Russian Visas

Russian Gateway will process your Russian visa for you or provide you with the necessary support for you to process yourself at a Russian Consulate or Embassy. Our Moscow office has accreditation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow which gives us the right to issue invitations which are required to get Russian Visas. If you are not British please check with us first as there are certain nationalities whose processing takes longer or require extra documents.

Please note Russian Visas can only be processed three months or less prior to departure. Your passport must have two free facing pages.

As of 1st October 2009, the Russian Embassy insists application forms are completed online, then printed, signed and photo attached (see below for full instructions and for the link to the website. Hand written and printed PDF application forms are no longer acceptable under any circumstances)


Russian Visa Only Bookings (ie not included in a tour or cruise)
30 day single entry tourist visa

Processing

12 days

 You send us passport, application form, photo, return envelope from £123 inc VAT per person
Tourist visa invitation only
(by e-mail)		 24 hours Passport details by e-mail from £12  inc VAT per person


Tourist visas are included in the price of all of our tours and cruises - the fees above are for visa only bookings.
Prices include all processing, invitation & postage costs. Tourist visas are single entry and for a maximum stay of 30 days.
Really, any stay of less than 30 days can be covered by a tourist visa, as long as you are staying in a hotel.

 

Russian Visa included in a Russian Gateway Tour or Cruise

We will process your Russian Visa and issue your invitation ourselves. All you have to do is send us the documents detailed below


What All Russian Visa Applicants Have To Send Us

WHAT WE NEED YOU TO SEND US BETWEEN 3 MONTHS AND 3 WEEKS BEFORE YOUR TOUR OR CRUISE
(best by Royal Mail Special Delivery £5.40 available from Post Offices )

1. Full UK passport with at least two free facing pages & valid for at least six months after exit date from Russia. If you are not British but reside in the UK we can still do your visas for you but some extra documentation may be required - e-mail us for details. If you are not British and non resident in the UK you can only process Russian Visas in the Russian Embassy in the country who issued your passport.

2. 1 passport sized photograph glued to the bottom left hand corner of page 2 of the application form (see below)

3. A return self addressed Special Delivery envelope - preferably C5 size plastic type prepaid envelope sold in most Post Offices for £5.40.

4. 1 completed, signed application form per traveller. The application form may only be completed online, then printed, signed and photo glued on. There is no other way to complete the form, hand written application forms are not acceptable. The form can be filled in at http://ru.vfsglobal.co.uk/ - the form is new as of 1st July 2011

Exact instructions for filling in the form can be found by downloading Visa Instructions (you will need Adobe Reader which you also require to print off the application forms - if you don't have it you can download a copy of the programme at http://www.adobe.com )

If you are completely stuck we offer a form completion service for £35 + VAT per person (we will e-mail you the information we require, we complete the form(s) and post to you for signature). You then send this with the other required documents to our offices in Leamington Spa (not direct to the Embassy)

Processing of Russian Visas through Russian Gateway and Russiana River Cruises takes less than two weeks