A business invitation to Russia is a document that is required to obtain a business visa to enter Russia. You can get such a visa for up to 5 years, but at the same time, a foreigner can continuously stay on this visa in Russia for up to 90 days for every 180 days.
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What are the types of business invitation?
1. Letter of invitation from the organization
The invitation is issued in free form on the official organization's letterhead. It must indicate all the foreigner's data, as well as the purpose of arrival and the period of stay
Attention: such an invitation will only be accepted at the consulate that you originally indicated in the invitation.
A Russian issuing an invitation for a visa in the state and English languages undertakes to transfer it to a foreigner by express mail.
Attention: this invitation format is not available only for the EU countries, the USA, China and India.
2. An invitation from the Ministry of Internal Affairs
An invitation for a business visa is issued on the FMS state form. For foreigners living on the territory of migration-dangerous states, this method is the only one.
The issuance of a business letter is carried out after application consideration and verification that the applicant has no law violation in Russia. If a foreigner is prohibited from entering the territory of Russia, the person who has issued a business invitation is given a refusal containing an objective reason. An objective reason for the refusal may be a violation of the migration legislation of the Russian Federation. If a foreign citizen has gone through the deportation procedure from Russia, it will also impossible to issue an invitation.
Attention: the turnaround time for issuing such an invitation can be up to 21 days from the date of the application submission
3. Electronic invitation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
An electronic invitation with all personal data is sent via the internal communication system (Telex) directly to the consulate. A voucher is sent to you by mail, which you can send by e-mail, print and bring to the consulate.
If the choice was made in favor of Telex, then a business invitation to Russia is issued exclusively by a Russian company. It, in turn, must pass timely registration at the Consular Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The turnaround time for issuing an invitation letter for single and double entry visas is three working days. On average, you can make an invitation to Russia for a multiple-entry visa two weeks in advance.
Is it possible to issue an invitation to Russia during a pandemic?
Yes, you can, but with some restrictions. Now two categories of foreign employees can enter the Russian Federation:
- Foreigners who have a maintenance visa (for adjustment and maintenance of foreign equipment).
- Highly qualified specialists
For more than 10 years the RAUIE has been helping to arrange business entries for foreign citizens to the Russian Federation. Our migration consulting center will help you to issue a temporary residence permit, residence permit, an official invitation to Russia, obtain a work permit / patent and also provide any related services - translation, legalization of documents, etc.
For free consultation, you can leave a request on the website ("ask a question" on the right side of the page) or write to imm@raspp.ru. A specialist of the RAUIE migration consulting center will help you.
