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How to obtain a private invitation Visa to visit Russia

If you have made plans to visit your Russian woman in Russia, then you need a visa to enter Russia.
In this case there are two kinds of visa you can use:

1. Using a tourist visa you need (to hand over the Russian Embassy in your country):
   1. A hotel booking.
      Confirmation documents from your hotel:
   2. The voucher of your hotel booking or reservation documents.
   3. An invitation of the hotel (the hotel need to be registered at the Ministry of Foreign affairs and they need to send you their reference number).
   4. Copy from your health care insurance (must be valid in Russia).
   5. A recent passport photo (black-white or color) preferable not on shining photo paper.
   6. Most of the times the Russian Embassy in your country wants to see an airline ticket
   7. A filled up and signed (including the photo) visa request form.
2. Using a private visa your need:
   1. Send a copy of your passport to your inviter (the Russian woman you want to visit).
   2. Your inviter needs to request a copy from her employer statement.
   3. Your inviter needs to make a copy of her passport
   4. Your inviter applies for a private invitation at the nearest OVIR ofice (*)
      It takes about one month to receive the invitation and costs about USD 15,-
   5. Your inviter sends the original invitation to you
   6. Then you go to the Russian Embassy of your country and apply for a private visa using items 4 to 7 of the items listed under (1), including the invitation (see for an example the photo).

(*) OVIR

This is a department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is situated in almost all cities of Russia. Large cities even have more offices. This department is accommodated at the police station of the city/village you Russian woman lives.

For more information about visa, please visit our Russian visa information section.

Example of a private invitation. Please let your inviter check all fields for correct data before sending it to you.

Article written by Irina Sbitneva, owner of Russian Women Info.com

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