system for issuing unified electronic visas to foreign citizens

Link for those countries is below:
https://www.garant.ru/products/ipo/prime/doc/74624772/
Additionally, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar will be included in this list.

2.Where the information should be to applied:
Link to official website is below:
https://electronic-visa .kdmid.ru/
An application for a electronic visa must be submitted no later than 4 calendar days before the expected date of entry into the Russian Federation.


3. The cost of an electronic visa to the Russian Federation
The cost of an electronic visa, with all fees and bank commissions, transaction costs of the payment system, as well as the fee for preliminary verification of documents, is expected to not exceed the equivalent of 52 US dollars.
For children under the age of 6, the cost of a visa, with all fees and bank commissions and transaction costs of the payment system, will be no more than $ 2.
4. Required list of documents
1- Electronic photo
2- Scan of the page with the data of the machine-readable passport of a foreign citizen.
3- The application.

5. The purpose of travel and length of visa.
The electronic visa will be universal and only for single-entry. Foreigner who has electronic visa can stay in the Russian Federation during 16 days.
The purpose of travelling can be: for tourism, business, participating in scientific, cultural, socio-political, economic, sports events and to carry out relevant contacts and contacts.
A trip for up to 16 days can be carried out on any date within 60 days after its registration. At the same time, the date of departure from Russia cannot be later than the 60th day from the moment of its registration.


6. What are the restrictions on entry points
Unified electronic visas are valid for entry into the Russian Federation and exit from the Russian Federation by air, road and water transport, as well as without the use of vehicles only through checkpoints across the state border of the Russian Federation, the list of which was approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated October 23, 2020 No. 2741-R. Currently, this list consists of 92 checkpoints.
At this moment this list includes, the international airports of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vladivostok, Vladikavkaz, Volgograd, Grozny, Yekaterinburg, Irkutsk, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Samara, Saratov, Sochi and many other Russian cities.
Link with information is below:
https://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_366006/


7.Where to check the validity of an electronic visa
Cheking of validity of electronic visa is possible on a special automated website of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Link is below:
https://evisacheck.kdmid.ru.


8. The questions which can remain opened about working of the electronic visa system:
- will it be possible to make online payments from abroad or not?
- what type of credit cards can be used to make payments (Russian or foreign)?
- What kind of questions will be in the draft application form for an electronic visa?
- What will be the percentage of refusals or non-admission to the Russian Federation already directly at the checkpoint?
- What will be the period, before which you cannot apply for a visa?

Our specialists will be glad to provide full support in obtaining an electronic visa from the moment when the platform will be launched, to all foreign citizens.
If you have any question, please, feel free to contact to your manager in our company.