Private visa to foreign citizens who share traditional Russian spiritual and moral values

A private visa for persons sharing traditional Russian spiritual and moral values is issued to citizens of Cyprus, other countries and stateless persons for entry into the Russian Federation for a period of 90 days for the purpose of subsequently applying to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia with an application for a temporary residence permit without taking into account the quota approved by the Government of the Russian Federation and without submitting a document confirming proficiency in the Russian language, knowledge of the history of Russia and the fundamentals of its legislation.

List of states and territories whose citizens or stateless persons permanently residing in them may apply for the visa.

To obtain this visa, the following documents must be submitted:

  1. An application addressed to the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Cyprus M.M. Zyazikov, for a visa to a foreign citizen who shares traditional Russian spiritual and moral values;
  2. A valid passport;

    A passport or other valid travel document presented by a foreign citizen must not raise doubts about its authenticity and ownership by its owner, contain marks, reservations, entries, erasures and corrections not certified by the competent authorities of the relevant foreign state, torn out or unsewn pages, must have at least two blank pages intended for visas.

    The passport, as a rule, must not expire earlier than 6 months from the expiration date of the visa.

  3. A completed visa application form. Before submitting documents, it must be printed out.
  4. A photograph measuring 3.5 x 4.5 cm (color), taken no later than six months before the date of application, must clearly show the face from the front, without tinted glasses or a hat.
  5. For third-country nationals (if a foreign citizen applies for a visa outside the country of his/her citizenship) - a document confirming the foreign citizen's right to permanent residence in the Republic of Cyprus.
  6. A certificate of the presence (absence) of a criminal record from the competent authorities of the Republic of Cyprus (which will be attached to the application for a temporary residence permit under the Decree in Russia).

    This document must be apostilled, and if it is issued in the territory of a foreign state that is not a party to the 1961 Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization of Foreign Official Documents, it must be legalized, unless otherwise provided by a current international treaty of the Russian Federation.

  7. Medical insurance policy valid in the territory of the Russian Federation and covering the period of validity of the visa, except for cases based on reciprocity. Medical insurance is accepted only in English or Russian.

Single-entry private visa — 80 EUR (Consideration period –7 business days) + 30 EUR service fee.

Completing the Russian visa application form

The application form for a Russian visa should be filled out in electronic form on the website of the Consular Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry:  https://visa.kdmid.ru.

At your request, we can fill in the application form for you at the visa center. This is a paid additional service worth 5 EUR for each page of the application form.

A separate application form must be completed for each applicant.

Dear applicants,

We would like to inform you that at the Russian visa application centers you can use the following additional (paid) services:

Please note!

  • Acquiring of the above mentioned services does not affect the procedure for consideration of visa application and does not guarantee issuing of visa;
  • The cost for provision of services is charged in addition to the service fee;
  • All the above mentioned services are provided only at your request;
  • Please, read about all the terms of providing these services before you start the procedure.