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Here is our guide on how to prepare your documents for your tourist visa.
Step 1: VISA INVITATION LETTER
If you ordered a business visa invitation letter, fill out the form below.
If you already have a business invitation letter, move on to step 2.
If you still need a business invitation letter, please order one below.
Step 2: VISA APPLICATION
Complete your visa application online.
See our walk-through video on how to fill out the visa application. You’ll need to replace TOURIST with BUSINESS.
Step 3: PREPARE DOCUMENTS
Required Documents to Submit. READ!
- Quality color scan of business invitation letter.
- Original signed passport (if not signed, your documents will be rejected) AND passport MUST have at least 2 completely FREE visa pages.
- Original completed, printed out and signed visa application (see STEP 2).
- Printed out full page (letter in USA), one-sided, nothing cut off or poorly printed.
- MAKE SURE SIGNATURE ON APPLICATION IS INSIDE BOX AND MATCHES PASSPORT SIGNATURE
- One passport photo taken no more than 6 months ago (lightly glued to each application in the box of visa application)
- Photo can be 3.5 x 4.5cm or regular 2×2 inch passport photo. Applicant’s head MUST fit inside box on front page of visa application.
- Photos with low quality, taken more than 6 months ago, have poor lighting, too big, too small or clearly photoshopped will be REJECTED.
- Quality color scan of applicant’s main page of passport.
Required Documents to Submit. READ!
- IF traveling with minor children, quality color scan of each child birth certificate is required.
- IF you answered YES to having been arrested or convicted of an offense, include a signed letter of arrest. Download sample under downloads. Do not use the same words. The letter must be in your own words.
- IF you are visiting family members in Russia, you will most likely need to apply for a PRIVATE visa. Order that HERE.
- IF you were born in the USSR/Russia, proof of not having Russian citizenship is needed. If you cannot provide proof, include the declaration of absence of Russian citizenship (under downloads).
Step 4: VERIFY DOCUMENTS
Email copies of your documents to [email protected] to make sure all documents are in order BEFORE you physically mail out your documents.
Step 5: MAIL DOCUMENTS
Once your documents are approved by Let’s Russia, use the Fedex shipping label provided by Let’s Russia to physically mail in your documents to Let’s Russia.