The visa policy of Russia deals with the requirements which a foreign national wishing to enter the Russian Federation must meet to obtain a visa, which is a permit to travel to, enter, and remain in the country.
Visa exemptions are based on bilateral or multilateral agreements.
Russia has agreements with scores of countries whose citizens are either exempt from visas or can apply for an electronic visa (e-Visa).
Citizens of countries without such an agreement with Russia must obtain a visa in advance from a Russian diplomatic mission or visa center.
Foreign citizens, while in the territory of Russia, must comply with the legislation of Russia, including requirements of customs, border and immigration regimes, rules of travel finance, registration, internal movement within the territory of Russia and extensions of stay.
Nothing limits the right of competent authorities of Russia to deny entry or to shorten the period of stay in the territory of Russia for foreign citizens.
Foreign citizens may enter into the territory of Russia through the border-crossing points open to international passenger traffic.
As of 11 June 2020, Russia has 386 checkpoints. across the state border of Russia.
Citizens of third countries are not allowed to cross the Belarus–Russia land border due to a lack of international border crossing points, because passports must be stamped.
Entry will be allowed through the road checkpoints on the border between Russia and Belarus in 2021:
Residents of the border areas of Kazakhstan who visit the territory of the border areas of Russia up to three days can enter Russia through checkpoints, which are specially installed for residents of border areas.
Holders of ordinary passports of the following countries and territories may enter Russia without a visa if the duration of their visit does not exceed the visa-free limit specified below (except for citizens of Belarus and South Ossetia, who have the right to unlimited visa-free entry to Russia).
From 2014, resetting the allowed period by leaving and re-entering the country is no longer allowed. Overstaying up to 180 days is punishable by a 3-year entry ban, 180–270 days by a 5-year entry ban, and over 270 days by a 10-year entry ban.
Freedom of movement
90 days
60 days 30 days 14 days |
ID - May enter with a national ID card in lieu of a passport.
IP - May enter with an internal passport in lieu of a passport.
TD - May enter with a "Travel Document in Lieu of National Passport" in lieu of a passport.
1 - 90 days within any 1-year period.
2 - 90 days within any 365-day period.
3 - 90 days within any 180-day period.
4 - 60 days within any 180-day period.
5 - 30 days within any 60-day period.
Date of visa changes |
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Citizens of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan have never required a visa to enter the Russian Federation.
Cancelled: As the Soviet Union:
As the Russian Federation:
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Citizens of China may visit Russia without a visa for up to 15 days and citizens of Iran may visit Russia without a visa for up to 15 days during one trip, but no more than 90 days within any 180-day period if traveling as part of a tour group from 5 to 50 persons that is accompanied by a representative of a tour operator registered in both countries (Russia-China, Russia-Iran). |
On 19 June 2020, Russia and Belarus have signed an agreement on mutual recognition of visas.
After ratification, visa-free entry will be available for holders of a valid visa or residence permit of Belarus.
Since May 2009, international tourists entering by regular ferry via several ports have been able to stay in Russia visa-free for up to 72 hours, provided that they spend the night on-board or in accommodation specifically approved by the travel agency.
In addition, tourists entering by tourist cruise ships can leave the ship visa-free on tours organized by any authorized local tour company, when entering Russia through the ports of Anadyr, Kaliningrad, Korsakov, Novorossiysk, Murmansk, Sevastopol, Sochi, Saint Petersburg (Big port Saint Petersburg and Passenger Port of St. Petersburg), Vladivostok, Vyborg, Zarubino.
Entry to the port of St. Petersburg by regular ferry can be done only from the ports of Tallinn (Estonia) or Helsinki (Finland). It is also possible to travel visa-free for 72 hours from the port of Stockholm with the stop in Helsinki.
Local border traffic
From 6 June 2013, residents of the border areas of Latvia who have a permit for local border traffic can visit the border areas of Russia without a visa. From 16 December 2018, amendments to the current agreement entered into force. The procedure for obtaining a permit was simplified, total period of stay (within 180 days) was canceled, and the stamping of travel documents at the border crossing was canceled.
From 29 May 2012, residents of the border areas of Norway who have a permit for local border traffic can visit the border areas of Russia without a visa. From 4 March 2017, the Protocol on amendments to the current agreement entered into force – residents of area of Neiden received the right to receive a permit for local border traffic.
The territory covered by the agreement with Norway | |
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Norway | Finnmark county: municipality of Sør-Varanger, within a zone of 30 km from the border + area of Neiden. |
Russia | Pechengsky District: Korzunovo municipality, Zapolyarny municipality and the territory of Pechenga municipality and Nickel municipality within a zone of 30 km from the border. |
Visa is not required for crew members of airlines, sea crew, river crew, rail crew that have a bilateral agreement with the Russian government exempting crew members from visa requirements.
Citizens of following countries may visit Russia without a visa if they are travelling as part of the airline crew: Afghanistan, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vietnam.
Russian Government has instructed the Foreign Ministry to sign an agreement with Georgia, and Tunisia.
Citizens of following countries may visit Russia without a visa if they are travelling as part of the sea crew: Bulgaria, China,1 Croatia, Cyprus, DR Congo, Egypt, France, Iran, Iraq, Lithuania, North Korea, Poland, Tunisia, Turkey
Turkmenistan, Vietnam.
Citizens of following countries may visit Russia without a visa if they are travelling as part of the railway crew: China, North Korea, Turkmenistan.
Passengers travelling through international airports do not need a visa for a transit of less than 24 hours in most circumstances, provided a confirmed onward ticket is held and the traveller remains in the international transit area (without clearing regular passport control). A transit visa is needed when transiting Russia to/from Belarus.
The following international Russian airports do not have international transit areas, meaning a transit visa is required to connect there:
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In accordance with a treaty between Russia and Finland, though there are passport controls at borders, a visa is not required for just passing through the Russian part of the Saimaa canal without leaving the vessel.
The road from Värska to Ulitina in Estonia, traditionally the only road to the Ulitina area, goes through Russian territory for one kilometre (0.6 mi) of its length, an area called Saatse Boot. This road has no border control, but there is no connection to any other road in Russia. It is not permitted to stop or walk along the road. This area is a part of Russia but is also a de facto part of the Schengen area.[citation needed]
Under reciprocal agreements, holders of diplomatic or various categories of service passports (consular, official, service, special) of the following countries and territories may enter and remain in Russia without a visa for the following period:
C - Consular passports
D - Diplomatic passports
O - Official passports
S - Service passports
Sp - Special passports
1 - 90 days within any 365-day period.
2 - 90 days within any 180-day period.
3 - With the right of multiple entry and exit.
4 - Applies only to employees of official institutions operating in the territory of a contracting parties and their families.
Currently, visa exemption for holders of diplomatic passports of European Union member states, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland have been suspended.
Among citizens of countries whose citizens do not normally require a visa, holders of diplomatic or service passports of Israel require a visa.
