Visa Support

VAO «INTOURIST» will provide the tourists with the documents necessary for Russian Tourist Visa obtaining. Attention! Visa support will be provided only if the hotel is booked and paid through VAO «INTOURIST».

Please fill in the Booking Form for hotel accommodation and send it and a scanned copy of your passport by e-mail bel@intourist.ru or by fax +7 495 984 28 59 to Olga Belnik.

Terms of Visa support

General Information:

Foreigners should be in possession of a valid national internal or foreign passport for entry and exit from Russia or for transit through Russia.
Foreigners can enter and leave Russia or travel by transit with a visa.

Russian entry visa are issued by Russian Consulates and Consular Departments of Russian Embassies abroad.

To obtain a visa, the following documents should be presented to the Consular Office:

a valid passport, duly completed visa application, three recent passport photos (3x4 cm);
a letter from the travel agency and a copy of Intourist notice confirming the booking of tourist services – to secure a tourist visa.
a ticket (or a voucher for a ticket) with confirmed dates and itinerary of transit travel through Russia, as well as a letter from the travel agency with Intourist’s confirmation of services provided on arrival and departure, transfer and excursions in the points reserved by the client – to secure a transit visa.

The above mentioned documents should be presented in advance to the Russian Consulate in your country, in accordance with the rules established by them.

All foreign citizens arriving to Russia have to complete a migration card while passing through customs. Migration card will be given to foreigners before crossing the border (in airplanes, trains, buses, ships, etc.) Please be careful in filing in this migration card and keep this card until leaving Russia.

VAO «INTOURIST» has the reference number in the Russian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and has the right to provide participants with Russian Tourist Visa support documents (letter of invitation and voucher).

In order to obtain Russian Tourist Visa please contact to the nearest Russian Consulate or Embassy in your home country for the further information.

IMPORTANT! According to legislation of Russian Federation, all foreign citizens should be registered within 3 days at the accommodation place (hotel).

If you have any further questions or need any assistance, please do not hesitate to contact by e-mail: bel@intourist.ru