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Starting from 1th October 2019, nationals of 53 foreign States may be granted an e-visa to enter the Russian Federation through checkpoints located in the territory of and the Leningrad Region

If you want to apply for an electronic visa, remember a few simple steps:

1. Determine the purpose of your trip. Naval checkpoints Only if the purpose of your trip is business, • tourism, sports, cultural, scientific and •Big port Saint Petersburg (Marine Station) technological ties you can apply for e-visa •Passenger port Saint Petersburg

2. Make sure that your country is among the Air checkpoint 53 countries whose citizens are allowed to •Pulkovo enter the Russian Federation on an electronic visa. PLEASE NOTE: Entry and exit on an e-visa by means of rail transport is currently unavailable. 3. Remember, an e-visa for the selected entity of the Russian Federation is only valid for Foreign citizens who have arrived to the entering and leaving the Russian Federation at Leningrad Region with e-visas have the right to the following national border checkpoints: freedom of movement within the territory the Leningrad Region and Saint-Petersburg. Automobile checkpoints Foreign citizens should leave the territory of • Ivangorod the Russian Federation only through • Torfjanovka checkpoints territory the Leningrad Region and LENINGRAD • Brusnitchnoe Saint-Petersburg, which they entered • REGION It is FORBIDDEN for Foreign citizens to travel Pedestrian checkpoint to other regions of the Russian Federation on • Ivangorod this electronic visa.

1. FILL IN AN E–VISA application form http://electronic- E-visa application procedure visa.kdmid.ru/index.html To obtain an electronic visa you need:

2. GET AN E–VISA grant The passport notification on the website or by • Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months from the date email you applied for an e-visa. • Your passport must have free space for border crossing stamps. The medical insurance 3. PRINT OUT THE NOTIFICATION • Foreign citizens who have arrived to the Russian Federation with or download it to your mobile e-visas are required to have a medical insurance valid in the device Russian Federation's territory for the entire period of stay.

Invitations, hotel booking confirmations or any other documents that confirm the purpose of your journey to the Russian Federation 4. SHOW THE NOTIFICATION to a are not required for an e-visa. transport company employee

All the necessary information about the Leningrad Region can be found on the official tourist portal of the 5. SHOW THE NOTIFICATION to a region www.lentravel.ru Border Service officer at the border crossing point

• The time period for issuing an e-visa is no longer than 4 calendar days from the date of submission of the complete application. Holidays and weekends do not affect the terms of applying for an electronic visa

• The time period for issuing an e-visa is no longer than 4 calendar days from the date of submission of the complete application.

• E-visa is a single-entry visa and issued for 30 calendar days from the date of its issuance.

• The permitted stay in the Russian Federation with an e-visa is up to 8 days starting from the date of entry, within its validity period.

• E-visa validity and/or the permitted stay under it cannot be extended

• The period of stay in the Russian Federation always starts at . midnight of the day of passage through passport control upon entry regardless of the actual time of passage through passport control.

Example: For example, you have an e-visa valid from July 15 to August 13 and you pass through passport control upon entry at 8:00 pm on August 1, Monday. In that case, you need to pass through passport control upon exit until 11:59 pm on August 8, Monday (rather than until 8:00 pm on August 9, Tuesday). You should also note that if you passed through passport control upon entry, for instance, on August 10 with the e-visa mentioned in the example above, you need to pass through passport control upon exit until 11:59 pm on August 13, i.e. until the e-visa expires. 53 countries whose citizens are allowed to enter the Russian Federation on an electronic visa: • Lithuania • Austria • Liechtenstein • Andorra • Luxembourg • Bahrain • Malaysia • Belgium • Malta • Bulgaria • Mexico • China (including Taiwan) • Monaco • Croatia • The Netherlands • Cyprus • North Macedonia • The Czech Republic • Norway • Democratic People's Republic of Korea • Oman • Denmark • Philippines • • • Finland • Portugal • France • Qatar • Germany • Romania • Greece • San Marino • Hungary • Saudi Arabia • Iceland • Serbia • Iran • Singapore • India • Slovakia • Indonesia • Slovenia • Ireland • Spain • Italy • Turkey • Japan • • Kuwait • Switzerland • Latvia • Vatican