To obtain an entry visa, the applicant must present the Invitation issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation to the local Consulate or Embassy of the Russian Federation.
To obtain the Invitation, the exhibitor shall send to the COMPANY’s Protocol Department (fax: + 7 (495) 205-72-10 or 205-60-65, e-mail: ovs@expocentr.ru) the following documents not later than one month prior to the entry into the Russian Federation:
1) request for the Invitation typed on the company’s official form and signed by one of company’s executives. The request shall contain the following information:
name of exhibition;
name of applicant;
day, month and year, country and place of birth, gender;
nationality;
country and city of permanent stay;
passport number and validity (dates if issue and expiry);
company’s full name;
position (job);
company’s full address (area code, country, city, street, building, office, telephone, fax, e-mail);
length of stay in Russia;
place of visa receipt (area code, country and city where the Russian Consulate is situated);
name of the hotel where exhibitors are going to stay;
the company’s guarantee to cover all expenses on its representative’s stay in Russia including expenses in the event of a deportation;
2) clear photocopy of the passport page with photo, passport number and expiry date;
3) confirmation of payment.
The COMPANY shall fax the invoice for the Invitation. Bank cheques and drafts shall not be accepted.
Upon receipt of the confirmation of payment (copy of a bank document), the COMPANY shall forward the documents to the Ministry of Internal Affair of the Russian Federation. Within 10-21 days (depending of the nationality of the applicant), the COMPANY receives the Invitation in original and faxes it to the company applicant. In case the Russian Consulate does not accept a fax copy of the Invitation, the company shall find a way to obtain the original in the office of the COMPANY’s Protocol Department or use express-mail services.
If the trip did not take place and the COMPANY does not bear responsibility for it, money for issued Invitations shall not be reimbursed.
The COMPANY does not bear any responsibility for work of the Passport and Visa Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and consular services of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Visa formalities
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