Transit visa to Russia

A transit visa to Russia is granted when a passenger needs to travel through Russia, where their final destination is outside of Russia.

The transit visa can be issued for a single or double entry. It allows staying in Russia for a maximum period of 3 days if travelling by air or 10 days if travelling by land.

Double-entry visa is granted only if you are leaving Russia for the neighbouring (bordering) country.

If you have a connecting flight at the same terminal within 24 hours (e.g. Singapore – Moscow – Houston by SQ) and are staying in the transit zone, no visa is required. This transit visa waiver is not applied to passengers travelling to the Republic of Belarus or the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Russia has reopened for residents of Singapore

The entry ban for foreign nationals no longer applies to Singapore Citizens, Permanent Residents and Long-Term Pass and Work Passes Holders. The above-mentioned categories can apply for all types of Russian visas, including tourist, general business and study visas, and respectively enter the territory of the Russian Federation.

Please note the following prevailing requirements for entry into the Russian Federation from the territory of the Republic of Singapore:

Singapore Citizens, Permanent Residents, Long-Term Visit Pass and all types of Work Passes holders must obtain a printed medical certificate with negative Covid-19 PCR test result in English (translation into Russian is not required) made no earlier than three calendar days before arrival in the Russian Federation;
Also, the visitors must provide evidence of their long-term stay in Singapore; Both the PCR-test result and the evidence of long-term stay must be submitted to the Russian border control service officers upon arrival, otherwise, passengers will not be allowed to enter the Russian Federation.
Quarantine or additional PCR-tests upon arrival in Moscow for foreign nationals is not required unless conditioned by your sponsoring party in Russia.

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Documents for a transit visa to Russia :

Prepare the following documents:

Printed out online visa form. After you’ve printed the application form out, amendments by hand are NOT allowed. That is why it is very important to write down your application ID and answer/password to a secret question, to be able to log into the system and make changes in your form if required later.
Original passport with 6 months’ validity beyond the validity of the visa and with 2 empty pages for visa stamping
1 recent passport-size colour photograph (3.5 cm x 4.5 cm) on a white background – can be arranged in our office.
Original and a copy of a residence permit for non-Singaporean passport holders (EP, PEP, PR, DP, S-Pass) or the electronic landing card for eligible nationalities. The residence permit can be returned the next day after lodgement of the documents.
For nationals of European Union Member States, China, Iran and Israel, travel insurance covering Russia, which is valid for the whole period of stay in Russia (original and copy).
Confirmed reservation of travel to Russia as well as from Russia to the final destination / next connecting point.
Copy of a visa to the third country if required.
Completed and signed Global Singapore visa order form.

An online application form can be completed in our office with the professional assistance of our consultant; this would help to avoid any mistakes and to ensure smooth visa processing. An additional surcharge of 23 SGD will apply in this case.
Should you require to print any of the required documents in our office, please note that an additional charge will be applied.

Fees for a transit visa to Russia:

Select your nationality in the following list. If your nationality is not on the list select the OTHER NATIONALITIES option.

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.

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Processing time for a tourist visa to Russia:

Normal service is 7 working days excluding submission day (if submitted on Monday, collection is on Monday the following week).
Urgent service is 4 working days excluding submission day (if submitted on Monday, collection is on Wednesday or Thursday).
For the nationals of USA the processing time is 13 working days excluding the submission day.
If you are travelling urgently and you do not have 3 days, email us on russia@globalsingapore.sg, we will try our best to help you to get your visa in time.

Please note: once your application is submitted for normal service, it will not be possible to change processing into the urgent service.

Passengers of cruise vessels

Please be advised that registered passengers of cruise vessels going offshore at Russian seaports enjoy a visa waiver for 72 hours if:

The cruise vessel stays in a Russian port for less than 72 hours.
Passengers stay overnight on board the ship.
Passengers disembark with an organised tour group.
Passengers have a valid passport and a tour ticket.

Delivery of your passport

Do not have time to collect your passport? Let us save your time and money and deliver it to you for as low as SGD 10.00. Please, enquire at the time of submission or over the phone.

Transit visa to Russia