Russian Visa
Visa Center in Beijing
In order to improve the quality of service for applicants requesting a visa for entry into the Russian Federation, there is visa application center operating in Beijing.
The address of the Visa Center is: Room 1902, Floor 19, Beijing Landmark Towers 1, No. 8, East 3rd Ring Northt Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, (北京市朝阳区东三环北路8号亮马河大厦1座19层1902), website: www.russiavisa.cn, telephone number: 8-10-86-10-64669122, e-mail: rusvisa.bj@sinovisa.org
The mission of the Center is to expedite and facilitate the visa procedure, while providing the most convenient conditions and explanation of the regulations of entry and stay in Russia, verification of the set of documents as well as submission and collection of documents on behalf of the applicants at the Consular offices.
The decision to issue or refuse a visa, as well as documents processing, remains with the Consular offices.
The applicants can directly appeal to the Consular office of the Russian Embassy for a visa. This possibility is implemented through an electronic appointment system on the website of the Consular office.
In order to prevent indication of false information while working with the pre-registration system, Consular office accepts documents only of those persons whose personal data was entered into the electronic appointment system during registration of application. In case of discrepancy of the data specified in the system with data of the applicant whose documents are submitted to the Consular office, such documents are not accepted for consideration. Booking of one temporary slot for admission in the system provides the possibility of filing only one set of documents.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that if you intend to apply visa documents to the Consular office of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in China (Add: No. 4 Dongzhimen Beizhongjie, Dongcheng district Beijing, 100600), in the electronic application form in “Appointment details” graph as a “Destination name” you should choose “Embassy of the Russian Federation in China” but not “Beijing visa center”. In case, if you have selected wrong “Destination name”, the documents will not be accepted.
Complete visa application form
- A visa or a document entitling to stay in China continuously for a period of more than 180 days are necessary for the most of third-country nationals (non-Chinese citizens).
- Multiple tourist/business visa holders are limited to overall or continual stay of 90 days during each period of 180 days starting with the day of first entry.
- Consular Section of the Russian Embassy in Beijing is not authorized to prolong visas issued by other agencies.
- In case the Consular Section does not issue visa, the submitted invitations will not be given back.
- Incomplete Visa Application Form shall not be processed.
- The Consular Division is authorized to request any supplementary documents and information in regard of the application.
- For visitors traveling as a group the complete set of documents should be provided by each person.
- The applicant directly appealing to the Consular office of the Russian Embassy should do it personally.
- Citizens of all Schengen countries, Israel, Finland, Estonia and Lithuania are to provide medical insurance for the whole period of stay in Russia or written guarantee for all medical expenses by the receiving party.
Business visa – visa with the following purposes of travel: «business», «driver», «crewman», «medical treatment», «adoption», «mass media/reporter», «mass media/tech».
Required documents:
1.Original passport and copy of the main page (passport should contain minimum 2 empty pages for visas, validity of the passport – 6 months from the end of the requested visa)
2.One color photo (3.5 cm x 4.5cm)
3.Visa application form (filled on the website https://visa.kdmid.ru)
4.Written invitation from the Russian legal entity or invitation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia (telex) or Migration department of the Ministry of internal affairs of Russia.
5.Copy of the passport page with a Chinese visa (only for third counties)
Humanitarian visa – visa with the following purposes of travel: «sport relations», «youth relations», «cultural relations», «scientific-technical relations», «social and political», «religious activities», «pilgrimage», «charity», «humanitarian help», «attendant».
Required documents:
1.Original passport and copy of the main page (passport should contain minimum 2 empty pages for visas, validity of the passport – 6 months from the end of the requested visa)
2.One color photo (3.5 cm x 4.5cm)
3.Visa application form (filled on the website https://visa.kdmid.ru)
4.Written invitation from the Russian legal entity or invitation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia (telex) or Migration department of the Ministry of internal affairs of Russia.
5.Copy of the passport page with a Chinese visa (only for third counties)
Transit visa
Required documents:
1.Original passport and copy of the main page (passport should contain minimum 2 empty pages for visas, validity of the passport – 6 months from the end of the requested visa)
2.One color photo (3.5 cm x 4.5cm)
3.Visa application form (filled on the website https://visa.kdmid.ru)
4.Visa or passport of the country of destination
5.Confirmed tickets for all the travel route
6.Copy of the passport page with a Chinese visa (only for third counties)
Work visa – visa with the following purposes of travel: «employ», «accompanying family member», «private servant», «foreign employee», «installation work», «mass media reporter», «mass media technician», «family member of mass media worker».
Required documents:
1.Original passport and copy of the main page (passport should contain minimum 2 empty pages for visas, validity of the passport – 6 months from the end of the requested visa)
2.One color photo (3.5 cm x 4.5cm)
3.Visa application form (filled on the website https://visa.kdmid.ru)
4. Invitation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia (telex) or Migration department of the Ministry of internal affairs of Russia
5.AIDs certificate (original and copy), validity of the certificate – 3 months
6.Copy of the passport page with a Chinese visa (only for third counties)
Private visa – visa with the following purposes of travel: «private», «guest».
Required documents:
1.Original passport and copy of the main page (passport should contain minimum 2 empty pages for visas, validity of the passport – 6 months from the end of the requested visa)
2.One color photo (3.5 cm x 4.5cm)
3.Visa application form (filled on the website https://visa.kdmid.ru)
4.Written invitation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia (telex) or Migration department of the Ministry of internal affairs of Russia.
