In accordance with the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the United States of America on visa facilitation for citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of the United States of America (Moscow, Washington, 01.11.2011-19.11.2011), U.S. citizens can apply for multiple business, humanitarian, private and tourist visas for up to 3 years. At the same time, the following documents are provided as the basis for issuing a visa:
For a business or humanitarian visa-a written application of the host organization, which must include: the full name of the host organization, its legal address and contact details, surname, name, patronymic and position of the person signing the application, individual taxpayer number (TIN); basic information about the person applying for a visa: surname, name, other names (patronymic), date of birth, citizenship, gender, passport number, visa multiplicity, purpose of travel, requested period of entry, place of intended residence of the person applying for a visa, city of visit;
For private visa - notarized written statement from the host person which should contain: surname, name, patronymic, date of birth, nationality, gender, passport number, registration address and actual residence address of the receiving person, name, surname, other names (patronymic), date of birth, nationality, gender, passport number, multiplicity of the visa, purpose of travel, requested period of entry, location of intended residence of the person applying for the visa, as well as city attractions. The inviting person can be both a Russian citizen and a US citizen who has a permit for a long (more than 90 days) stay in Russia (residence permit, work permit, multiple-entry study visa, etc.).
For tourist visa-confirmation of hotel reservation or contract for the provision of tourist services or confirmation of the reception of a foreign tourist. The document must necessarily indicate the registry number of the Unified Federal register of tour operators of the Federal Agency for tourism, assigned to organizations licensed to carry out tourist activities. The rest of the set of documents-according to the General list.
The permitted period of stay in the Russian Federation on three-year visas is not more than 6 months from the date of each entry. Visa processing period-15 calendar days from the date of submission of documents.
When submitting documents, the duty diplomat of the visa section may ask the applicant to answer questions and present additional documents.
The Consular Section of the Russian Embassy in Armenia reserves the right to review visa application documents for up to 30 days in some cases. A visa may be refused if the applicant's entry into Russia is deemed undesirable. The reasons for the refusal are not commented.
Attention! A foreign citizen’s cancelled passport, which has a valid Russian visa in it, and a new passport without a visa does not give the right to enter the territory of the Russian Federation. In such cases it is necessary to transfer the visa from the old passport to the new passport in one of the Russian consular offices in advance (before the trip to Russia).
Since August 1, 2023, foreign citizens have the opportunity to apply for a unified electronic visa (E-visa) valid throughout Russia. E-visas can be obtained by citizens of the states, the list of which was approved by the Government of the Russian Federation: Austria, Andorra, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Vatican City, Vietnam, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Cambodia, Cyprus, China (including Taiwan), Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, North Macedonia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Philippines, Finland, France, Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Japan.
To apply for E-visa, a foreign citizen should fill out an electronic form on a special website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: https://electronic-visa.kdmid.ru/ or through a mobile application that can be found for download on the mentioned website. The application must be submitted no later than 4 calendar days before the expected date of entry into the Russian Federation. A digital photo of the face and a page with the data of a machine-readable passport of a foreign citizen should be attached to the application. A visa fee also should be paid. No additional documents are required to obtain a E-visa.
E-visa gives the right to a single entry and stay in the Russian Federation on a guest or business visit, as a tourist, as well as to participate in scientific, cultural, socio-political, economic, sports events.
The validity period of E-visa is 60 days from the date of its issuance with the permitted period of stay in the Russian Federation no more than 16 days from the date of entry.
E-visa is valid for entry into the Russian Federation and exit from the Russian Federation by air, road and water transport (without the use of vehicles - only through checkpoints across the state border of the Russian Federation, the list of which is approved by the Government of the Russian Federation).
Transport companies have the opportunity to check the availability of E-visas for foreign citizens on a special automated website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: https://evisacheck.kdmid.ru/ .