Russia has signed visa exemption agreements with the following countries, but they have not yet entered into force:
Country | Passports | Days |
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Cameroon | Diplomatic, service | 90 days within any 180-day period |
Democratic Republic of Congo | Diplomatic, service | 90 days within any 180-day period |
Micronesia | All | 30 days |
San Marino | All | 90 days within any 180-day period |
Russia is considering visa exemption agreements or visa policy improvements for the following countries:
In addition, Russia is currently in talks with Gulf countries as well as other countries to establish visa exemption agreements.
From 8 August 2017, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia started to implement the e-Visa Program.
Citizens of the 18 countries could apply an e-Visa to visit to regions in the Far Eastern Federal District.
From 8 June 2019, citizens of Taiwan were added to the list for Far East.
From 1 July 2019, citizens of the 54 countries could apply for single-entry business, humanitarian and tourist visas to visit the Kaliningrad region.
From 1 October 2019, electronic visa have become valid for Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast.
On 24 January 2020, the new list for the Far Eastern e-Visa was approved.
Thus, the list of countries has become uniform for all regions where an electronic visa is applied.
On 6 October 2020, in accordance with the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 2571/2020, the list of States was approved. These are all the countries whose citizens were allowed to enter Russia with an electronic visa as part of the pilot project. The e-Visa is a single entry visa, which is valid for a period of 60 days from the date of issue, and which allows a period of stay in the Russian Federation of up to 16 days from the date of entry.
Unified e-Visa was scheduled to be introduced in Russia on 1 January 2021 but the program was temporarily suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Russia started issuing e-Visas on 1 August 2023.
The 16-day e-Visa is issued for private or business visit, tourism, as well as for participating in scientific, cultural, socio-political, economic, sporting events. The application can be submitted no earlier than 40 days and no later than 4 days before the expected date of entry.
E-Visa applications will be processed within no more than 4 calendar days from the date of application. The consular fee is 40 USD (children under 6 years of age get a visa free of charge).
E-Visa allows arrival and departure only through the following border crossing points:
Airports (51)
Seaports (12)
Railways (8)
Roads (24)
Mixed (3)
River (1)
Pedestrians (1)
Citizens of the following countries and territories may obtain an e-Visa:
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1 - Visa exemption in general.
2 - Available for holders of non-biometric passports.
The APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) is a travel document issued to business travellers who are citizens of APEC participating economies. Valid for five years, the card eliminates the need for its holder to possess a visa when visiting other APEC participating economies.
From 1 June 2013, holders of passports issued by the following countries who possess an APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) containing the "RUS" code on the reverse that it is valid for travel may enter Russia without a visa for business trips for up to 90 days within any 180-day period.
ABTCs are issued to citizens of:
Several closed cities in Russia require special authorization.
In accordance with the Government Decree of 1992, 19 areas of the Russian Federation are closed to foreigners without special permits. This restriction does not apply to Russian citizens.
A full list of such areas:
As of 2024, Crimea and parts of Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Luhansk, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia regions are under Russian control and Russia enforces its visa policy there.
The Government of Ukraine strictly prohibits the entry and transit of foreign citizens to the occupied territories. Foreign citizens who entered the occupied territories without permission will be denied entry and transit to Ukraine.
The Russian Federation has visa waiver agreements with 150 jurisdictions. In the table, red indicates agreements signed but not ratified or temporarily not applied, fully or partially suspended agreements are indicated in yellow.
Country or territory | Duration of stay by type of passport | Date of signing | Effective date | Citation | ||
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Diplomatic | Service Official Special Consular | Ordinary | ||||
Abkhazia | 90 days | 2 Oct 2009 | 26 Apr 2011 | |||
Albania | 90 days | 7 Apr 1993 | 6 Aug 1993 | |||
Algeria | 90 days within any 180-day period | 19 Feb 2018 | 6 Feb 2019 | |||
Andorra | 90 days within any 365-day period | 5 Dec 2019 | 25 Nov 2020 | |||
Angola | 90 days | 26 Feb 1999 | 16 Jun 2006 | |||
Antigua and Barbuda | 90 days within any 180-day period | 7 Jun 2019 | 22 Oct 2019 | |||
Argentina | 3 months | 16 May 1994 | 29 Sep 1994 | |||
90 days within any 180-day period | 11 Mar 2009 18 Mar 2009 | 29 Jun 2009 | ||||
Armenia | Unspecified period | 25 Sep 2000 | 25 Sep 2000 | |||
Azerbaijan | Unspecified period | 3 Jul 1997 | 4 May 1998 | |||
Bahrain | 90 days within any 180 day-period | 16 Dec 2015 | 26 Jun 2016 | |||
Bangladesh | 30 days | 22 Sep 2016 | 12 Feb 2017 | |||
Belarus | Unspecified period | 30 Nov 2000 | 30 Nov 2000 | |||
Belize | 90 days within any 180-day period | 23 Sep 2021 | 12 Jan 2022 | |||
Benin | 90 days | 21 Jun 2001 | 20 Aug 2001 | |||
Bolivia | 3 month | 11 Apr 1995 | 24 Apr 1997 | |||
