Apply for your Russian Tourist Visa online today!

No, you don’t need a COVID test to get your visa, however travellers need to provide a medical certificate to confirm they have tested negative for Covid-19 within 72 hours of arrival in Russia. We are now offering affordable PCR- certified COVID test kits to accompany our visa service through our partner, Rightangled. Please contact our visa team or click here for more information.

A Russian tourist visa is an official document required when travelling to Russia for tourism, leisure or short business trips. They allow for either a single or double visit and are valid for a maximum period of 30 days.

The tourist visa will be issued for the exact dates you request, or as specified on the invitation if you are providing this yourself.

This is the most cost effective visa for short trips and if you know when and where you will be going, otherwise consider a Russian Business visa.

Please see the following link to for any processing issues which may be affecting the Russian tourist visa service.

• Service status page

Costs start from £83.40 if you are using our visa service, although the final price will depend on your nationality, the number of visits you wish to make, how quickly you need your visa (service level) and any return delivery or postage. 

To see the exact price you will pay for your visa (excluding any return delivery), simply fill in information in drop-down menus in the “ordering your visa” section above.

The documents that you need to provide with your visa application at the consulate depend on your nationality and residency status in the United Kingdom.

You can check your initial visa application requirements by selecting your passport nationality from the menu. However, please note that these are the initial requirements only and subject to change by the Russian consulate and depend on individual circumstances.

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Russian tourist visas are restricted to applying a maximum of six months in advance of the first entry date requested. This means that the Russian consulate is currently accepting tourist visa applications with a requested entry date that is on or before: 26 August 2021.

Please note that the consulate may vary the date that it accepts applications for operational reasons; and in this case we will contact you.

A Russian tourist visa will be valid only for the exact dates you request when submitting your order online, or, if you are providing your own invitation it will be valid only for the dates listed on this.

Once you have your visa, you may enter Russia anytime after midnight of the validity start date and stay up to midnight of the validity end date.

It is important to note that:

• a Russian tourist visa may be valid only for a maximum period of 30 days
• you must never attempt to enter or leave Russia outside of the visa validity period detailed on the visa
• you may not use the visa once you have used the maximum number of entries and exits it allows; once for single entry visas and twice for double entry visas.

The processing time refers to the number of working days it will take the Consulate to process your application once this has been submitted to them.

Yes, of course we can. We will process all three visas “back to back” and return your passport with all three visas when they are complete. See the following links for further details:

• Chinese visas
• Mongolian visas
• Trans-Siberian, Trans-Mongolian and Trans-Manchurian visas
• Train tickets - online schedule and booking

For information and options please see our visa registration guide.

As part of the visa application process you will need to provide your biometric data (fingerprints).

For customers of our standard visa Check and Prepare service a dedicated member of our team will be available to support you by phone, or with our premium Managed Service we will support you every step of the way.

See our Russian biometrics page for more information on how the Russian visa biometric process works and where to submit your fingerprints.

In most cases, the answer is yes. Please review the following information on taking a child to Russia.

Following the UK Government guidelines, our office will be closed from 6th January 2021 until further notice, but our team will continue to support our clients via email on visas@realrussia.co.uk or via phone on 02071007370. We would please ask you not to post any visa related documents to our office at this time.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer fully managed visa service in London. In order to find out how we can assist you during the lockdown, please contact us directly.

To order your tourist visa online, simply click on the level of service you want from the options above.

You do not need worry about passport photos, we will take these for you in our office when obtaining your application pack to ensure they comply with the Russian Consulate guidelines.

Please see the following guide for more information: Reading a Russian visa

If you’re in need of assistance whilst travelling, we offer a dedicated 24 hour telephone support service.

For all emergencies you can call us on +44 (0) 207 100 7370 where our operators are available to provide help 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

If you are a Real Russia TravelSim user, then calls to our helpline are free for the first three minutes. Click here for more information on the Real Russia TravelSim.

If you experience problems whilst away, our team can offer guidance and support. If for example you have mislaid your passport, you are experiencing difficulty boarding a train or any number of other travel issues, call our emergency helpline for immediate assistance.

We try to give you as much information as we can to help you choose the service you need, though if you still have more questions please feel free to look at the Real Russian Forum, the Frequently Asked Questions section or contact us directly and we will be happy to help.