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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

Please note: the information on the document is meant for the Russian spouse living in the Netherlands – or Russian parent of a minor child (up to and including 17). This document must be completed by the Russian partner or the Russian parent of the child!

• This type of invitation applies only if you are married to a Russian spouse registered (living) in the Netherlands or a parent of children up to the age of 17 who lives in the Netherlands.
• Please note, this visa option does not apply to a partnership, only a spouse (marriage!).

Your Russian spouse must provide the following documents:

• 1.) The original international Russian passport + copy
• + 2.) The original (+copy) Dutch passport (or the original Dutch residence permit (+copy) if they do not yet have a Dutch passport).

Your Russian spouse may privately invite you for multiple entries for one year with this form.

• Your Russian spouse – or Russian father or mother who lives in the Netherlands – must complete and sign the document.
• Make sure to print the document in full size (max. one A4 side).
• The signature and date must not be older than 10 days on the day the Russian diplomat accepts your application.

Note the following points:

• The day you specify – as the day of arrival – is the first day the visa takes effect! You may arrive on a later date than the visa indicates, but not earlier.
• Your Russian spouse must be present at the visa application. When your visa is ready, your spouse does not need to be present. We can collect your visa without your presence.
• You can apply for a maximum of multiple entrances for one year.
• With this 1-year multiple entries visa, you can stay in Russia for a maximum of 90 days within 180 days.
• The top right corner of the (A4) document is often forgotten. Here you enter your Russian spouse’s two first names and surname.
• Your Russian spouse needs to sign this document with names and signature at the bottom of the form.
• You cannot make any corrections to the document! If you correct a mistake, you will have to fill in this form again.

Click here to open the form.

Additional documents for when you invite your spouse

1. The marriage certificate must be translated to Russian by a sworn translator. If you want to, we can also do this for you. Call us for additional information

Additional documents for when you invite your child

1. You may also invite your children up to the age of 17 years. This is no longer possible from the age of 18.
2. The birth certificate, with the names of father, mother, and child must be translated by a sworn translator. We can also have this done for you. Call us for additional information.

Warning

1. If your Russian wife has changed her name, she will have to prove this by submitting documents as proof.
2. If she can not prove this, your wife can not invite you or your children.

• If the applicant/passenger is born in the Soviet Union, you must also send this statement:
  Click here to open.

1. We have added a ‘text and explanation’ form for convenience because the application form can be quite complex for many people
2. It is a form that, from our experience, causes a lot of stress for those who have to fill it out
3. Please note that you give extensive answers, so read carefully through the ‘text and explanation’ that we have described
4. For question 4, 3 questions are asked, make sure you read this carefully before you start with the answers.
5. Write down your full name
6. Date
7. Signature

• If you are:
  1. Born in Russia
  2. You have moved from Russia to the Netherlands (or another country!),
  3. In the event that you were not born in Russia, but left from Russia when you left, the consulate may ask for additional documents, which can significantly delay or even reject your application!
• If you have had Russian nationality, you must officially have given up Russian nationality, because you can not apply for a Russian visa for your Dutch passports until you have officially renounced your Russian nationality.

• If you have renounced Russian nationality, then:
  1. You have received an exemption from the Russian consulate. Send a copy of that document together with your visa application so that you do not have to fill in the Soviet Declaration.
  2. Note: must have a copy of the Russian document and not of the Dutch version.

Earlier, in the previous years, you received from the Russian consulate a Dutch and Russian declaration from the Russian consulate.
Note, a copy of the Dutch version is not accepted.