: (8342) 18-04-95 fax: 18-05-02	mid.moris.ru
Krasnodarsky kray	Sochi	354000, ул.Советская, д.42/2 tel.: (8622) 62-21-55, 62-01-55 fax: 62-23-55	mid@sochi.ru
Komi Republic	Syktyvkar	167000, ул.Ленина, д.73 tel.: (8212) 29-10-48, 21-52-87, 42-37-45, 42-23-72, 43-17-32, 28-84-61 fax: 21-48-40	midkomi@online.ru
Primorsky kray	Vladivostok	690091, ул.Пушкинская, д.25А tel.: (4232) 22-17-29, 22-35-24, 22-42-47, 22-04-37 fax: 22-81-58	mfa.vlad@gin.ru
Voronezh region	Voronezh	394000, пр.Революции, д.33 tel.: (0732) 77-51-00, 52-81-91 fax: 77-51-00	midvoronezh@vmail.ru  mid_voronezh@vmail.ru
Belgorodsky region	Voronezh	г.Белгород, пл.Революции, д.4 tel.: (0722) 32-04-34
Lipetsky region	Voronezh	г.Липецк, ул.Крайняя, д.2 tel.: (0742) 48-48-87
Republic of Bushkortostan	Ufa	450008, ул.Советская, д.18 tel.: (3472) 22-49-74, 22-97-13, 51-01-43 fax: 22-49-74	midufa@bashnet.ru
Republic of Buriatiya	Ulan-Ude	670000, ул.Ленина, д.54, Дом Правительства tel.: (3012) 21-25-51 fax: 21-24-28	mid@buryatia.ru
Republic of Mari-El	Yoshkar Ola	424001, Дом Правительства, Ленинский пр, д.29 tel.: (8362) 45-39-77 fax: 45-39-78, 45-62-78	mid@mari-el.ru  www.mari-el.mid.ru
Republic of Chuvashiya	Yoshkar Ola

If you are invited by a 100% non-Russian company by a diplomatic/consular mission in Russia an invitation must be cleared through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Moscow.

In order to get a TRANSIT visa one should first get a visa to the state of destination and submit it to the Consulate General along with the papers mentioned in paragraphs 1, 2 & 3 and xerox copy of your ticket. Transit visa normally valid for 3 days only.

 5.   HIV Test (AIDS) Certificate for those who are going to get a visa which is valid for more than 3 months (including multi-entry visas).

 6.  If you applying for immigration visa ( called "v'ezdnaya" - on the invitation issued by MFA of Russia the date of exit is not indicated) the HIV test should be apostillized at the Secretary of your state. You also have to provide translation of the HIV test into Russian which should be legalized in Russian consulate - fee is 40$ per page (see "Legalization of the U.S. documents for presenting in the Russian Federation" and "Translation of Documents" on the "Adoption/Legalization" page of this web-site).

All above mentioned documents should be mailed to the Consulate in original.

 7.   (!) Applicants who used to be citizens of the USSR or of the Russian Federation and then emigrated from the USSR or from Russia MUST submit one of the documents which confirms that they are no longer citizens of the Russian Federation (so called "Visa to Israel" or stamp in their passport saying that they left for "permanent residence abroad" before the 6th of February, 1992 or official document certifying that their Russian citizenship was abrogated).

Обращаем внимание на то, что согласно положениям статьи 6 Закона Российской Федерации "О гражданстве Российской Федерации" за лицом, состоящим в российском гражданстве, не признается принадлежность к гражданству другого государства, если иное не предусмотрено международным договором Российской Федерации. Поэтому указанные лица рассматриваются только в качестве российских граждан и должны въезжать в Россию и выезжать из нее только по действительным российским паспортам.

Органы пограничного контроля ФПС России проверку наличия виз иностранных государств или иных разрешений на въезд в иностранное государство при пропуске через государственную границу Российской Федерации российских граждан, выезжающих за ее пределы, не осуществляют. В соответствии с положениями статьи 6 Федерального закона "О порядке выезда из Российской Федерации и въезда в Российскую Федерацию" обязанность по контролю за наличием таких виз или разрешений возлагается на транспортную компанию (перевозчика пассажиров), если иное не предусмотрено международными договорами Российской Федерации.

 8.  Att: non-American citizens - On the basis of reciprocity mandatory medical insurance (see the list of appropriate licensed insurers) or written guarantee of medical coverage from a Russian hosting organization for all period of stay is required for the citizens Austria, Belgium, Estonia, France, Finland, Germany, Czechia, Greece, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain (except for those who bear a US Permanent resident or US resident Alien status (green card))

On the basis of reciprocity German citizens may apply for Russian visa at the Russian Consular Mission in the US only if they have a US Permanent resident or US resident Alien status (green card). In all other cases they have to apply for Russian visa at the at the Russian Consular Mission in Germany.

 9.  A cover letter from a US company or from an applicant, if you are travelling individually, explaining who is going, where to, when and with what purpose.

To avoid your correspondence being lost in mail we recommend to use USPS Registered, USPS Certified, USPS Express or FedEx, DHL, Airborne and similar services (so, that the envelopes bear a tracking number). Visa Desk is not responsible for any loss or mishandling of the mail

 10.  To apply for a visa by mail, you must attach a return self-addressed stamped envelope or a prepaid air-bill of an overnight mail delivery company you choose to have the visa sent back to you. A pick-up slip should be got then at the time of application. The slip should be presented to pick up the visa when it is ready or referred to if any question arises about the visa status.

To avoid your correspondence being lost in mail we recommend to use USPS Registered, USPS Certified, USPS Express or FedEx, DHL, Airborne and similar services (so, that the envelopes bear a tracking number). Visa Desk is not responsible for any loss or mishandling of the mail.

 11.  A money order or a check payable to the Russian Consulate General for visa processing. Please, note that cash is not acceptable. The following fees will apply:

If you are non-american and non-canadian citizen, please, check out the list of countries  whose citizens have to pay an extra consular fee for the visa processing

Please, also note that 10 working days are required to issue visas for a stateless person.

Consulate reserves the right to extend the processing time without giving any explanation. Exact visa processing time depends on how busy the Consulate is.

The same day processing applies only to the applications which are delivered to the Consulate General before 3.00 p.m. and picked up at 4.30 p.m. If one applies by mail, one extra day is added to the visa processing time.

Visa processing fees are not refundable.

Documents which are submitted in the way different from the above mentioned will not be accepted.

After visa is received, please, check it and if you find any mistakes return it to the Consulate General for correction.  We charge $40.00 for correction of the mistakes which are not the Consulate's General fault. The Consulate General will not be responsible for the mistakes which are not brought to its attention before departure from the USA.

Please, note that the above mentioned requirements are general. If you need more information, please, email us: consul@seanet.com or send a self-addressed stamped envelope to get answers to your exact personal questions.

The instructions can not be faxed.

The visa section is open for visitors Monday through Friday  2 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. ONLY, Visa pick-up 2p.m. - 3 pm ONLY 

Processing time, requirements and fees are subject to change without notice.