Russian Visa Center

According to Russian law, your Russian visa must be registered within 72 hours upon your arrival (excluding weekends and official holidays).

Depending on where you have your visa registered, the registration stamp will look different (on the picture above a hotel registration is shown). Generally, a tourist visa is the easiest to register; some restrictions apply to a business or a private visa.  

If you stay at a hotel, the hotel will register your visa. You will be asked of your visa, passport and migration card.. A small registration fee can be imposed.

If you stay at a private apartment, your visa must be registered by your landlord. Please have the landlord apply at the local police precinct (in Moscow) or FMS office (commonly known as OVIR) in other cities. He will need to fill out a notification form indicating your passport and migration card details. A landlord can also send notification form by registered mail to the postal address of the local police precinct/FMS office. Your landlord will have to present his passport registered at the same apartment. If you can not or you do not want to register your visa for some reason by one of the method mentioned above you are able to do it in our office . We will be happy to help you.

Important! Not registering your Russian visa may lead to serious problems: detention by police, fines on departure, prevention from boarding the plane, etc. We strongly advise you to register your Russian visa to avoid possible consequences.