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Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Toronto

Visas

Individual applicants can apply for a visa by making an online prior appointment at the website of the Consulate General: http://toronto.kdmid.ru/queue-en/.

In order to exclude cases of fraud with the pre-registration system, we accept documents only from those applicants whose personal data was entered into the system during the registration of the application. In case of discrepancy of the information indicated in the system with the data of the applicant whose documents are submitted to the Consulate General, those documents will not be considered. One time slot in the system provides the possibility of submitting only one set of documents to the Consulate General.

E-visas for the Kaliningrad region, Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad region

Citizens of foreign countries listed below, can apply via a special website of the Russian Foreign Ministry http://electronic-visa.kdmid.ru/ for single-entry business, humanitarian and tourist visas in the form of an electronic document (so-called e-visas) to visit the Kaliningrad region (since July 1, 2019), Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad region (since October 1, 2019):

An e-visa to visit the Kaliningrad region, Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad region can be obtained by citizens of the following states:

01. Andorra
02. Austria
03. Bahrain
04. Belgium
05. Bulgaria
06. China (including Taiwan)
07. Croatia
08. Cyprus
09. Czech Republiek
10. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)
11. Denmark
12. Estonia
13. Finland
14. France
15. Germany
16. Greece
17. Hungary
18. Iceland
19. India
20. Indonesia
21. Iran
22. Ireland
23. Italy
24. Japan
25. Kuwait
26. Latvia
27. Liechtenstein
28. Lithuania
29. Luxembourg
30. Malaysia
31. Malta
32. Mexico
33. Monaco
34. the Netherlands
35. North Macedonia
36. Norway
37. Oman
38. Philippines
39. Poland
40. Portugal
41. Qatar
42. Romania
43. San Marino
44. Saudi Arabia
45. Serbia
46. Singapore
47. Slovakia
48. Slovenia
49. Spain
50. Sweden
51. Switzerland
52. Turkey
53. Vatican

An e-visa is issued free of charge.

The basis for issuing an e-visa is a statement of a foreign citizen, filled out in electronic form on the Russian MFA website http://electronic-visa.kdmid.ru/ not later than 4 calendar days before the expected date of entry, with a digital photo (electronic file) attached to it.No other documents are required for obtaining an e-visa.

E-visas are issued for a period of 30 days from the date of issue and with an allowed period of stay in the Kaliningrad region, Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad region up to 8 days from the date of entry.

E-visas for visiting the territory of the Kaliningrad region are valid for entry into the Russian Federation and exit from the Russian Federation only through the following State border crossing points of the Russian Federation located in the territory of the Kaliningrad region:

  1. Air crossing point "Kaliningrad (Khrabrovo)";
  2. Sea crossing points "Kaliningrad" (sites in the cities of Kaliningrad, Baltiysk and Svetly);
  3. Automobile crossing points "Bagrationovsk", "Gusev", "Mamonovo (Gzhekhotki)", "Mamonovo (Gronovo)", "Morskoye", "Pogranichnyy", "Sovetsk", "Chernyshevskoe";
  4. Railway crossing points "Mamonovo", "Sovetsk".

Foreign citizens who have received e-visas to visit the Kaliningrad region, are authorized to be and move only within the territory of the Kaliningrad region. Their entry to the rest of the territory of the Russian Federation for the purpose of a transit travel to the Kaliningrad region or exit from it, including through airports without a layover, is not possible.

E-visas for visiting the territory of Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad region are valid when entering into and exiting from the Russian Federation only through the following State Border crossing points on the territory of Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad region:

  1. Air crossing point "Saint Petersburg (Pulkovo)";
  2. Sea crossing points "Vysotsk", "Big Port of Saint Petersburg (Marine Station section)", "Passenger port Saint Petersburg";
  3. Automobile crossing points "Ivangorod", "Torfyanovka", "Brusnitchnoe", "Svetogorsk";
  4. Pedestrian crossing point "Ivangorod".

Please note: entry to and exit from the territory of Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad region on an e-visa by means of rail transport is currently unavailable.

With an e-visa for the territory of Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad region foreign nationals may stay and travel only within the territory of Saint Petersburg and the Leningard region.

Transport companies can check whether a foreign citizen has a valid e-visa on a website of the Russian Foreign Ministry https://evisacheck.kdmid.ru/. The information on the verification procedure is also available on this website in English and Russian.


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