90 days within any 180-day period | 12 Apr 2016 | 3 Oct 2016 | ||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 90 days | 30 days within any 60-day period | 31 May 2013 | 20 Oct 2013 | ||
Botswana | 90 days | 10 Feb 2005 | 11 Apr 2005 | |||
30 days, for a maximum total stay of 90 days within any 180-day period | 6 Jun 2019 | 8 Oct 2019 | ||||
Brazil | 90 days | 16 Apr 19912 | 16 May 1991 | |||
90 days within any 180-day period | 26 Nov 2008 | 7 Jun 2010 | ||||
Brunei | 14 days | 7 Oct 2009 12 Oct 20092 | 11 Nov 2009 | |||
14 days, for a maximum total stay of 90 days within any 180-day period | 8 Nov 2017 | 8 Jan 2018 | ||||
Bulgaria | 90 days within any 180-day period | 90 days within any 180-day period | 5 Mar 2002 | 7 May 2002 | ||
Burkina Faso | 90 days | 2 Mar 2000 | 2 Mar 2000 | |||
Burundi | 90 days within any 180-day period | 6 Feb 2018 | 30 Jun 2018 | |||
Cabo Verde | 90 days | 14 Jul 1995 | 12 Sep 1995 | |||
60 days1 | 30 Apr 2019 | 4 Jul 2020 | ||||
Cambodia | 90 days | 17 Mar 1988 | 28 May 1988 | |||
Cameroon | 90 days within any 180-day period | 27 Jul 2023 | ||||
Chile | 3 months | 14 Feb 1995 | 1 Oct 1996 | |||
3 months | 4 Oct 2002 | 12 Feb 2004 | ||||
90 days within any 180-day period | 24 Sep 2010 | 18 Jan 2011 | ||||
China | 30 days | 22 Mar 2013 | 26 Apr 2014 | |||
15 days for tourist groups4 | 29 Feb 2000 | 9 Nov 2000 | ||||
Colombia | 90 days | 26 Nov 1997 | 28 Mar 1998 | |||
90 days within any 180-day period | 24 Sep 2010 | 13 Mar 2011 | ||||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 90 days within any 180-day period | 27 Jul 2023 | ||||
Congo | 90 days | 18 Dec 2014 | 1 Jan 2016 | |||
Costa Rica | 3 month | 16 Oct 1997 | 1 May 1998 | |||
90 days within any 180-day period | 3 May 2018 28 May 2018 | 25 May 2019 | ||||
Croatia | 90 days within any 180-day period | 90 days within any 180-day period | 2 Mar 2010 | 31 Mar 2013 | ||
Cuba | 90 days within any 180 day period | 22 May 2018 | 21 Dec 2018 | |||
Cyprus | 90 days within any half-year period | 8 Jun 2005 | 20 Jan 2006 | |||
Denmark | 90 days within any 180-day period | 27 May 2008 | 1 Oct 2009 | |||
Djibouti | 90 days within any 180-day period | 6 Feb 2022 | 1 May 2022 | |||
Dominica | 90 days within any 180-day period | 28 Sep 2018 | 14 Jan 2019 | |||
Dominican Republic | 90 days | 9 Sep 2009 | 9 Apr 2010 | |||
60 days within any 180-day period | 26 Nov 2018 | 15 Dec 2020 | ||||
Ecuador | 90 days within any year period | 18 Feb 1999 | 15 May 1999 | |||
90 days within any 180-day period | 24 Sep 2010 | 24 Nov 2012 | ||||
Egypt | 90 days | 17 Jul 2003 | 17 Jul 2003 | |||
El Salvador | 90 days | 25 Jan 1999 29 Jan 19992 | 30 Mar 1999 | |||
90 days within any 180-day period | 26 Mar 2015 | 27 Aug 2016 | ||||
Eswatini | 90 days within any 180-day period | 24 Jan 2023 | 12 Jun 2023 | |||
Equatorial Guinea | 90 days within any 180-day period | 7 Apr 2017 | 8 Nov 2019 | |||
Ethiopia | 90 days | 11 Dec 2002 | 11 Jan 2003 | |||
European Union countries (excluding Denmark and Ireland) | 90 days within any 180-day period | 25 May 2006 | 1 Jun 2007; for Croatia from 1 Jul 2013 | |||
Fiji | 90 days1 | 28 Jun 2013 | 29 Jul 2013 | |||
Gabon | 90 days | 5 Apr 2011 | 25 Sep 2011 | |||
Gambia | 90 days | 4 May 2017 | 15 Aug 2018 | |||
Grenada | 90 days within any 180-day period | 20 Sep 2017 | 24 Dec 2017 | |||
Guatemala | 3 months | 24 May 1999 | 24 Jul 1999 | |||
90 days within any 180-day period | 22 Sep 2011 | 29 Feb 2012 | ||||
Guinea | 90 days | 7 Jan 1998 | 8 Mar 1998 | |||
Guinea-Bissau | 90 days | 23 Oct 2019 | 9 Feb 2022 | |||
Guyana | 90 days | 3 Nov 2005 | 12 Feb 2006 | |||
90 days | 7 Jun 2017 24 Jul 20172 | 17 Nov 2017 | ||||
90 days within any 180-day period | 27 Sep 2015 | 27 Nov 2015 | ||||
Honduras | 90 days | 21 Sep 19992 | 20 Nov 1999 | |||
90 days within any 180-day period | 26 Sep 2014 | 11 Jul 2015 | ||||
Hong Kong | 14 days1 | 23 Apr 2009 | 1 Jul 2009 | |||
Hungary | 90 days within any 180-day period | 90 days within any 180-day period | 14 Jun 2001 | 14 Jun 2001 | ||
Iceland | 90 days within any 180-day period | 24 Sep 2008 | 1 Mar 2010 | |||
India | 90 days | 3 Dec 2004 | 28 Mar 2006 | |||
Indonesia | 14 days | 1 Dec 2006 | 22 Mar 2008 | |||
Iran | 30 days | 29 Mar 1993 | 29 Apr 1993 | |||
15 days for tourist groups4 | 28 Mar 2017 | 1 Jul 2021 | ||||
Iraq | 90 days within any 180-day period | 2 Apr 2023 | 23 Jan 2024 | |||
Israel | 90 days within any 180-day period | 20 Mar 2008 | 20 Sep 2008 | |||
Jamaica | 90 days | 23 Jun 2000 | 1 Sep 2000 | |||
90 days within any year period | 27 Sep 2018 | 27 Nov 2018 | ||||
Jordan | 90 days within any 180-day period | 11 Sep 2017 | 25 Jan 2018 | |||
Kazakhstan | Unspecified period | 30 Nov 2000 | 30 Nov 2000 | |||
Kuwait | 90 days within any 180-day period | 10 Nov 2015 | 10 Apr 2016 | |||
Kyrgyzstan | Unspecified period | 30 Nov 2000 | 30 Nov 2000 | |||
Laos | 30 days | 29 Nov 2004 | 30 Dec 2004 | |||
30 days, for a maximum total stay of 90 days within any 180-day period | 8 Sep 2016 | 2 Dec 2017 | ||||
Liechtenstein | 90 days within any 180-day period | 12 Nov 2013 | 1 Apr 2015 | |||
Macao | 30 days1 | 19 Jun 2012 | 30 Sep 2012 | |||
Maldives | 90 days1 | 25 Jun 2019 | 25 Jul 2019 | |||
Mali | 90 days | 27 May 2009 | 27 May 2009 | |||
Mauritius | 60 days, for a maximum total stay of 90 days within any 180-day period | 23 Dec 2015 | 10 Apr 2016 | |||
Mexico | 90 days | 28 Jan 1997 | 5 Jul 1997 | |||
Micronesia | 30 days1 | 21 Sep 2017 | ||||
Moldova | Unspecified period | 30 Nov 2000 | 30 Nov 2000 | |||
Mongolia | 30 days, for a maximum total stay of 90 days within any 180-day period | 3 Sep 2014 | 14 Nov 2014 | |||
Montenegro | 90 days | 30 days | 24 Sep 2008 | 21 Nov 2008 | ||
Morocco | 90 days | 15 Oct 2002 | 15 Oct 2002 | |||
Mozambique | 30 days | 30 Dec 2009 | 30 May 2010 | |||
Myanmar | 90 days | 3 Jul 2000 | 3 Aug 2000 | |||
Namibia | 90 days within any 180-day period | 14 Apr 2021 | 2 Aug 2021 | |||
Nauru | 14 days1 | 24 Sep 2014 | 14 May 2015 | |||
