Business Visa Requirements

• DVS Request Form
• Original, signed U. S. Passport with at least 6 months of remaining validity beyond stay in Russia, with adequate unused visa pages to allow for entry and exit stamps upon arrival and departure from Russia.  Note* Amendment pages in the back of your passport are NOT to be used for entry and exit stamps or visa issuance

• 1 Recent Passport-type photograph (2″ x 2″) in color, front view with white background
• Visa Application Form Online. Please complete the online Visa application form, print, complete and sign
• It’s recommended that the US citizens apply for a 3-year multiple-entry business visa regardless of the dates of entry/exit, a number of entries or period of stay stated in the invitation issued by the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation (FMS) or the host organization. When applying for a 3-year multiple-entry business visa, please indicate a three year period of stay in the visa application form
• I. To apply for a multiple three-year Business visa, an applicant should submit the completed requirements listed above MUST BE IN RUSSIAN. Written statement from the host organization, which should give: the full name of the host organization, its official address, and contact information, the surname, first name, patronymic, and position of the person who signed the statement (if the host organization is a legal entity or enterprise, an institution, or their affiliate established in the territory of the Russian Federation – the individual taxpayer number), and basic information regarding the visa applicant: the surname, first name, other names, date of birth, citizenship, sex, passport number, multiplicity of the visa, purpose of travel, requested period of entry, location of intended residence of the visa applicant, and the cities to be visited
• The Consular Division of the Embassy also has the right to call the applicants for an interview and request, if needed:
  • a bank statement from the applicant;
  • a statement from the employer regarding the applicant’s wages for the preceding year/ half-year, or month
  • medical insurance valid in the country to be visited and fully covering the period of the first trip
  • documents regarding the applicant’s ownership of property in the country of his citizenship;
  • a certificate on the makeup of the applicant’s family
• II. To apply for a single, double or multiple one-year Business visa, an applicant should submit the completed requirements listed above, as well as: Visa Support is provided by your Russian host organization through Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia or Original letter of Invitation from your Russian host must be issued by the Federal Migration Service or its local office