VISA SUPPORT

Documents required at the border

If you need a visa to enter the Russian Federation

You must bring the following to cross the border:

a visa
a valid passport
a medical insurance policy valid in the Russian Federation
(if needed)

If you do not need a visa to enter the Russian Federation

You must bring the following to cross the border:

a valid passport
a medical insurance policy valid in the Russian Federation
(if needed)

In order to avoid any issues when crossing into the Russian Federation, please ensure that you have a copy of your invitation letter to the Fourth Eurasian Women's Forum (or a letter about visa support).

The absence of an invitation letter may be a reason for refusal to board an airplane or cross the border of the Russian Federation.

How to apply for a visa?

If you need a visa to enter the Russian Federation, you can:

apply for a visa by obtaining an invitation for foreign arrivals (for all Forum participants)

apply for an electronic visa (available for citizens of 55 foreign countries)

Visa by invitation for foreign arrivals

Overseas participants in the Fourth Eurasian Women's Forum can apply for a visa by invitation.

Visa validity periods

After submitting all the required documents, Forum participants can obtain a short-term, single-entry Russian visa for the period from 11 to 27 September 2024 at consular offices of the Russian Federation on the day of their application.

Applying for a visa

Visa = invitation for foreign arrivals + list of documents

1. Generate an invitation for foreign arrivals

An invitation for foreign arrivals is not an invitation to the Fourth Eurasian Women's Forum, but a separate document from the Forum organizers.

All confirmed participants will receive an official invitation to the Forum by email.
After receiving the invitation, log in to your personal web office using your personal login and password.
Confirm your attendance at the Forum.
Go to the ‘My events – EAWF 2024 – Event dashboard – Visa support’ in your personal web office.
Your personal information will be automatically uploaded from the Roscongress personal account to the document. You can manually add the city and country where you will be applying for your visa.
Download and print the invitation for foreign arrivals.
Submit the invitation for foreign arrivals, along with all the other required visa documents, to the Russian consular office.

If there are any errors in your personal data in the application for participation, contact a Roscongress Foundation specialist to make changes to the personal data.

2. Submit an application at a consular office

To receive a visa for entry into Russia, individuals in possession of an invitation must apply at the relevant foreign consular office of the Russian Federation. Information about the location of Russian consular offices can be found on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

We recommend that participants apply at their Russian consular office in good time, at least 2 (two) weeks before departure.

Participants are advised not to apply for entry visas at intermediary visa centres or travel agencies, which are not authorized to issue official visas.

View the list of documents

Please make sure to bring the following documents with you when attending your consular office:

A printed invitation for foreign arrivals.
The document must be generated in your personal web office.
A valid international passport (regular, diplomatic, service, official) or other valid travel document certifying the identity of the foreign citizen and recognized as such by the Russian Federation.
The passport must have at least two blank pages and be valid for at least six months after the visa expiration date.
The passport validity requirement (6 months) does not apply to those applying for diplomatic and service visas.
A completed and printed visa application form. The form must be filled out in advance on the visa website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. .
When completing the form, members of official delegations, business representatives and persons accompanying them should select ‘official visit’ as the purpose of their trip, while journalists should select ‘press/correspondent’ or ‘press/technical’.
One 35 × 45mm photo (colour or black and white).
The photograph must have a clear front view of the participant’s face, without tinted glasses or a headdress (with the exception of foreign citizens who are required to wear a headdress with respect to their nationality or religion, and provided that they are wearing the headdress in their passport photo).

The photograph must have been taken no earlier than six months before the date of application.
A medical insurance policy that is valid in Russia*.
* The requirement to have medical insurance only applies to citizens of countries that impose a similar requirement on citizens of the Russian Federation when entering their territory: Iran, Ireland, Israel, and the Schengen countries (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland).
The requirement to provide medical insurance also does not apply to foreign citizens applying for diplomatic and service visas.

E-Visa

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