Foreign citizens and persons without nationality can enter Russia given available visa on effective identification documents.
Depending on the purpose of entrance of a foreign citizen to the Russian Federation, the foreign citizen is issued a visa which can be business or employment (hired labor).
Visa is executed on the basis of invitation to enter the Russian Federation, which is executed in accordance with applicable law of the Russian Federation. The type, purpose of entrance and number of permitted entrances are not subject to change.
The authorized state body within its competence prolongs expiry date of the visa of the foreign citizen, extinguishes and restores the visa in an order established by the applicable law of the Russian Federation. The Russian law allows prolongation of visa and its registration in exclusive cases and maximum for up to 10 days.
We render legal assistance in preparation of required documents and their submission to the state bodies to acquisition of invitation for entrance of a foreign citizen to the Russian Federation.
Invitation to the foreigners, which is acquired with our help, will let you acquire visa within shortest possible time in any foreign consular office of the Russian Federation.
Telexes arrive to the consular offices of the Russian Federation after 12 pm Moscow time For the following countries: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh - no telex
Employment visa is an invitation to a professional which gives him/her the right to enter with single employment visa that is valid for 3 months. On arrival in Russia as a specialist, when passing registration, the single visa is prolonged as the multiple visa to the expiration date of the employment permit.
Effective periodof the passport of a foreign citizen who arrives in the Russian Federation on employment invitation should not end earlier than 1.5 years since a date of effective visa. (from entry date in the Russian Federation)
A foreigner in the Russian Federation with business visa does not have the right to occupy official position in a legal entity.
In case employment visa is available a foreigner has the right to occupy any position in the Russian legal entities.
Opportunity
to receive
remuneration
Business visa does not mean possible employment on contractual basis and get official payment for labor in the Russian Federation.
The employment visa gives the right for employment or work on the basis of legal contract.
Opportunity
of official representation
A foreigner in the Russian Federation with business visa does not have the right to represent his/her Russian organization in the Government bodies of the Russian Federation.
A foreign citizen has the right to represent his/her organization in all state offices.
By
a place
of issue
Multiple business visa is issued by the consular offices of the Russian Federation abroad and cannot be prolonged on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Multiple employment visa is issued on a basis of application of employer in Passport-Visa Office and can be prolonged for new period without leaving the Russian Federation.
By period
of stay
On the basis of business visa a foreign citizen has the right to stay in the Russian Federation for maximum 182 days.
On the basis of employment visa a foreign citizen can stay in the Russian Federation without leaving off within entire period of visa validity.
By period
of registration
Business visa is registered for period of no more than 182 days, after that the foreigner has to exit the country and re-enter it and perform re-registration.
Employment visa is registered automatically upon the date of its issue for the whole period of visa validity.
Convenient
for family
members
Family members who accompany him/her are registered for a half year period too and must leave the Russian Federation every 6 months.
Accompanying family members get annual visas and are registered for the entire period of visa validity. This is convenient especially for children, who can go to school.
Vehicle
registration
Registration of vehicle which belongs to the foreign citizen in Traffic Police office lasts only 182 days.
Registration of vehicle is done for the whole period of visa validity.
