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Russia visa requirements in 2026

What Russia's border demands, by nationality — 68 of the 202 nationalities we track can enter without a visa arranged in advance. Pick your passport below for your exact rules, fees and documents.

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Entry rules for everyone

These apply whichever passport you carry and however you enter.

Passport validity 6 months from the date of submitting the application

Who can enter Russia

Fiji — Visa Not RequiredTanzania, United Republic of — Embassy VisaWestern SaharaCanada — Embassy VisaUnited States — Embassy VisaKazakhstan — Visa Not RequiredUzbekistan — Visa Not RequiredPapua New Guinea — E-VisaIndonesia — E-VisaArgentina — Visa Not RequiredChile — Visa Not RequiredCongo, The Democratic Republic of the — Embassy VisaSomalia — Embassy VisaKenya — E-VisaSudan — Embassy VisaChad — Embassy VisaHaiti — Embassy VisaDominican Republic — Visa Not RequiredRussian FederationBahamas — Embassy VisaFalkland Islands (Malvinas)Norway — E-VisaGreenland — E-VisaFrench Southern Territories — E-VisaTimor-Leste — Embassy VisaSouth Africa — Visa Not RequiredLesotho — Embassy VisaMexico — E-VisaUruguay — Visa Not RequiredBrazil — Visa Not RequiredBolivia, Plurinational State of — Visa Not RequiredPeru — Visa Not RequiredColombia — Visa Not RequiredPanama — Visa Not RequiredCosta Rica — Visa Not RequiredNicaragua — Visa Not RequiredHonduras — Visa Not RequiredEl Salvador — Visa Not RequiredGuatemala — Visa Not RequiredBelize — Visa Not RequiredVenezuela, Bolivarian Republic of — Visa Not RequiredGuyana — Visa Not RequiredSuriname — Visa Not RequiredFrance — E-VisaEcuador — Visa Not RequiredPuerto RicoJamaica — Visa Not RequiredCuba — Visa Not RequiredZimbabwe — E-VisaBotswana — Visa Not RequiredNamibia — Visa Not RequiredSenegal — Embassy VisaMali — Embassy VisaMauritania — Embassy VisaBenin — Embassy VisaNiger — Embassy VisaNigeria — Embassy VisaCameroon — Embassy VisaTogo — Embassy VisaGhana — Embassy VisaCôte d'Ivoire — Embassy VisaGuinea — Embassy VisaGuinea-Bissau — Embassy VisaLiberia — Embassy VisaSierra Leone — Embassy VisaBurkina Faso — Embassy VisaCentral African Republic — Embassy VisaCongo — Embassy VisaGabon — Embassy VisaEquatorial Guinea — Embassy VisaZambia — Embassy VisaMalawi — Embassy VisaMozambique — Embassy VisaEswatini — E-VisaAngola — Embassy VisaBurundi — Embassy VisaIsrael — Visa Not RequiredLebanon — Embassy VisaMadagascar — Embassy VisaPalestine, State of — Embassy VisaGambia — Embassy VisaTunisia — Embassy VisaAlgeria — Embassy VisaJordan — Visa Not RequiredUnited Arab Emirates — Visa Not RequiredQatar — Visa Not RequiredKuwait — E-VisaIraq — Embassy VisaOman — Visa Not RequiredVanuatu — Visa Not RequiredCambodia — E-VisaThailand — Visa Not RequiredLao People's Democratic Republic — Visa Not RequiredMyanmar — Visa Not RequiredViet Nam — E-VisaKorea, Democratic People's Republic of — E-VisaKorea, Republic of — Visa Not RequiredMongolia — Visa Not RequiredIndia — E-VisaBangladesh — Embassy VisaBhutan — E-VisaNepal — Embassy VisaPakistan — Embassy VisaAfghanistan — Embassy VisaTajikistan — Visa Not RequiredKyrgyzstan — Visa Not RequiredTurkmenistan — E-VisaIran, Islamic Republic of — E-VisaSyrian Arab Republic — Embassy VisaArmenia — Visa Not RequiredSweden — E-VisaBelarus — Visa Not RequiredUkraine — Visa Not RequiredPoland — E-VisaAustria — E-VisaHungary — E-VisaMoldova, Republic of — Visa Not RequiredRomania — E-VisaLithuania — E-VisaLatvia — E-VisaEstonia — E-VisaGermany — E-VisaBulgaria — E-VisaGreece — E-VisaTürkiye — E-VisaAlbania — Embassy VisaCroatia — E-VisaSwitzerland — E-VisaLuxembourg — E-VisaBelgium — E-VisaNetherlands — E-VisaPortugal — E-VisaSpain — E-VisaIreland — E-VisaNew CaledoniaSolomon Islands — Embassy VisaNew Zealand — Embassy VisaAustralia — Embassy VisaSri Lanka — Embassy VisaChina — Visa Not RequiredTaiwan, Province of China — E-VisaItaly — E-VisaDenmark — E-VisaUnited Kingdom — Embassy VisaIceland — E-VisaAzerbaijan — Visa Not RequiredGeorgia — Visa Not RequiredPhilippines — E-VisaMalaysia — E-VisaBrunei Darussalam — Visa Not RequiredSlovenia — E-VisaFinland — E-VisaSlovakia — E-VisaCzechia — E-VisaEritrea — Embassy VisaJapan — E-VisaParaguay — Visa Not RequiredYemen — Embassy VisaSaudi Arabia — Visa Not RequiredCyprus — E-VisaMorocco — Embassy VisaEgypt — Embassy VisaLibya — Embassy VisaEthiopia — Embassy VisaDjibouti — Embassy VisaUganda — Embassy VisaRwanda — Embassy VisaBosnia and Herzegovina — Visa Not RequiredNorth Macedonia — E-VisaSerbia — Visa Not RequiredMontenegro — Visa Not RequiredTrinidad and Tobago — E-VisaSouth Sudan — Embassy Visa
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Andorra
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belize
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Cabo Verde
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Fiji
Georgia
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Honduras
Hong Kong
Israel
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Korea, Republic of
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Macao
Maldives
Mauritius
Moldova, Republic of
Mongolia
Montenegro
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nicaragua
Oman
Palau
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Qatar
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Seychelles
South Africa
Suriname
Tajikistan
Thailand
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
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Austria
Bahrain
Barbados
Belgium
Bhutan
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Eswatini
Faroe Islands
Finland
France
French Southern Territories
Germany
Greece
Greenland
Holy See (Vatican City State)
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Kuwait
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Malta
Mexico
Monaco
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Norway
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Saint Lucia
San Marino
Singapore
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan, Province of China
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkmenistan
Türkiye
Viet Nam
Zimbabwe
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Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Benin
British Indian Ocean Territory
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
Czechia
Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
France
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Hungary
Iraq
Italy
Japan
Kiribati
Korea, Republic of
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Macao
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Micronesia, Federated States of
Moldova, Republic of
Morocco
Mozambique
Nepal
New Zealand
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Palestine, State of
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Syrian Arab Republic
Tanzania, United Republic of
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tunisia
Tuvalu
Uganda
United Kingdom
United States
Yemen
Zambia
Russia's entry routes
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Processing
4 calendar days
Validity
120 days
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Terms are the destination's own, extracted from official pages. Your exact requirement depends on your passport — use the picker above.

Compiled from official government sources and kept under continuous re-verification. Entry rules can change at short notice — always confirm with the official source before you travel.