Russian visa for Swiss nationals

Conditions of entry on the Russian Federation for citizens of Switzerland

As for any european citizens, Swiss people must apply for a visa to enter in Russia. The visa will be either tourism (30 days maximum), business (3-6 months) or private (3 months). Most of the Swiss travelers will apply for a tourism visa for Russia.

To apply for your tourism visa, you need to get your support invitation letter for tourism. You can now order your support invitation letter for Russia with us in few minutes. To do so, please have your exact dates and hotels near you. We need to put these informations on your invitation.

Documents needed for Swiss citizens applying for a Russian visa

• Your Swiss passport with two blank pages (where the Russian visa will be located). In addition, your passport must be valid for at least 6 months after your planned journey.
• One recent passport photo. To prove that it is recent, a date-stamp from the place you had the picture taken will be sufficient.
• Completed form for the Russian visa from https://visa.kdmid.ru/
• Your support invitation letter for Russia

Where to request your russian visa

• Apply and print the form from: https://visa.kdmid.ru/
• Print your support invitation letter for Russia
• Go to the russian embassy in Berne or to the russian consulate in Geneva.