Please contact the nearest Russian diplomatic mission or us to enquire if
you require a visa to enter the Russian Federation for a short term visit.
In case you need a visitor visa, you will need an official invitation from
our university. For your official invitation you are required to fill in
the Application for invitation for a short-term visa and send it and first
page of passport back. Invitations are issued by the Russian Federal
Migration Service and they reserve one month for the invitation to be
issued.
Citizens of the European Union (excluding the Republic of Ireland
and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and also
citizens of Iceland and Kingdom of Norway require only an official
invitation issued by the university. Usually we issue such an invitation on
the same business day after we have received the required information.
Please be informed that university invitations and the visa issued may not
be used for tourist purposes.
Arrival in Russia
When arriving in Russia, on plane or train you should fill out a migration
card which consists of two identical parts: arrival record and departure
record. Complete the card either in Russian or English and hand it to the
border police officer along with your passport. When finished put and keep
the departure record part in your passport.
Like in many other countries, possession of a visa does not always entitle its
bearer to enter Russia. The final decision about admitting is taken by the border
police officer.
We recommend keeping copies of the supporting documents in the event that
the border police officer will ask for them. Please be advised that
according to the Russian law all foreigners staying in Russia longer than
three days must be registered at the local Migration Office.
Should you stay in some other place before going to Tomsk or travel to Tomsk by train,
you are kindly requested to bring proof that you have legally been staying
in Russia; such proof can be a train ticket, hotel receipt(s), copy(ies) of
registration at the local Migration Office etc. Failure to produce this
evidence may preclude us from being able to register you at the Tomsk
Migration Office. This may be punished by fine, deportation or both.
The visitor visa can not be extended. The period mentioned in the visa is
the period of stay in the Russian Federation. You may not stay in the
Russian Federation beyond the date mentioned in the visa. Russian border
police is very strict with travellers who overstay their visas even for one
day. In the event of overstaying the visa, travellers will be required to
apply for an exit visa and it takes 20 days for such a visa to be issued by
the Russian Migration Office. This usually results in fines and other
additional expenses
Application Form for the official invitation for a short-term visa
Surname as in passport
First and Middle names as in passport
Date of birth (day/month/year)
Citizenship
Sex
Place of birth (country, city, state/province)
Place of permanent residency (country, city, state/province)
The place of the Russian diplomatic mission in the country of your residence where the visa will be applied for. E.g. Russian consulate in Seattle/USA, Russian Consulate in Bonn/Germany...
Place of employment/school (full name)
Address of employment/school with phone and fax number
Present occupation or position
Passport number
Passport issued on
Passport expires on
Supposed date of entry
Supposed date of departure
Places of stay in Russia (besides Tomsk)
E-mail address where a scanned copy of the invitation should be mailed
Mailing address where the original (hard copy) of the invitation should be shipped.
Download the Application Form - PDF file
or Word file This can be done by clicking on the hyperlink and then following your browser's instructions to save the file
Please send the first page of your passport along with the Application Form to sfp@phys.tsu.ru