5.Copy of the passport page with a Chinese visa (only for third counties)
Private visa for foreigners – family members of the Russian citizens
— Official request letter (application form, application on behalf of a minor relative, sample application form) addressed to the Ambassador of the Russian Federation in China (to be filled in by a Russian citizen, the form can be can be found at the Embassy or Visa Application Centre) or the original application, notarized by a Russian notary, which contains the surname, first name, patronymic, date of birth, citizenship, gender, passport number, registration address and address of the actual place of residence of a Russian citizen (in the case of residence on the territory of the Russian Federation), as well as the surname, first name, other names, date of birth, citizenship, gender, passport number, visa multiplicity, the purpose of the visit, the requested period of entry and exit, the place of intended residence of the person applying for a visa, and the cities of the visit.
— Visa application form (filled on the website https://visa.kdmid.ru)
— One color photo (3.5 cm x 4.5cm)
— Passport of foreign national and it’s copy
— Original and copy of the marriage certificate or birth certificate (legalized copy instead of the original is accepted);
— Foreign passport of the Russian citizen (original and copy of pages with the photo and valid Chinese visa or residence permit);
— Internal passport of the Russian citizen (copies of the pages with the photo, registration pages).
Study visa – visa with the following purposes of travel: « short-term courses », «study», «specialization study».
Required documents:
1.Original passport and copy of the main page (passport should contain minimum 2 empty pages for visas, validity of the passport – 6 months from the end of the requested visa)
2.One color photo (3.5 cm x 4.5cm)
3.Visa application form (filled on the website https://visa.kdmid.ru)
4.Written invitation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia (telex) or Migration department of the Ministry of internal affairs of Russia
5.Copy of the passport page with a Chinese visa (only for third counties)
Tourist visa – visa with the following purposes of travel: «tourism».
Required documents:
1.Original passport and copy of the main page (passport should contain minimum 2 empty pages for visas, validity of the passport – 6 months from the end of the requested visa)
2.One color photo (3.5 cm x 4.5cm)
3.Visa application form (filled on the website https://visa.kdmid.ru)
4.Foreign Tourist Tour Confirmation issued by inbound Russian travel agency whose information is contained in the unified federal register of tour operators, or confirmation of booking a place in a hotel or other accommodation facility*, information about which is contained in the unified list of qualified hotels, ski slopes, beaches (original)
* A tourist visa issued upon confirmation of booking a place in a hotel can only be a single-entry visa, and its validity period is limited to the dates of booking. At the same time, the migration registration of a foreign citizen will be carried out by the hotel that issued the above-mentioned confirmation. If a foreign citizen cancels a reservation and, as a result, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia does not have information from the hotel about his migration registration, his tourist visa may be canceled, and a foreign tourist may be brought to administrative responsibility for violating the rules of stay of foreign citizens on the territory of the Russian Federation, This also does not exclude the adoption of a decision not to allow entry into the Russian Federation in accordance with article 27 of the Federal law-114 of 15.08.1996 "On the procedure for leaving the Russian Federation and entering the Russian Federation".
5. Travel insurance valid in Russia
6.Copy of the passport page with a Chinese visa (only for third counties)
Visa for temporary stay
Required documents:
1.Original passport and copy of the main page (passport should contain minimum 2 empty pages for visas, validity of the passport – 1,5 years from the beginning of the requested visa)
2.One color photo (3.5 cm x 4.5cm)
3.Visa application form (filled on the website https://visa.kdmid.ru)
4.Written decision of the Migration department of the Ministry of internal affairs of Russia about the temporary residence permit issuance
5.AIDs certificate (original and copy), validity of the certificate – 3 months
6.Copy of the passport page with a Chinese visa (only for third counties)
Visa transfer (visa reissuance)
Required documents:
1.Original passport and copy of the main page (passport should contain minimum 2 empty pages for visas, validity of the passport – 1,5 years from the beginning of the requested visa)
2.Copy of the main page of the old/lost passport and copy of the visa page
3.One color photo (3.5 cm x 4.5cm)
4.Visa application form (filled on the website https://visa.kdmid.ru)
5.Request letter about the visa transfer/reissuance
6.Copy of the passport page with a Chinese visa (only for third counties)
Passengers of cruise vessels
Please be advised that registered passengers of Cruise vessels going offshore at Russian seaports enjoy a visa waiver for 72 hours if:
- The Cruise vessel stays in a Russian port for less than 72 hours;
- Passengers stay overnight on board the ship;
- Passengers disembark with an organized tour group;
- Passengers have a valid passport and a tour ticket.
If you have a connecting flight at the same terminalwithin 24 hours (e.g. Beijing– Moscow – Houston) and stay in the transit zone, no visa is required.
If you travel to the Republic of Belarus or other destination when you have to change airports please make sure that you applied for transit visa.
Pay attention: please confirm us about your whole route of journey in visa application form (Question #14).
For non-china citizens information on visa consular fees (depend on your citizenship) please refer to the staff of the Visa Section.
The whole amount of visa fees is to be paid at once on time of application.
In case of visa issue refusal previous payment is not to be refunded.
VISA PROCESSING FEES
For non-china citizens information on visa consular fees (depend on your citizenship) please refer to the staff of the Visa Section.
The whole amount of visa fees is to be paid at once on time of application.
In case of visa issue refusal previous payment is not to be refunded.
Visa section business hours: 09.00-12.00
Application for Express Visa before 11.00 a.m.
Visa inquiry service tel.: 6532-1991 (working time: Monday to Friday, 3:00 – 6:00 p.m.).
e-mail: visabeijing@mid.ru
IMPORTANT NOTICE: the holders of the virtual APEC Business Travel Cards (ABTC) will not be permitted to enter the Russian Federation pending Russia’s notification of its readiness to join the virtual ABTC system.