Nepal | 90 days | 16 Apr 2002 | 16 May 2002 | |||
90 days | 27 Apr 2022 13 Jun 20222 | 15 Aug 2022 | ||||
Nicaragua | 90 days | 28 Nov 19972 | 13 Jan 1998 | |||
90 days within any 180-day period | 28 Jul 2009 | 3 Jul 2010 | ||||
Niger | 90 days within any 180-day period | 15 Feb 2022 | 22 Feb 2023 | |||
North Korea | 90 days | 24 Jan 1997 | 23 May 1997 | |||
North Macedonia | 90 days | 30 days | 19 Jun 2008 | 31 Oct 2008 | ||
Norway | 90 days within any 180-day period | 8 Jun 2007 | 1 Dec 2008 | |||
Oman | 90 days | 3 Feb 2016 | 27 Oct 2016 | |||
Pakistan | 90 days | 4 Jul 1994 | 3 Aug 1994 | |||
Palau | 30 days1 | 28 Sep 2018 | 27 Dec 2018 | |||
Palestine | 90 days within any 180-day period | 23 Jan 2020 | 21 May 2020 | |||
Panama | 90 days | 16 Jun 1995 22 Jun 19952 | 20 Aug 1995 | |||
90 days within any 180-day period | 3 Dec 2014 9 Dec 20142 | 8 Feb 2015 | ||||
Paraguay | 3 months | 20 Nov 1995 | 2 Feb 1997 | |||
90 days within any 180-day period | 25 Sep 2013 | 20 Oct 2014 | ||||
Peru | 90 days | 14 Jul 1999 | 26 Nov 1999 | |||
90 days within any 180-day period | 13 Nov 2010 | 21 Jun 2011 | ||||
Philippines | 90 days | 3 Aug 2007 | 22 Dec 2008 | |||
Poland | 90 days | 18 Sep 2003 | 1 Oct 2003 | |||
Qatar | 90 days within any 180-day period | 27 Dec 2019 | 23 Feb 2020 | |||
Romania | 90 days | 26 Aug 2002 | 1 Mar 2004 | |||
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 90 days within any 180-day period | 21 Sep 2017 | 21 Nov 2017 | |||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 90 days within any 180-day period | 27 Sep 2018 | 7 Jan 2019 | |||
Samoa | 60 days1 | 4 Apr 2017 | 9 July 2017 | |||
San Marino | 90 days within any 180-day period | 2 Dec 2021 | ||||
Senegal | 90 days | 2 Jul 2015 | 6 Feb 2017 | |||
Serbia | 90 days | 30 days | 20 Feb 2009 | 10 Jun 2009 | ||
Seychelles | 30 days1 | 2 Sep 2015 | 14 Dec 2015 | |||
Sierra Leone | 90 days within any 180-day period | 17 May 2021 | 14 Mar 2022 | |||
Singapore | 90 days | 17 Nov 2015 | 2 Jan 2016 | |||
Slovakia | 90 days | 29 Dec 2000 | 29 Dec 2000 | |||
South Africa | 90 days | 5 Aug 2010 | 15 Dec 2010 | |||
90 days1 | 24 Jan 2017 27 Feb 20172 | 30 Mar 2017 | ||||
South Korea | 90 days | 21 Sep 2004 | 21 Nov 2004 | |||
90 days | 17 Oct 2006 | 31 Dec 2006 | ||||
60 days, for a maximum total stay of 90 days within any 180-day period | 13 Nov 2013 | 1 Jan 2014 | ||||
South Ossetia | Unspecified period | 1 Feb 2010 | 25 Apr 2011 | |||
Sri Lanka | 30 days | 13 Aug 2015 | 24 Oct 2015 | |||
Sudan | 90 days within any 180-day period | 24 Nov 2017 | 4 Sep 2022 | |||
Suriname | 90 days within any 180 day-period | 26 Sep 2018 | 13 May 2019 | |||
Syria | 90 days | 19 Mar 2008 | 2 Jul 2008 | |||
Switzerland | 90 days within any 180-day period | 21 Sep 2009 | 1 Feb 2011 | |||
Tajikistan | Unspecified period | 30 Nov 2000 | 30 Nov 2000 | |||
Thailand | 90 days | 17 Oct 2002 | 6 Mar 2003 | |||
30 days | 13 Dec 2005 | 24 Mar 2007 | ||||
Togo | 90 days within any 180-day period | 16 Feb 2021 | 19 Aug 2021 | |||
Tunisia | 90 days within any 180-day period | 28 Jun 2012 | 13 Feb 2013 | |||
Turkey | 90 days | 5 Nov 1999 | 6 Jan 2000 | |||
30 days, for a maximum total stay of 90 days within any 180-day period | 30 days, for a maximum total stay of 90 days within any 180-day period | 12 May 2010 | 16 Apr 2011 | |||
Turkmenistan | 30 days | 17 Jul 1999 | 17 Jul 1999 | |||
United Arab Emirates | 90 days within any 180-day period | 6 Jul 2018 | 17 Feb 2019 | |||
Uruguay | 3 months | 13 Jul 1999 | 3 Oct 1999 | |||
90 days within any 180-day period | 26 Sep 2011 | 27 Dec 2011 | ||||
Uzbekistan | Unspecified period | 30 Nov 2000 | 30 Nov 2000 | |||
Vanuatu | 90 days1 | 20 Sep 2016 | 21 Oct 2016 | |||
Vatican City | 90 days within any 180-day period | 22 Aug 2017 | 29 Dec 2017 | |||
Venezuela | 90 days | 28 Jun 1993 1 Nov 19932 | 1 Nov 1993 | |||
90 days within any 180-day period | 26 Nov 2008 | 6 Mar 2009 | ||||
Vietnam | 90 days | 28 Oct 1993 | 20 Feb 1994 | |||
Zambia | 90 days within any 180-day period | 23 Oct 2019 | 1 Jul 2020 | |||
Zimbabwe | 90 days | 23 Jan 1991 31 Jan 19912 | 31 Jan 1991 | |||
Notes:
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Country | Type of passport | Duration of stay | Date of signing/ Effective date | Citation |
Estonia | Alien's passport | 90 days within any 180-day period | 17 Jun 2008 | |
Georgia | All | 90 days | 15 May 2023 | |
Latvia | Non-citizen passport | 90 days within any 180-day period | 17 Jun 2008 | |
Monaco | Diplomatic | 90 days within any 180-day period | 3 Sep 2017 | |
Ukraine | All | Unspecified period | 29 Sep 2023 |
Russia has concluded agreements that facilitate procedures for issuing visas to both Russian citizens and citizens of the partner jurisdiction on a reciprocal basis. Such agreements are in force with the following countries or political associations:
Country | Entry into force |
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Albania | 1993 |
Bulgaria | 2002 |
China | 2014 |
Croatia | 2013, 2019 |
Cyprus | 2006 |
Denmark | 2009 |
Egypt | 2011 |
European Union (excluding Denmark and Ireland) | 2007 |
France | 2005 |
Germany | 2004 |
Iceland | 2010 |
India | 2011, 2015, 2016 |
Indonesia | 1990 |
Iran | 1997, 2016, 2019 |
Israel | 2002 and 2016 (for holders of dip/ser passports) |
Italy | 1990, 2005 |
Japan | 2013, 2017 |
Latvia | 1995, 2013, 2018 |
Liechtenstein | 2015 |
Lithuania | 2003 |
Norway | 2012, 2017 |
Poland | 2003, 2012 |
Romania | 2004 |
Saudi Arabia | 2020 |
South Africa | 1996 |
South Korea | 1992, 2002, 2010 |
Spain | 1990, 2015 |
Switzerland | 2011 |
Turkmenistan | 1999 |
United Kingdom | 1989 |
United States | 2012, 2013 |
Vietnam | 1994, 2005 |
Yemen | 1988 |
Russia has agreements on cancellation of consular fees with the following countries: Algeria (1965), Angola (15 Apr 1985), Iran (15 Feb 1966), Japan (1 Apr 1965), and Mauritania (1967).
