Transit Visa

Transit visa is not required if you do not change airport terminals in Russia and your staying does not exceed 24 hours.

Documents for submittion:

1. Completed visa application with attached photo.
1. The frame size must be 3,5 x 4,5 cm (1 3/8" X 1 3/4").
2. The Application must be signed by the applicant.
2. Valid national passport.
1. At least two pages of the passport should be free from notes.
2. Passport is to be valid for 6 months after the date of the planned departure from the Russian Federation.
3. Photocopy of the information pages of your passport.
4. Personal letter, explaining the purpose of travel, country of destination and dates of travel in transit through Russia.
5. Visa of the country of your destination (if required) and a copy of  tickets for the whole itinerary.
6. Money Order payable to "the Consulate General of the Russian Federation".
7. Non-Canadian applicants must provide the copy of the document confirming their current resident status in Canada (PR Card, Landed Document, Work Permit).
8. No medical insurance is officially required for Canadian citizens. Citizens of Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland  should submit national medical insurance certificate valid for Russia or guarantee of medical coverage from a Russian hosting organization for all period of stay. Medical insurance certificate should contain Russian contact number for emergency or assistance.
9. Applicants who used to be citizens of the USSR or of the Russian Federation and then emigrated from the USSR or from Russia must submit one of the documents which confirms that they are no longer citizens of the Russian Federation (so called "Visa to Israel" or stamp in their passport saying that they left for "permanent residence abroad" before the 6th of February, 1992 or official document certifying that their Russian citizenship was renounced), otherwise the applications will not be accepted.

In order to streamline and improve the visa obtaining process the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Toronto is no more processing visa applications by mail starting from the 1st of September 2011.

Please note that all visa application received by mail will be returned to the applicant unprocessed.