On this page below you will find all the information you need for your visa application

• A statement from your health insurer (IZA, Zilveren Kruis, AZIVO etc.) stating that your insurance provides coverage for medical cost during your stay in Russia (all insurers have been aware of this for years).
• It must also indicate a period that covers your trip.
• The insurance period may be longer than your actual trip, it cannot be shorter!
• This declaration may be sent to you as a PDF (in the appendix) by the health insurer.
• Your insurer’s English statement must be signed by the insurer, otherwise the consulate of Russia will not accept the statement.

New (since 06 May 2021)

From now on, the statement must also include:

• Full coverage for Covid-19 treatment.
• The insurance covers the costs for repatriation back to the Netherlands in the event of death.

• The order form, Click here to digitally fill in, print out and sign it.

• Everything you are about to write down will appear on the invoice
• Try to complete the order form online to prevent errors. We also accept handwritten order forms but check the address after you received your invoice to see if we haven’t made a mistake.

• Enter your address completely, such as your street name, house number, postcode and city. The complete address for invoicing and return address

• We need your e-mail address for when your visa application is accepted by the consulate, we will send you an invoice by e-mail the same day. You must transfer the invoice amount to us the same day with I-Deal or bank transfer so that we have the payment on our bank before we collect your passport with a visa at the consulate.

• Write down your telephone number or numbers where we can always reach you in the event that your documents are incomplete or when the diplomat wants to view additional documents.

• With the question “password“, this is the password you have to fabricate when you start to fill in your visa application form. Come up with a password, do not use a private password. For example: valdemar12, the system will always accept.

• The question “ID number“, is the number that you will receive when you start the application form.

• The question “voorletter + achternaam” refers to the traveler who will apply for the visa, as well as “the date of birth and the passport number”.

• The question “hoe u uw paspoort retour wilt hebben” how you want your passport with visa back, click on one of the options. Extra costs are also charged for this, as for registered mail.

• When you agree with everything you can place your signature on the bottom right of the box.

• Your passport.
• We need to have the passport physically, so no copy.
• Your passport must still be valid for at least 6½ months after the validity of the visa (ie one and a half year valid if it is an annual visa).
• The passport must have at least two blank facing visa pages.

• One color passport photo.
• Note that these photos are according to the Dutch standard of ‘passport photo’, that is to say, looking forward, white background, do not laugh and do not show teeth.
• Wearing glasses in the photo is not permitted
• Nine times out of ten, the consulate does not accept a photo from your own printer. If you do so, make sure you use gloss paper and there are no stripes visible from the print.
• Do not staple the photo to the application form, but rather use a Pritt stick. If you do not have a Pritt stick, please include your loose photo and we will attach it to the form for you.
• Do not stick the photos with adhesive tape

Other conditions that you must pay extra attention to:

• The photos may not be older than 3 months
• The photos may not be the same as on the passport unless the passport is not older than 3 months
• The photos must have a white background.

• The application form, click here to start. This is a link to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.

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  This is a complicated application form, we have specially created a manual for you, click here to open

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  The application form must be printed in black (or blue). Other colors are not allowed.

The information and rates on this page are based on a direct invitation letter from the university.

You can recognize the layout of a written letter as: click here for an example

In the event the university has requested the invitation through one of the two following government agencies:

• Ministry of the Interior (MVD)
  a.) Or an invitation with an original paper
  b.) Or with an electronic invitation
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
  A.) With a telex

*** Then go back to the home page and choose: Russia – nationality – Student visa – invitation through the government.

With a written letter from the university, you get a maximum stay of 90 days. You cannot extend your visa in Russia!

For a period longer than 90 days, the university must request the invitation through the government!

Go back to the main page and make the following choice: Russia – your nationality – student visa – invitation through the government