Visa Application

If you need a visa to visit Russia, please consult with the Russian embassy at your place. In most cases the official invitation is required. We are able to make invitations of two kinds: for the tourist visa and for the business one. In the first case the invitation along with a voucher from the hotel can be sent to you in a few days. Preparation of the invitation for business visa involves the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia which takes 2-4 weeks. Thus we advise you to apply for the tourist visa unless you need the business one to fulfill requirements of your institution, to get the financial support, etc.

Please specify in your application which kind of visa you would like to apply for. In order to make the invitation we need the following information for each traveler including accompanying persons:

For the tourist invitation

• accommodation request which includes hotel name, room type and dates of your visit;
• copy of the first page of your passport with the passport number and issue/expiration date (scanned copy by e-mail sccs2005@ihed.ras.ru is much preferable to fax).

For the business invitation

• date and place of birth;
• nationality;
• city and address of the embassy where you are going to obtain visa;
• accommodation request which includes hotel name, room type and dates of your visit;
• copy of the first page of your passport with the passport number and issue/expiration date (scanned copy by e-mail sccs2005@ihed.ras.ru is much preferable to fax).

As to accompanying persons, we also need to know their affiliation or home address with contact phone or fax.

For children please send us copies of that pages in parent's passport which contain information about their names, nationality, place and date of birth.

Taking into account possible delays in the Russian embassy we advise all participants to contact us as soon as possible.

The invitation can be send to you by fax, e-mail or express mail. When you go to the embassy please specify appropriate purpose of the trip: pleasure for the tourist visa and business for the business visa. The department or organization to be visited should be 'IEF Traveller' in all cases.