Applications can be submitted on a special website of the Foreign Ministry or via a mobile application. They will be issued to foreign nationals for tourism, business, private visits or humanitarian purposes without the need of any invitations, hotel bookings or any other documents to confirm their reasons for travel. The processing procedure will take up to four days. The visa will be valid for 60 days as of its receipt, but the maximum stay in Russia must not exceed 16 days.
Starting from 2021, the unified electronic visa will be introduced in Russia.
52 countries’ citizens will be able to obtain this visa.
This list includes:
1. Austria
2. Andorra
3. Bahrain
4. Belgium
5. Bulgaria
6. China (including Taiwan)
7. Croatia
8. Cyprus
9. Czech Republic
10. Democratic People's Republic of Korea
11. Denmark
12. Estonia
13. Finland
14. France
15. Germany
16. Greece
17. Hungary
18. India
19. Indonesia
20. Iran
21. Ireland
22. Iceland
23. Italy
24. Japan
25. Kuwait
26. Latvia
27. Lithuania
28. Liechtenstein
29. Luxembourg
30. Malaysia
31. Malta
32. Mexico
33. Monaco
34. Netherlands
35. North Macedonia
36. Norway
37. Oman
38. Philippines
39. Poland
40. Portugal
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
Qatar has not been included in the list, since a visa-free regime between our countries has been effective since 23 February 2020.
Starting 2021, e-visas will be effective on the entire territory of Russia and travels will be allowed throughout all the regions the country without restrictions or limitation.
In addition, the period of stay of foreign citizens in Russia will be extended from 8 to 16 days.
The E-visas will be issued via the Internet for tourists.
Invitations, hotel reservations or any other documents confirming the purpose of the trip will NOT be required to obtain an e-visa.
The introduction of the unified e-visa in Russia will help develop tourism, increase the investment attractiveness of the regions, and contribute to the overall growth of the economy.
For other Nationalities, such as Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, we offer to provide the support with the Russian consulates in the relevant countries to obtain the visa by the regular process, however, Mantra Tourus LLC cannot guarantee the approval on the applications by the Russian Authorities.
We at Mantra Tourus, we were proactive and innovative by entering the Russian market in 2019 and by investing in tourism to attract all Middle East Countries and GCC citizens to visit Russia.
We developed our website and many protocols to make the journey of our community members full of excitement and happiness.
In addition, our business and strategic consulting arm is working with many clients to setup business and trading opportunities to trade and export Russian goods, Products and Services to different countries of the world.
Our ventures already started with the Best Caviar, the Russian Wine and Champagne, and many other investment opportunities.
Stay tuned with us for additional updates.