As a foreigner to arrange an invitation to travel in the Russian Federation: an algorithm of actions

Not only to Russian citizens are not easy to obtain permission to enter the countries of Shengen and in the United States. Everyone who at least once invited to visit friends from abroad, knows that it is not so easy to do. We will tell you how to make an invitation to a foreigner to Russia correctly.

In order for a foreigner to get a visa to Russia, you need to receive an invitation. The most popular types of visas for a visit to Russia: tourist, business and private, respectively and invitations are different: tourist, business visa and guest invitation.

Tourist invitation

The most easiest way to invite a foreigner to Russia: to issue a tourist invitation to a visa, 5 minutes is issued on the website of the tour operator, when submitting enough copies in the consulate. Tourist invitation is the basis for issuing a visa:

Pros: ONLINE ONLINE in 5 minutes, no hotel reservation is required, no certificate of tourist income and the receiving parties are required. Price from 900 - 1500 rub. in the Internet.

Cons: Not suitable for long-term visits, a visa time is 30 days maximum.

Business invitation

If you want to invite a foreigner more than 30 days, then you can arrange an invitation to a business visa. A business visa is drawn up from the period from 3 months to 3 years, it happens one-time, twice and multiple.

Pros: Time of receipt: from 1 hour (invitation from the organization) up to 12 days. (Invitation from the FMS), no certificate of tourist income and the receiving parties are not required, no hotel reservation is required.

Cons: relatively high cost, ranging from 3000 rubles on the Internet.

Guest invitation

The most difficult and long-term process of inviting a foreigner. To prevent a foreigner to you need about 40 calendar days and several documents. To help you understand below in the article, we described the whole process how to place a guest invitation.

Pros: Low cost - 800 rubles. Pay state duty.

Cons: waiting for an invitation to 40 days, a package of documents: a certificate from the place of operation 2-NDFL, a warranty letter that you can pay for the tourist's arrival and to confirm an extract from the bank account.

If you still decided to accompany the guest visa, then you can do it traditionally through the window and electronically through the site.

Two ways of registration

Will you go to pass the documents in the old-fashioned window, or use the opportunity to submit a petition, without leaving the house, depends only on you. Now there are two options: traditional and electronic.

Electronic

To make an invitation to enter the Russian Federation for a citizen of another country, you can use a single portal of public services and to fill in a petition. This method is suitable for ordinary people, for trips to visit.

You do not need to print the issued invitation, you can send it to friends by e-mail. The consulate is prefigured by the electronic document.

Traditional

To get a request form, you should contact the FMS department in the city district, where the inviting person has lived, or at the place of the territorial location of the organization. Documents are surreated by the staff of the unit.

Here you can get a ready-made invitation and send it by registered mail. Often the consulates of the Russian Federation require precisely the original for submission to a visa.

Who has the right to invite a foreigner to Russia

A citizen of Russian Federation.
A foreigner who lives in Russia constantly possesses a residence permit.
Legal entities, organizations registered in the Russian Federation for all rules.
Representation of a foreign company legally operating in Russia, standing in the UFMS, -Come workers.
Qualified foreign specialists working for a long time in our country - family members.
Educational institution - future students or teachers.

So the invitation to Russia looks like

It turns out that it is possible to place an invitation for foreigners to Russia as a private person and a firm or enterprise. If the purpose of the trip is to visit relatives and acquaintances - the registration of citizens of the Russian Federation, persons overlooking the residence permit.

Travel firms that were made to the Unified Register of Tour Operators and accredited in the Foreign Ministry are sent vouchers and invitations for foreign tourists.

For business visits, educational programs require an invitation from a legal entity. If employment is assumed in Russia, the petition declares the company - the employer.

Often the invitation is requested for a private visit for up to 90 days. The visa is issued single or twice. If children follow together with adults, a separate petition is filled with each. Exception - children under 14, inscribed in the passport of parents.

What documents are needed for filing

Sample Blanca

The petition for issuing an invitation to enter into the Russian Federation is 2 copies. .
The original passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation or other document certifying the personality of a citizen issuing an invitation. Foreigners living in Russia impose a residence permit. Make a copy and bring with you.
A copy of the passport of the invited foreigner. Please note that the passport must be a suitable for at least six months after the border crossing. For students and invited professionals - at least one and a half years.
Warranty letter from the host. The letter states that you are ready to provide accommodation, medical insurance and the required minimum of cash for guest in accordance with accepted standards.

Confirmation of the financial consistency of the inviting citizen - a certificate from the place of work in the form of 2-NDFL, an extract from the bank account.

Receipt of payment of state duty - 800 rubles. It will be required to show when receiving a ready-made invitation.

If a petition for the invitation of a qualified specialist is drawn up, the company provides an employment contract and confirmation of work permit. On behalf of the company, a specific employee is on the power of attorney. It is advisable to apply a statement of a foreign citizen, where he asks to provide him with a workplace.

Dates of registration of the invitation

The plate indicates the limit. Sometimes the issuance of invitations happens faster. Registration of invitations in electronic form takes significantly less strength and time. The result can be trapped on the site.

As soon as information will appear in your personal account that the invitation is ready, you can print it and send to friends. There are also information awareness services.

Refuses for issuing invitations are due to violations of the rules of staying foreigners in Russia, attracting administrative or criminal liability, unpaid taxes and fines. We advise you to check the information before you fill in the petition.

Citizens of Ukraine and Belarus, as well as some other countries have the right to enter the territory of Russia without a visa. Rules are changing. If you are going to invite relatives or friends living abroad, specify the information on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

We wish you good luck and your guests!