Russia Visa Application Requirements and Instructions
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Russia Visa Application Requirements and Instructions Citizenship of Traveler: United States Purpose of Travel: Tourist Copy green card front/back, copy o fall russian visas in passport, copy of insurance card Requirements 1. Passport a. Submit your original United States Passport. You must submit your actual passport, (not a copy) as your visa will be issued within the pages of your passportbook. b. Your passport must be signed. Do not worry about the safety of your passport; our company has never lost a passport in 34 years and we take great care to make sure it is handled with the utmost of care. c. Your passport must have at least 6 months of remaining validity from your date of entry into this country. d. You must have at least 3 adjacent blank visa pages (you cannot count the four in the very back of your passport as these pages are reserved for governmental use. RJR can assist you with renewing your current passport. 2. Photographs a. Submit 1 recently taken passport photo b. Passport Photo MUST have a completely blank white background, without any other shades or tints (i.e. dark gray, tan, off- white) c. If submitting more than one picture, be sure the others are a replication of the first one and not different types of pictures. DO NOT submit pictures with eyeglasses or sunglasses, jewelry, and headware as they will not be accepted. 3. Application Forms RJR offers special form preparation services to ensure that your forms are filled out propoerly and ready to submit to the governing body of the country you are applying for a visa to. For a Russia Tourist Visa, our fee is $25 Visit rjrpv.com/Russia (copy & paste link) to complete the Russia visa application form. Submit 1 fully completed form. Note: The Russian visa application form is difficult to complete accurately. It is an online - server based application which times out frequently. You may want to have us assist you with this form, call our customer service number and ask for help with your application form. 4. Copies of Supporting Documents Be sure to submit copies of all of the documents listed below: Driver’s License Flight Itinerary Hotel Reservations 5. Toursit Support Voucher If you intend to travel to Russia for Tourist reasons you must submit a Visa Support Voucher or Travel Voucher issued from an authorized Russian agency registered with the Russian Foreign Ministry. These Vouchers are issued on a wholesale level and resold through US Travel Agencies and Travel Professionals. Often they are done less professionally than they should be and result in risks to the applicant getting a visa to travel to Russia. RJR can secure the Russian Voucher for yo9u at a very reasonable cost. However, if you choose to submit a visa through RJR and submit your own Voucher you must accept the risks associated with doing so. If the Voucher is wrong the Visa will be wrong also; if the Voucher dates are wrong for example it will always follow that the Visa dates will be wrong. Your visa application processing cannot start until the Confirmation and Voucher has been issued and received, information from the document is needed to answer questions on the Russian online visa application form. HAVE RJR GET MY VISA SUPPORT VOUCHER FOR ME Our company has secured a relationship with a Russian Vendor who safely and authoritatively issues Visa Support Vouchers for our customers which are issued in minutes. We highly recommend that you add this service to your order with us. You can do this by clicking on the RJR Order System button and add it to your order with us today or call us at 800 783-8472. We also offer Visa Support for the Russian 3 year visa. The 3 year visa is preferred by many of our clients who return to Russia frequently or intend to stay for longer than 30 days after entering Russia. You can also order the 3 Year Voucher by adding it to your order or calling our toll free number. 1 800 783-8472 6. Vaccinations None, Please visit Center for Disease Control - www.CDC.gov for up to date information about disease and vaccination information when traveling to Russia..