Visa registration

All foreign citizens arriving in Russia must register their visa within seven days, except weekends and holidays. Visitors who stay less than seven working days, may skip registration procedure. In order to get registered, you have to notify Administration of Federal Migration Service (UFMS) of your arrival by filling in the following form:

Arrival Notification Form, 115 Kb

UFMS (OVIR) address: 36, Sverdlova str.,

Chief: Pribavkin V.V.

Phone 7 343 353-61-19, 378-15-87

How to get there:

Buses # 23, 31, 57, 60; trolleybuses # 1,3,4,5,9,15,17,18,19, stop "Dom Muziki".

Open: Monday 10.00 - 13.00, Tuesday 10.00 - 13.00, Friday 10.00 - 13.00


UFMS	Dom Muziki stop

Follow down between Sverdlova 34 and 56 buildings to reach UFMS

Do-it-yourself registration

If you have stayed in hotel, they will register your visa. Be sure to request this service.

If you arrived in Ekaterinburg and stayed in the apartment, there are two ways to register your visa:

1) via UFMS office. Visit UFMS (Sverdlova st. 36, room #2) within 3 days with the apartment owner, fill in arrival notification form. Have your passport, visa and migration card copies with you. Usually there are many people in a line, so we recommend you to come there in advance.

2) via Main post office "GLAVPOCHTAMPT" (Lenina st, 39). Visit international department of the Main post office, fill in arrival notification form. Have your passport, visa and migration card copies with you. Registered letter with the arrival nitification form should be sent to UFMS.

Denial of visa registration

If you haven't registered your visa, you may be fined 2000 RUB upon departure at passport control and have some delay with documents processing. However we were informed that it happenes very seldom.

Visa extension and exit visa

A Russian visa cannot be extended. All travelers should respect the rules and cannot stay in Russia even one day more after the visa expires. If you need to extend your stay, you should have a serious reason. Only these following reasons are consudered to be serious:

1) no flights available for the requested period (you will be asked to present a reference from a travel agent)

2) being sick (you will have to present the medical certificate)

3) family reasons.

You will have to apply for an exit visa to UFMS, if your application is approved, you will be granted an exit visa for the period up to 10 days. Within this period you have to leave Russia.

Migration card

Migration card is given on board (in the train) or at the border check point. Always keep it with your passport, and provide upon departure at the customs.