Agreements were denounced with Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Pakistan and New Zealand.
Country or territory | Duration of stay by type of passport | Date of signing | Effective date | Cancellation date | Citation | ||
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Diplomatic | Service category | Ordinary | |||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 90 days | 90 days with an invitation 30 days with a voucher | 24 Sep 2007 | 1 May 2008 | 20 Oct 2013 | ||
Bulgaria | During a term of official trips For tourism trips with tourist documents For a private trips with an invitation Transit without a visa | 2 Nov 1978 | 6 Jul 1979 | 1 Oct 2001 | |||
During a term of official trips For tourism trips with tourist documents For a private trip with an invitation up to 90 days | 3 Nov 1969 | 24 Jan 1970 | 6 Jul 1979 | ||||
About private trips | 20 May 1965 | 1 Jun 1965 | 24 Jan 1970 | ||||
CIS countries (excluding Azerbaijan and Ukraine) | Unspecified period | 9 Oct 1992 | 9 Oct 1992; for Georgia 1 Aug 1995 | 3 Dec 2000; for Turkmenistan 19 Jun 1999 | |||
China | 30 days | 29 Feb 2000 | 25 May 2001 | 26 Apr 2014 | |||
Yes Including passport for public affairs | 29 Dec 1993 | 29 Jan 1994 | 25 May 2001 | ||||
Yes (on duty) Including passport for public affairs | 15 Jul 1988 | 14 Aug 1988 | 29 Jan 1994 | ||||
Yes | 13 Jun 1985 | 13 Jul 1985 | 14 Aug 1988 | ||||
Cuba | 30 days | 3 Dec 1993 | 29 Jul 1994 | 21 Dec 2018 | |||
During a term of official trips For tourism trips with tourist documents For a private trip with an invitation | 10 Jan 1985 | 29 Jul 1994 | |||||
For tourism trips | 7 Jul 1981 24 Sep 1981 | 24 Sep 1981 | 1985 | ||||
Cyprus | 3 months | 5 Jun 1989 | 5 Jun 1989 | 20 Jan 2006 | |||
During a term of official trips | 90 days | 27 Dec 1994 | 15 Jun 1995 | 1 Jan 2004 | |||
Czech Republic | During a term of official trips 30 days for all passports | 7 Dec 1994 | 3 Sep 1995 | 29 May 2000 | |||
Czechoslovakia | During a term of official trips For tourism trips with tourist documents For private trips with an invitation Transit without a visa | 17 Dec 1981 | 30 May 1982 | for Czech Republic 3 Sep 1995; for Slovakia 7 Aug 1994 | |||
During a term of official trips For tourism trips with tourist documents For private trips with an invitation up to 90 days Transit without a visa | 16 Sep 1969 | 16 Sep 1969 | 30 May 1982 | ||||
90 days with an invitation | 17 Sep 1965 | 17 Sep 1965 | 15 Sep 1969 | ||||
18 Dec 1962 | 17 Sep 1965 | ||||||
East Germany | During a term of official trips For tourism trips with tourist documents For private trips with an invitation Transit without a visa | 6 Apr 1979 | 30 Aug 1979 | 3 Oct 1990 | |||
During a term of official trips For tourism trips with tourist documents For private trips with an invitation up to 90 days Transit without a visa | 28 Nov 1969 | 12 Jan 1970 | 30 Aug 1979 | ||||
Hungary | During a term of official trips For tourism trips with tourist documents For a private trips with an invitation Transit without a visa | 24 Nov 1978 | 14 Jun 2001 | ||||
During a term of official trips For tourism trips with tourist documents For private trips with an invitation up to 90 days | 4 Mar 1969 | 11 Jun 1969 | |||||
North Korea | During a term of official trips For tourism trips with tourist documents For private trips with an invitation | 22 Jan 1986 | 17 Sep 1986 | 23 May 1997 | |||
Laos | Yes | 20 Dec 1984 | 30 Dec 2004 | ||||
Lithuania | 30 days for Kaliningrad region | 24 Feb 1995 | 25 Jun 1995 | 1 Jan 2003 | |||
Mongolia | During a term of official trips For tourism trips with tourist documents For private trips with an invitation | 20 December 1979 | 5 May 1995 | ||||
During a term of official trips For tourism trips with tourist documents For private trips with an invitation up to 90 days | 26 Jan 1971 | 23 May 1971 | |||||
Poland | During a term of official trips For tourism trips with tourist documents For private trips with an invitation Transit without a visa | 13 Dec 1979 | 22 May 1980 | 1 Oct 2003 | |||
During a term of official trips For tourism trips with tourist documents For private trips with an invitation up to 90 days | 5 Feb 1970 | 12 May 1970 | 22 May 1980 | ||||
Qatar | 90 days | 18 Jan 2016 | 14 Aug 2016 | 23 Feb 2020 | |||
Romania | Yes | 11 Mar 1991 | 24 Oct 1991 | 1 Mar 2004 | |||
During an office mission For tourism trips with tourist documents For private trips with an invitation up to 45 days | 9 Sep 1983 | 11 Apr 1984 | 24 Oct 1991 | ||||
During an office mission For tourism trips with tourist documents For private trips with an invitation up to 45 days | 30 Jun 1969 | 1 Jan 1970 | 11 Apr 1984 | ||||
Without visas on office affairs For a private trips with an invitation up to 45 days within year Transit on private affairs without visa | 4 Mar 1966 | 23 Jun 1966 | 1 Jan 1970 | ||||
About trips for a visit to close relatives | 1963 | 23 Jun 1966 | no text | ||||
About visa-free trips of citizens on diplomatic, service, all-civil passports and collective certificates | 1956 | 23 Jun 1966 | no text | ||||
Slovakia | 30 days for all passports During a term of official trips | 13 Feb 1995 | 25 Aug 1995 | 1 Jan 2001 | |||
1 Jun 1994 | 7 Aug 1994 | 25 Aug 1995 | |||||
Ukraine | Unspecified period | 16 Jan 1997 | 10 Mar 1997 | 1 Jan 2023 | |||
United Arab Emirates | 90 days | 27 Jun 2010 | 31 Mar 2013 | 17 Feb 2019 | |||
Vietnam | During a term of official trips For tourism trips with tourist documents Visa free transit for tourism and official purposes | 15 Jul 1981 | 14 Aug 1982 | 20 Feb 1994 | no text | ||
Yugoslavia | During a term of official trips For tourism trips with a voucher For private trips with an invitation up to 90 days | 31 Oct 1989 | 26 Apr 1990 | for Croatia 31 Mar 2013; for Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 May 2008; for Montenegro 21 Nov 2008; for North Macedonia 31 Oct 2008; for Slovenia 1 Dec 1999; for Serbia 10 Jun 2009 | |||
For tourism trips with a voucher | 3 June 1967 27 Nov 1967 | 27 Dec 1967 | 26 Apr 1990 | ||||
Yes | Yes On duty | 26 Oct 1965 | 25 Jan 1966 |
The Russian visa is a machine-readable document, which is placed in the holder's passport. All fields are indicated in both Russian and English, but are filled out only in Russian.
