Please make sure to bring the following documents with you when attending your consular office:

• A printed invitation for foreign arrivals.
  The document must be generated in your Roscongress personal account.
• A valid international passport
  (regular, diplomatic, service, official) or other valid travel document certifying the identity of the foreign citizen and recognized as such by the Russian Federation.
  
  The passport must have at least two blank pages and be valid for at least six months after the visa expiration date.
  The passport validity requirement (6 months) does not apply to those applying for diplomatic and service visas.
• A completed and printed visa application form.
  The form must be filled out in advance on the visa website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
  When completing the form, members of official delegations, business representatives and persons accompanying them should select ‘official visit’ as the purpose of their trip, while journalists should select ‘press/correspondent’ or ‘press/technical’.

• One 35 x 45 mm photo
  (colour or black and white).
  
  The photograph must have a clear front view of the participant’s face, without tinted glasses or a headdress (with the exception of foreign citizens who are required to wear a headdress with respect to their nationality or religion, and provided that they are wearing the headdress in their passport photo).
  
  The photograph must have been taken no earlier than six months before the date of application.
• A medical insurance policy that is valid in Russia.*
  
  * The requirement to have medical insurance only applies to citizens of countries that impose a similar requirement on citizens of the Russian Federation when entering their territory: Iran, Ireland, Israel, and the Schengen countries (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland).
  The requirement to provide medical insurance also does not apply to foreign citizens applying for diplomatic and service visas.

Andorra, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Myanmar, Netherlands, North Korea, Northern Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Vatican City, Vietnam.