Tourist visa support to Russia

In order to travel to Russia an entry visa is of mandatory acquisition for the majority of foreign visitors: the visa must be obtained before submitting an application to the Russian consulate or any other competent issuing entity in your country of citizenship or residence. The Russian border authority will deny entry to the Russian Federation to any traveler lacking an appropriate visa, whenever such document is required. The documents for the visa application vary according to the visa category (Tourist, Business, Work, Study, Transit, Private and others) and may differ from country to country. Down below you will find a list of documents that the Russian consulate usually requires in order to file a visa application:

Documents usually required by the Russian consulate in order to issue a tourist visa*:

visa application form
Original Passport
Photograph
Tourist voucher/invitation letter: confirmation of reservation including the register number of the tour operator
Confirmation of reception of the tourist
Medical insurance valid in the territory of the Russian Federation and fully covering the period of the trip
a bank statement and/or a statement from the employer regarding the applicant's wages for the preceding year/ half year, or month

*the list is included as an example and is by no means accurate or complete. Please refer to the Russian consulate in your country of residence for more detailed information on the specific entry visa requirements according to your citizenship.

Visa Support: tourist Invitation Letter

The tourist invitation letter (also known as Reservation Confirmation) is a visa support document required to submit a tourist visa application to Russia. A tourist invitation must be obtained from an authorized entity (e.g. hotel, travel agency), included in the Uniform Federal Register of the Tour Operators of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RF and must contain detailed information about the travel (dates, accommodation, itinerary, visit programme, etc.).

Russian Tour International is a Russian tour operator with official register number of the Uniform Federal Register of the Tour Operators and as such is allowed to issue tourist invitation letters to foreign citizens wanting to travel to Russia for touristic purposes. The visa support documents issued by our company are accepted in most countries hosting a resident Russian embassy, thought exceptions may apply: please ask confirmation from the local consular office about the requested documents before submitting an application. Please take notice: a visa support document is not a visa and does not grant automatic access to the territory of the Russian Federation. The visa support document must be submitted to the Russian consulate in attachment to the visa application form in order to obtain a valid entry visa to Russia; Russian Tour International declines any responsibility on the final decision of the consulate about the issue of the visa;

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With Russian Tour you can obtain an official digital tourist invitation letter to Russia in only 24h for only €20! Click on the button below to fill up the application form and send a visa support request:

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Visa support for the Russian Tour travel packages

You are traveling with us? Then we will make sure to provide you with all the visa support documents you will need! The Russian Tour travel packages include a Tourist Invitation Letter and a booking confirmation voucher: a copy of each will be sent to your email address, you will simply need to print and submit these documents to the Russian consulate together with your visa application and any additional document specific for your country in order to obtain a tourist visa. For more information about the visa support documents included in the Russia Tour travel offers and about the Russian visa application process, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Other visa-related services

Travel Insurance

In most cases, to be granted access to the territory of the Russian Federation you will need to purchase a travel insurance from a Russian insurance company that ensures you coverage for the full length of your stay: in collaboration with our partner RESO Garantia Strakhovanie we offer policies accepted by the Russian migration authority*. Please visit the page Travel Insurance to find out more.

Visa Registration

Every foreigner who travels to Russia should have his Russian visa registered within 7 working days upon arrival (Federal Law #42-FZ). If you are traveling to Russia for more than 7 working days you will need to register your visa. Russian Tour can help you carry out your visa registration quickly and effortlessly! Please visit the page Russian visa registration to find out more.