The holder's name appears in both the Roman and Cyrillic alphabets.
The name that appears in the machine-readable zone at the bottom of the visa represents the holder's Cyrillic name mapped into the Roman alphabet. This allows Russian computer systems to read the Cyrillic name, despite the machine readers only being able to read Roman alphabet letters. As a result, the spelling of a name in the machine-readable zone does not necessarily reflect its spelling in the visa's name field. For example, the name "Christoph" would appear in the field as "Kpиcтoф/Christoph", but the MRZ would contain the name "Kristof".
Contrary to guidelines for machine-readable documents, the issuing country's ISO code (RUS) is not shown at positions 3–5 (i.e. V While not necessarily printed on the visa (depending on the embassy), a photo is required in the visa application. The visa application form may be filled online and submitted to the diplomatic mission. Depending on the purpose of entry into the Russian Federation and the purposes of stay, visas are categorized as: A diplomatic visa shall be issued to a foreign citizen holding a diplomatic passport. A diplomatic visa is issued: A service visa is issued to the foreign citizen having service (consular, official, special) passport. A service visa is issued: Depending on the purpose of entry of the foreign citizen into the Russian Federation and the purpose of his stay in the Russian Federation ordinary visas are subdivided on private, business, tourist, educational, working, humanitarian and entry visas to the Russian Federation for temporary residence or citizenship ceremony: A Transit visa is issued for a period of up to 10 days to the foreign citizen for transit through the territory of Russia. A visa of temporarily living person is issued for 4 months to the foreign citizen to whom entry into Russia is allowed for temporary residence, within a quota of delivery of permissions to temporary residence. All types of Russian entry visas are received through Russian embassies and consulates. Provided all the documents are ready, the process usually takes no more than 3-10 workdays for Russian travel visa. Russian Tourist Visa requirements: The Russian Consulate requires the visa application form to be printed on A4 paper with right and bottom margins of 5mm. A failure to meet these requirements invalidates the form. Russia requires that an alien who needs a visa on entry be in possession of a valid visa upon exit. To satisfy this formal requirement, exit visas sometimes need to be issued. Russia requires an exit visa if a visitor stays well past the expiration date of their visa. They must then extend their visa or apply for an exit visa and are not allowed to leave the country until they show a valid visa or have a permissible excuse for overstaying their visa (e.g., a note from a doctor or a hospital explaining an illness, missed flight, lost or stolen visa). In some cases, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can issue a Return-Home certificate that is valid for 10 days from the embassy of the visitor's native country, thus eliminating the need for an exit visa. A foreign citizen granted a temporary residence permit in Russia needs a temporary resident visa to take a trip abroad (valid for both exit and return). It is also colloquially called an exit visa. Almost all Russian embassies and consulates, require visa applications to be submitted to semi-private visa processing centers instead of directly to the consular section of the embassy. Costs differ. From January 2015, visa applicants from the United Kingdom, Denmark, Myanmar and Namibia will be obliged to provide fingerprint scans. After a trial period it will be decided whether to expand this to other countries as well. Russia plans to require, from 1 July 2019, fingerprinting and photographing of all foreign citizens entering the Russian Federation without a visa and staying for more than 30 days. According to the Border Service of the Federal Security Service and the Federal State Statistics Service, most visitors arriving to Russia were from the following countries of nationality: Most visas were issued in the following countries: The law "On the legal status of foreign citizens in the USSR" was used by the Russian Federation. Action extended from 1 January 1993. Chapter III of the law "entry into the USSR and exit from the USSR Foreign citizens" was replaced adopted the Federal Law No.114-FZ 1996 "On the Order of Exit from the Russian Federation". The law was repealed with the adoption of the Federal Law 115-FZ on 25 Jul 2002 On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation. The laws establishes that as a general rule all foreign citizens and stateless persons need visas for entry and exit from the territory of Russia and the period of temporary stay (90 days within any 180 days). It also establishes a number of exceptions addressing certain groups of travelers. The basis of the legal status of foreign citizens and stateless persons are secured primarily by the Constitution of the Russian Federation 1993 – Art. 62 and Art. 63. According to the Russian Constitution, international treaties of Russia override the domestic legislation. Russia has concluded a number of bilateral or multilateral treaties on visa abolishing or simplification and is seeking to negotiate new such treaties. The visa policy Russia applies the principle of reciprocity, the principle of specular. In September 2013, the president of Russia has sent the bill of introduction of 72-hour visa-free transit to parliament. The list of the airports and the list of the states which citizens will be able to use visa-free transit in the tourist purposes, will be approved by the Government of the Russian Federation after ratification. In 2014, the parliament has suspended ratification of the bill for an indefinite term. In April 2014, Crimea's Tourism Minister proposed a visa-free regime for foreign tourists staying at Crimean resorts for up to 12 days and a 72-hour visa-free stay for cruise passengers.