Staying in Russia
If you are stopped by a police officer
Most likely your documents will be checked. If your visa was not registered, you will have to pay a penalty (up to $50 or appr. 1500 rubles).
Note: Officially policemen in Moscow are not allowed to check your documents unless you have broken a Russian law!
How to register your visa
According to Russian law, your Russian visa should be registered within 72 hours of arrival (excluding weekends and official holidays).
If you are staying at a hotel, the hotel will register your visa fir a nominal fee.
If you are staying in a private appartment and are traveling on:
- tourist visa, you need to go to the Passport and Visa Department of the local Police Precinct in Moscow or to a local UVIR in other cities. Tourist visa registration rules for private accomodations are compicated and change often, contact you visa sponsor for detailed information on the registration procedure.
- private visa, the person who invited you should apply with you to a local department of Passport and Visa Serice.
- business visa, you should submit your passport and visa to your sponsoring company for registration. By the Russian laws you cannot apply for business visa registration by yourself. Registration is done through Passport and Visa Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. To process it, you will have to hand in the original documents, which will be lodged to local PVS for registration. Your sponsoring company should provide you with a written confirmation that your documents have been taken away and copies of your documents.
To register your business visa for the whole period you will also have to present a notarized permission from the landlord of the apartments for you to live and register at his place. Please make sure your landlord can provide you with the letter in 2 business days upon your arrival.
If your final destination is different from the city where your sponsoring company resides, you will need to register your visa with a local UVIR. Usually your company will provide you with an official letter requesting UVIR officials to register your visa. Please contact your visa sponsor immediately upon arrival and ask for an official letter with a request to register the visa at the mentioned address. Then you will have to apply to local UVIR for registration of your visa.
Important: Not registering your Russian visa may lead to serious problems: detention by police, fines on departure, prevention from boarding the visa expiration date, etc. Please make sure to choose the agency that can provide registration of your visa in Russia and advice and/or help in exceptional cases.
We recommend using the services of recognized agents only, listed in our Section Useful Links. |
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