Russian Visa Registration

PLEASE NOTE! Your visa must be registered within 3 working days upon your arrival to any Russian city excluding weekend and holidays either by a hotel you're staying in or by the company that issued your invitation (visa support). The registration is a small stamp in migration card, showing a place of your stay. Depending on where you have your visa registered, the registration stamp will look different.

Tourist
If you stay in a hotel or a hostel, they should register your visa for the period of your staying in the hotel for free of charge.If you are traveling by train for a long time and you have no stops for more than 3 days you should keep your tickets to prove that there was no possibility to register your visa within 3 days.If you obtained your invitation from a Russian travel agency, this travel agency must register your visa. Usually, it takes about 3 days to register your visa, so you should bring it to the agency, as soon as you're in Russia.

Private
If you stay with your friends or rent an apartment, the visa should be registered by the inviting party. If you were invited by your friend, they should register you in a local OVIR office.

Business
Double or multiple entrance visas should be registered each time when you enter Russia.If you stay in Russia for longer than 3 months, the registration should be made by the company that issued your visa invitation.

The documents needed for registration:
- a migration card with a stamp of passport control at the border;
- passport (because there's visa in the passport).

If you order your visa support through this site, we provide registration for you 
(the fee is $20-$50)

If you don't register your visa in time, you may be fined by police (if they stop you on the street to check your papers) or by passport control when you leave Russia.We strongly recommend you to register your visa!

So go ahead and fill out the form and we will help you to settle your trip to Russia.