[citation needed] Visa-free access for Chinese citizens was proposed in June 2014. Visa-free entrance in cruise courts to Sevastopol began to be carried out from September 2015 Other of the proposals has been not realized. On 18 February 2017, the President of Russia signed the decree "About Recognition of the Documents Issued to the Citizens of Ukraine and Persons Without Citizenship Living in Territories of Certain Districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk Regions of Ukraine". Holders of passports of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic could carry out entry into the Russian Federation and departure from the Russian Federation without execution of visas. The decree is applied temporarily, for the period before political settlement of a situation in certain districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine on the basis of the Minsk Agreement. From 29 December 2018, citizens of Ukraine who are residents of the territories of "certain districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions" of Ukraine are allowed to enter Russia visa-free for a maximum stay of 180 days. Participants and members of delegations coming to participate in the musical events are either provided with a simplified visa regime (e.g. Eurovision Song Contest 2009) or the right of visa-free entry (e.g. International Tchaikovsky Competition 2015). Currently (September 2015), the law providing permanent visa abolition for participants and jury members of art competitions is being planned by the Government of Russia. The focus of this regulation will be on the International Tchaikovsky Competition. Participants of the 1st Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok did not require a visa. Entrance was allowed with passport and the accreditation certificate only. Participants of East Economic Forum in Vladivostok can visit an event without visas from 8 to 15 September 2018. Prior to the adoption of a special law, participants and members of delegations arriving to sporting events, could count on a visa-free entry or visa facilitation (determined by law for each event which has to pass ratification in parliament and to be signed by the president). For the 2008 Champions League Final held in Moscow, also spectators were given such visa-free entry. On 13 May 2013, the presidential decree on the abolition of visas for athletes, coaches, team leaders and members of foreign official delegations, as well as judges from the international sports competitions came into effect. It envisages entry on the basis of passport and accreditation certificate. The order of the President or the Government of Russia is sufficient for visa abolition or simplification of registration of visas. Visas were abolished for participants of the 2013 Summer Universiade, the 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Moscow, the 2014 World Judo Championships in Chelyabinsk and the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan. Participants of the XVI World Aquatics Championships in the Masters category were exempted from visa fees. The right to enter Russia without a visa was also given to visitors during the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi if they were in a possession of tickets for the event. Players of 2016 IIHF World Championship were able to obtain visas on arrival, for the fans were simplified procedure for issuing visas. 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup holders of tickets for matches of the championship could enter Russia without a visa with personalized card of viewer (also known as the passport of a fan or fan-ID) and national passport from 7 June to 12 July 2017, if holding a laminated FIFA FAN ID card; from 14 June to 2 July 2017, if holding a printed FIFA FAN ID electronic format card. The foreign citizens could use their FAN IDs for multiple visa-free entry into and exit from the Russian Federation. 2018 FIFA World Cup holders of tickets for matches of the championship were able to enter Russia without a visa with personalized card of viewer (also known as the passport of a fan or fan-ID) and national passport from 4 June to 25 July 2018. Foreigners participating in events and athletes included in the lists of FIFA, will have to obtain visas, but in a simplified manner. In particular, visas for this category of citizens will be issued within 3 working days from the date of filing and without consular fees. This procedure will be applied until 31 December 2018. Foreigners involved in activities and not participating in sporting events, will travel to and from Russia by an ordinary multiple-entry work visas that will be issued for a period of 1 year. Foreigners, attracted by the FIFA, its subsidiaries and contractors, confederations, national football associations, the Russian football Union, organizing Committee "Russia-2018" will be entitled to work in Russia without obtaining a patent. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia has imposed the following temporary travel restrictions: On 28 June 2021, Russia resumed flights with Belgium, Bulgaria, Jordan, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, North Macedonia, USA, Turkey, Austria, Armenia, Greece, Qatar, Serbia, Finland, Croatia, and Switzerland. On 27 January 2021, Russia resumed flights with Finland, Vietnam, India and Qatar. From 15 August 2020, restrictions are lifted for citizens of Switzerland. From 1 August 2020, restrictions on entry to Russia were lifted for citizens of Abkhazia, Tanzania, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. The issuance of entry visas and invitations has also been resumed. The issuance of Russian electronic visas for the Far East District, Kaliningrad Oblast, and St Petersburg and Leningrad has been suspended since 18 March 2020 and has not been resumed yet. For foreign citizens who are in Russia on the basis of a visa or visa-free regime, the duration of temporary stay is suspended From 15 March to 15 June 2020. From 18 March until a special order of the government, all foreign citizens (except citizens of CIS member nations, Abkhazia, South Ossetia from 20 March 2020) are not allowed to enter the Russian Federation. This does not apply to some category of travels. From 13 March 2020, temporarily suspended the entry of citizens of Italy travelling for educational, work, private, tourist and transit purposes From 28 February 2020, temporarily suspended the entry of citizens of Iran travelling for educational, work, private, tourist and transit purposes. From 20 February 2020, temporarily suspended the entry of citizens of China, Hong Kong, Macao, travelling for work, private, educational and tourist purposes. Types of visa
Applying for visa
Exit
Costs for visa
Fingerprinting
Visitor statistics
Total visitors by year 2019 32,866,265 2018 32,550,677 2017 32,035,443 2016 31,466,538 2015 33,729,187 2014 32,421,490 2013 30,792,091 2012 28,176,502 2011 24,932,061 2010 22,281,217 2009 21,338,650 2008 23,676,140 2007 22,908,625
