Individual
/ Private Visa
If you don't want to splash out on pricey pre-booked
accommodation and are staying with Russian friends,
you will need an individual visa, which is valid for
one entry only for the period from one day to a maximum
of three months. Be warned though that this is the
most bureaucratically taxing kind of visa to obtain
and you will need the original letter of personal invitation
from your Russian host, which your Russian relatives
or friends have to obtain from a local Visa and Registration
Department of the Ministry of the Interior (OVIR).
Though the price of the visa is not high, the whole
process can take from 45 days up to three or four
months to complete. Please notice that private visas
are granted just for single trips to Russia and only
to the city where this invitation has been issued.
As it is a very long and difficult procedure to get
this type of visa (especially for your friends or
relatives), we recommend to use tourist or business
visa instead of a private one.
To obtain a Russian Private Visa the following
documents should be submitted to the Russian Embassy
or Consulate:
- A passport with at least one clear page
for a visa that is valid not less than
one month after the date of your departure
from
Russia or (in some cases) a photocopy of
the passport's vital information pages showing
Name, Birth Date, Passport Number, Expiration
Date. Diplomatic passport holders should
submit
both copies of the passport pages that
contain personal data of the bearer and original
passport.
- A completed and signed visa
application form (questionnaire) one per person available
at
the Consulate. See the forms below.
- Passport size & type photos of
the applicant (one of them should be
stapled
to the marked
space at the upper right-hand corner of
the application form).
- Visa entitlement certificate (Izveshenie)
your relatives or friends in Russia should
obtain from the local OVIR in Russia and
send original certificate to your address.
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