Visa Assistance and COVID-19

(to be updated)

Arrival of the citizens of the Russian Federation

To enter the Kaliningrad region the citizens of the Russian Federation shall produce a foreign or domestic civil passport.
To arrive in Kaliningrad by plane, it is enough to have a domestic civil passport with you.
You can travel to Kaliningrad only by ONLY by air. PCR test is not needed.

Arrival of the foreign citizens to the Russian Federation under the COVID-19 pandemic conditions

To clarify the possibility to travel to the Russian Federation and such visit conditions, as well as receive information on a Visa issuance, please  IN ADVANCE visit the official web-site of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation  or the  consulate  in the country of your residence.

Official invitation to the congress and confirmation of the hotel booking is provided for free. 

The foreign citizens must have a valid passport and visa to enter the territory of the Russian Federation (apart from the countries whose citizens are eligible to enter the Russian Federation visa-free). 

You can check your country requirements and rules for entry from your country at the web-site of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Consulate Department 

For the sake of the national security, protection of public health and non-dissemination of the new corona-0virus infection within the territory of the Russian Federation as well as in compliance with the Instruction of the Government of the RF N 635-r dated as 16th of March, 2020 the rules and procedures on entry of the foreign citizens to the territory of the Russian Federation was modified

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs temporarily suspends the issuance of uniform electronic visas for foreign citizens

Foreign citizens can enter the territory of the Russian Federation ONLY through the airport checkpoints!!

 

Name Location
Anapa (Vityazevo) Krasnodar region
Vladivostok (Knevichi) Primorsky Territory
Grozny (North) Chechen Republic
Yekaterinburg (Koltsovo) Sverdlovsk region
Zhukovsky Moscow region
Kazan Republic of Tatarstan
Kaliningrad (Khrabrovo) Kaliningrad region
Krasnodar (Pashkovsky) Krasnodar region
Krasnoyarsk (Emelyanovo) Krasnoyarsk region
Moscow (Vnukovo) Moscow city
Moscow (Domodedovo) Moscow region
Moscow (Sheremetyevo) Moscow region
Nizhnekamsk (Begishevo) Republic of Tatarstan
Novosibirsk (Tolmachevo) Novosibirsk region
Rostov-on-Don (Platov) Rostov region
Samara (Kurumoch) Samara Region
Saint Petersburg (Pulkovo) St. Petersburg
Sochi Krasnodar region
Ufa Republic of Bashkortostan
Chkalovsky Moscow region

The citizens of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Moldova, the Republic of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan are allowed to enter upon submission of a negative coronavirus infection laboratory test result displayed on the mobile application “Travel without COVID-19”. This test shall be taken not earlier than 3 calendar days before arrival to the territory of the Russian Federation.

Rospotrebnadzor Kaliningrad region.

Other foreign citizens (from the countries on the list below) must have a medical document (in Russian or English) confirming the negative PCR test for COVID-19 result. The PCR test shall be carried out no earlier than 3 days before arrival to the Russian Federation.

The list of foreign countries, whose citizens and persons with a residential permit can enter the Russian Federation through the airport-based checkpoints across the state border of the Russian Federation:

Austria
Azerbaijan
Albania
Armenia – “Travel without COVID-19″ app
Belarus – “Travel without COVID-19” app
Belgium
Bulgaria
Great Britain
Hungary
Venezuela
Vietnam
Germany
Greece
Donetsk and Lugansk regions Ukraine – PCR test is required
Egypt
India
Jordan
Ireland
Iceland
Italy
Kazakhstan – Application “Travel without COVID-19” app
Qatar
Cyprus
Kyrgyzstan – Application “Travel without COVID-19” app
China
Cuba
Lebanon
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Mauritius
Maldives
Malta
Morocco
Mexico
United Arab Emirates
Portugal
Republic of Abkhazia – PCR test is required
The Republic of Korea
Saudi Arabia
North Macedonia
Seychelles
Serbia
Singapore
Syria
USA
Tajikistan – Application “Travel without COVID-19″
Tanzania
Turkey
Uzbekistan – “Travel without COVID-19” app
Finland
France
Croatia
Czech Republic
Switzerland
Sri Lanka
Ethiopia
South Ossetia – PCR
Japan

The citizens from the rest of the countries can enter only under special occasions.

Pls. doublecheck this information on the website of the Embassy/Consulate of the Russian Federation in your own country before travelling.

To obtain the Russian visa, please contact the Embassy/Consulate of the Russian Federation in your own country in advance. The list of documents required for the visa issuance is available on the website of the Embassy of the Russian Federation.

In case you need any additional clarification, pls. contact the Organizing Committee of the Congress only by e-mail:

Svetlana Krasilnikova generationv17@gmail.com