Canadian citizens wishing to travel or make business in Russia must request a visa to the nearest Russian consulate (Ottawa, Toronto or Montreal).
In order to get a Russian visa (tourism, business, transit or private), Canadian passport holders should fulfill some formalities and provide some important documents to the consular section. Official invitation from an authorized organization, hotel, corporation or private individual in Russia will be required for your visa application no matter which option you eventually decide to take. In Russia, a large number of Canadians who visit for the same or less than a month obtain a tourist permit.
In order to apply for a Tourism visa for Russia, Canadian citizen must first order a Russian invitation support letter Online. In order to request this important document, you need your exact dates of entry in Russia as well as the name of the hotels (with adress) where you will be staying. The total lenght can NOT be more than 30 days. You can request a simple entry or double entry.
If you're Canadian tourist and going during the less than 30 days, a single entry permit costs $ 75 and a double entry costs $135 Canadian (4-20 working days). The same visa costs twice as much in an emergency and is issued in three days.
When applying for a Russian visa, the first step to do to get your Russian visa is to decide what type of visa you want / need to ask. The type of Russian visa that Canadians will choose is not so much according to the real purpose of the trip (business or tourism) but rather the length of stay and the autonomy you want to have when being in Russia.
Whatever your final choice is, an official invitation from an accredited agency, a hotel, company or private person in Russia will be necessary for your Russian visa application. The vast majority of Canadians traveling in Russia for a period of less than a month take a tourist visa for Russia. In these circumstances, the application is simple and quite straight forward. We are a Travel agency based in Saint-Petersburg and are accredited to provide official invitation support letter for russian visa.
Canadian passport with two blank pages (where which will be issued the russian visa). In addition, your passport must be valid at least 6 months after your planned journey.
Two recent passport photos made. To prove it, you can put the stamp of the company where you did it.
Printed form from the Official website to apply for your russian visa
Your invitation support letter for Russia: (Official invitation letter online).
Important :
+ If you were born on the territory of Russia or the USSR, it is imperative to go directly to the Russian consulate to make your request in person.
Street address: 52 Range Road, K1N 8J5, Ottawa, Ontario
Phone: (613) 236-0920; (613) 236-7220 (09:30 - 12:30)
Fax: (613) 238-6158
Email: consul.ottawa@mid.ru
3655, avenue du Musée, Montréal (Quebéc) H3G 2E1.
Phone: +1 514 843-5901, 842-5343
Fax: +1 514 842-2012
E-mail: consulat-mtl@bellnet.ca
Consular services of the Russia in Montreal are open from 9h00am to 12h00 every day (Monday to friday)
Street address: 60 Saint Clair Avenue East, Suite 500, Toronto, ON, M4T1N5
Phone: (647) 879-841
4Email: toronto@kdmid.ru
Fax: (416) 962-66-11
Website: toronto.kdmid.ru
According to all sources of information consulted, as well as our partner travel in Mongolia (www.voyagemongolie.com), it seems impossible for Canadians citizen (as any other Europeans or North American) traveling in the Mongolian capital to obtain visa for Russia.
The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ulaanbaatar is issuing only one type of visa : transit. That type of visa (transit visa for Russia) gives the opportunity to take the international train between Ulaanbaatar and Moscow in Russia. Nevertheless, it's forbidden to stop over along the way. When arriving in Moscow with a transit visa, canadian citizen will have 2 days before having to leave the country.
All prices are in Canadian dollars ($)
Tourist visa single entry (maximum 30 days):
Emergency (1-3 business days): $ 135
Ordinary application (issued 4-20 days): $ 75
Tourist visa single entry (maximum 30 days total):
Emergency (1-3 business days): $ 226
Ordinary application (issued 4-20 days): $ 130
Business visa single entry:
Emergency (1-3 business days): $ 135
Ordinary application (issued 4-20 days): $ 75
Double entry visa Russian business:
Emergency (1-3 business days): $ 226
Ordinary application (issued 4-20 days): $ 130
Business visa for Russia (multiple entry):
Emergency (1-3 business days): $ 405
Ordinary application (issued 4-20 days): $ 225
Russian transit visa single entry:
Emergency (1-3 business days): $ 135
Ordinary application (issued 4-20 days): $ 75
Russian transit visa double entry:
Emergency (1-3 business days): $ 226
Ordinary application (issued 4-20 days): $ 130