Nationality Total (includes all types of purposes of visits) 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Ukraine 3,648,972 8,646,295 9,177,272 9,817,008 9,737,405 Kazakhstan 1,426,727 4,324,856 4,241,244 4,137,613 4,686,059 Uzbekistan 720,041 2,588,922 2,354,642 2,350,007 2,116,480 Abkhazia 414,927 600,399 492,310 436,368 415,606 Tajikistan 401,888 1,557,148 1,340,975 1,350,356 1,293,270 Kyrgyzstan 299,611 959,130 859,735 836,946 792,042 Azerbaijan 269,807 1,175,045 1,145,327 1,143,243 1,156,703 Armenia 209,812 816,454 825,200 857,212 833,577 Finland 180,110 938,693 994,098 1,063,348 1,376,646 Belarus 176,601 440,438 403,597 382,022 320,372 China 155,594 2,257,039 2,030,319 1,780,200 1,565,524 Moldova 154,766 614,043 698,027 803,916 699,112 Philippines 133,414 193,031 179,672 172,278 160,734 Poland 133,014 680,382 728,546 765,544 1,056,013 Turkey 132,372 187,612 196,061 181,285 120,035 Estonia 105,584 540,062 496,582 432,803 433,926 Latvia 93,865 365,783 355,641 330,266 360,603 Stateless persons 74,215 303,851 327,613 318,393 321,383 South Ossetia 70,470 147,355 143,501 137,427 115,382 Germany 69,456 744,473 701,576 629,082 613,370 Lithuania 57,883 253,950 243,190 256,009 281,168 Mongolia 56,625 394,994 401,485 416,293 542,196 Georgia 56,266 120,086 123,732 117,204 65,378 India 46,025 180,567 159,865 130,400 108,498 South Korea 42,297 453,796 386,413 276,560 181,024 France 38,391 249,410 236,583 211,673 201,260 Israel 32,402 260,472 228,530 185,426 182,438 Italy 28,432 251,751 225,776 206,860 208,689 Serbia 26,731 84,852 96,730 87,899 79,575 United Kingdom 22,471 194,956 216,029 193,522 190,278 Turkmenistan 21,680 92,616 82,675 65,749 56,258 Vietnam 19,477 90,565 84,612 77,391 66,939 United States 19,306 300,933 337,395 293,011 248,990 Japan 16,048 127,696 119,240 114,207 95,675 Netherlands 14,663 84,651 80,540 73,729 68,017 Egypt 13,481 28,039 39,402 Iran 12,725 54,469 61,007 91,862 75,203 Thailand 12,183 72,031 64,898 52,697 32,222 Greece 11,732 44,784 42,967 41,205 46,730 Bulgaria 10,255 41,083 40,836 39,191 41,290 Austria 9,977 67,429 64,500 59,501 56,663 Czech Republic 9,874 57,835 53,739 49,232 47,288 Indonesia 9,671 40,284 31,695 25,425 20,211 Spain 9,565 140,181 123,652 118,642 116,032 Romania 9,335 32,779 29,920 26,330 23,684 Norway 8,506 52,022 51,003 53,197 46,631 Sweden 8,308 43,198 55,329 32,095 39,153 Belgium 7,534 42,473 48,270 38,868 37,492 Croatia 7,480 19,243 36,045 Switzerland 7,407 55,747 59,828 53,167 52,656 Cuba 6,631 29,169 27,882 30,711 26,667 Hungary 5,680 35,541 32,998 25,659 25,313 Denmark 5,016 24,662 31,308 Total n/a 32,866,265 32,550,677 32,035,443 31,466,538
Nationality Total (includes all types of purposes of visits) 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 Ukraine 10,314,757 9,842,990 7,080,991 6,502,543 6,072,775 4,198,030 Kazakhstan 5,180,246 4,215,161 3,848,899 3,630,342 3,049,406 2,747,358 Uzbekistan 2,163,256 2,353,140 2,967444 2,677,322 2,086,359 1,584,086 Poland 1,766,612 1,823,143 1,644,657 1,190,003 704,610 394,872 Finland 1,476,412 1,446,169 1,388,036 1,375,614 1,211,520 1,012,621 China 1,353,051 1,125,098 1,071,515 978,988 845,588 747,640 Tajikistan 1,200,972 1,202,260 1,348,868 1,134,150 955,455 830,160 Azerbaijan 1,071,324 1,021,204 1,196,759 1,116,238 1,045,525 979,778 Armenia 850,137 794,098 882,864 700,332 550,349 459,040 Kyrgyzstan 842,396 725,664 763,418 623,970 592,960 552,909 Moldova 770,965 923,625 1,374,690 1,194,291 1,073,637 988,084 Germany 595,200 635,153 686,557 671,676 629,391 611,367 Mongolia 505,429 225,972 226,673 365,236 212,117 157,367 Belarus 424,531 495,999 418,207 372,942 267,233 259,191 Abkhazia 422,130 362,811 293,429 273,964 202,440 52,289 Estonia 382,031 363,942 430,164 494,282 519,402 474,949 Latvia 348,338 374,701 391,304 461,162 571,374 569,300 Stateless persons 326,841 349,400 463,640 523,333 618,705 679,757 Turkey 323,039 361,416 385,147 305,429 249,109 196,704 Lithuania 270,600 487,206 539,308 553,896 622,740 760,728 United States 242,104 257,070 305,954 286,551 275,239 262,060 Italy 204,710 219,976 225,933 212,411 207,476 198,002 France 191,643 219,210 225,860 225,343 213,473 194,248 United Kingdom 190,775 228,346 259,676 231,670 221,418 212,847 Israel 165,003 152,853 136,827 123,974 114,380 100,291 Philippines 163,010 162,990 149,213 130,541 99,405 81,385 South Korea 153,189 135,676 107,942 94,922 91,335 90,622 South Ossetia 125,444 117,283 94,159 73,863 47,739 33,409 Spain 110,247 100,206 109,089 101,536 129,730 110,601 India 95,527 94,259 95,542 80,127 60,191 53,364 Japan 93,550 105,220 102,408 86,806 76,204 78,188 Serbia 79,406 87,048 107,601 70,371 57,177 47,939 Georgia 69,095 58,264 48,440 35,511 30,415 24,568 Netherlands 63,469 80,543 86,402 81,212 87,549 80,720 Vietnam 60,882 75,840 81,073 62,961 53,529 50,823 Austria 57,242 67,392 74,277 71,863 70,388 67,606 Turkmenistan 51,170 47,002 40,238 43,720 39,579 35,017 Norway 49,535 57,423 54,433 50,115 48,614 45,340 Iran. 46,760 29,743 20,657 23,085 21,575 20,576 Czech Republic 46,432 68,875 76,530 62,980 46,776 40,565 Switzerland 46,200 50,838 54,898 52,852 47,978 44,964 Canada 43,663 53,370 61,234 54,730 52,238 48,559 Greece 41,210 46,450 48,280 36,474 33,569 33,396 Sweden 40,424 49,908 53,340 58,900 60,840 54,253 Australia 39,613 46,072 46,861 43,105 34,868 30,583 Bulgaria 37,035 42,230 47,154 45,312 42,031 38,446 Brazil 35,531 33,301 37,386 33,647 29,840 21,950 Belgium 33,714 37,441 40,316 37,025 36,430 33,571 Thailand 29,482 25,585 23,919 19,375 17,023 15,192 Romania 25,970 28,391 30,886 24,792 21,993 17,884 Hungary 24,849 28,421 27,155 23,047 23,241 20,736 Mexico 22,922 18,223 21,527 16,431 16,759 13,767 North Korea 20,893 23,902 23,604 22,071 18,901 21,167 Slovakia 19,876 24,962 27,554 24,161 20,445 18,512 Indonesia 18,100 20,330 21,088 18,572 18,313 14,448 Argentina 17,322 13,614 15,944 13,976 12,316 9,044 Portugal 15,475 15,181 14,952 15,398 15,814 18,434 Cuba 12,349 11,609 9,625 5,293 4,099 4,053 Total 33,729,187 32,421,490 30,792,091 28,176,502 24,932,016 22,281,217
Location Number of visas issued in 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Germany 58,953 410,780 360,582 336,423 324,959 299,791 China 41,280 453,338 406,831 371,489 339,030 357,040 Turkey 34,162 83,169 81,177 79,898 45,209 33,698 France 27,059 172,870 146,491 145,576 131,229 119,314 United Kingdom 20,770 92,573 88,290 96,246 93,169 87,863 Italy 18,272 162,529 139,797 129,124 129,038 117,123 United States 16,736 106,250 98,936 95,630 94,682 85,974 Finland 14,271 110,480 105,157 108,792 116,462 112,655 Latvia 11,295 78,727 79,082 74,382 77,574 70,328 Poland 10,535 67,666 62,840 59,187 54,885 43,038 Total 452 161 3,090,538 2,758,893 2,687,146 2,505,457 2,283,850 History
General Rules
Visa-free 72-hour transit
Occupied territories of Ukraine
International events
Travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic
See also
Notes