There may be additional requirements for NON-Australian citizens applying for a Russian visa in Australia. Consular fees may also differ.

If you don't find your country in the lists below that means that the procedure and/or the fee is the same as for the Australians.

Countries listed below share a visa free regime with Russia:

Abkhazia up to 90 days

Austria

(The Republic of Austria)

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

visa free regime for members of aircraft crews

Azerbaijan

(The Republic of Azerbaijan)

up to 90 days

Albania

(The Republic of Albania)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

Angola

(The Republic of Angola)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

Argentina

(The Argentine Republic)

up to 90 days

Armenia

(The Republic of Armenia)

up to 90 days

Bangladesh

(The People's Republic of Bangladesh)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 30 days

Bahrain

(The Kingdom of Bahrain)

for diplomatic, official and special passport holders up to 90 days

Belarus

(The Republic of Belarus)

 

Belgium

(The Kingdom of Belgium)

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

visa free regime for members of aircraft crews

Benin

(The Republic of Benin)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

Bulgaria

(The Republic of Bulgaria)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

visa free regime for:

-  crew members of sea-going ships

-  members of aircraft crews

Bolivia

(The Plurinational State of Bolivia)

up to 90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

for internal passport holders - 30 days from 60

Botswana

(The Republic of Botswana)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

Brazil

(The Federative Republic of Brazil)

up to 90 days

Brunei

(Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace
Negara Brunei Darussalam)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 14 days

Burkina Faso

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

Vanuatu

(The Republic of Vanuatu)

up to 90 days
Hungary

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

Venezuela

(The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela)

up to 90 days

Vietnam

(The Socialist Republic of Vietnam)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

Gabon

(The Gabonese Republic)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

Guyana

(The Co-operative Republic of Guyana)

for diplomatic and internal passport holders up to 90 days

Guatemala

(The Republic of Guatemala)

up to 90 days

Guinea

(The Republic of Guinea)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

Germany

(The Federal Republic of Germany)

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

Honduras

(The Republic of Honduras)

up to 90 days

Greece

(The Hellenic Republic)

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

Denmark

(The Kingdom of Denmark)

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

Dominican Republic

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

Egypt

(The Arab Republic of Egypt)

for diplomatic, official and service passport holders up to 90 days

since 06.04.11 visas on direct invitations for the purpose of traveling by organized groups

Zimbabwe

(The Republic of Zimbabwe)

for diplomatic and official passport holders (only for employees of official institutions of the country in the territory of the Russian Federation)

Israel

(The State of Israel)

for internal passport holders up to 90 days

India

(The Republic of India)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

Indonesia

(The Republic of Indonesia)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 14 days

Iran

(The Islamic Republic of Iran)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 30 days

Iceland

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

Spain

(The Kingdom of Spain)

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

visa free regime for members of aircraft crews

Italy

(The Italian Republic)

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

visa free regime for members of aircraft crews

Cape Verde

(The Republic of Cabo Verde)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

Kazakhstan

(The Republic of Kazakhstan)

 

Cambodia

(The Kingdom of Cambodia)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

Qatar

(The State of Qatar)

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

Cyprus

(The Republic of Cyprus)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

visa free regime for:

-  crew members of sea-going ships

-  members of aircraft crews

-  transit passengers - 24 hours (from the moment of arrival)

Kyrgyzstan

(The Kyrgyz Republic)

 

China

(The People's Republic of China (PRC))

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 30 days

visa free regime for:

-  members of the train crews

-  members of crews of sea and river vessels

-  members of aircraft crews

- for tourist groups of 5 to 50 people (on certified lists and confirmations of Russian travel agencies on admission) up to 15 days

Hong Kong

(The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China)

Without visas up to 14 days for permanent residents of the Hong Kong SAR with a valid Hong Kong SAR passport

Macau

(The Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China)

Without visas for up to 30 days for permanent residents of the Macao SAR with a valid Macau SAR passport

Colombia

(The Republic of Colombia)

up to 90 days
The Republic of the Congo

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

North Korea

(The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK))

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

visa free regime for:

-  members of aircraft crews

-  employees of train crews

South Korea

(The Republic of Korea (ROK))

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

for internal passport holders up to 60 days

Costa Rica

(The Republic of Costa Rica)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 3 months

Cuba

(The Republic of Cuba)

up to 30 days

Kuwait

(The State of Kuwait)

for diplomatic and special passport holders up to 90 days

Laos

(The Lao People's Democratic Republic)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 30 days

Latvia

(The Republic of Latvia)

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

Without visas by regular international passport - "residents of certain border areas  without visas, if they have" permission for a local frontier stay "in passports, up to 90 days

Without visas non-citizens of Latvia by regular international passport - 90 of 180 days

Lithuania

(The Republic of Lithuania)

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

visa free regime for:

-  members of crews of sea and river vessels

-  members of aircraft crews

Liechtenstein

(The Principality of Liechtenstein)

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

Luxembourg

(The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg)

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

Mauritius

(The Republic of Mauritius)

up to 60 days

Macedonia

(The Republic of Macedonia)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

visa free regime for:

-  members of crews of sea and river vessels

-  members of aircraft crews

- if there is an original invitation issued in accordance with the procedure established by Russian law - up to 90 days

- if there is an original tourist voucher and confirmation of the reception of a foreign tourist - up to 30 days

Mali

(The Republic of Mali)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

Malta

(The Republic of Malta)

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

Morocco

(The Kingdom of Morocco)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

Mexico

(The United Mexican States)

for diplomatic and service passport holders up to 90 days

Mozambique

(The Republic of Mozambique)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 30 days

Moldova

(The Republic of Moldova)

 

Mongolia

up to 30 days

Myanmar

(The Republic of the Union of Myanmar)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

Nauru

(The Republic of Nauru)

up to 14 days

Nepal

(The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

The Netherlands

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

visa free regime for members of aircraft crews

Nicaragua

(The Republic of Nicaragua)

up to 90 days

Norway

(The Kingdom of Norway)

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

Without visas by regular international passport - "residents of certain border areas without visas, if they have" permission for border stay "in passports up to 90 days

The United Arab Emirates

(The UAE)

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

Oman

(The Sultanate of Oman)

for diplomatic, official and special passport holders up to 90 days

Pakistan

(The Islamic Republic of Pakistan)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

Panama

(The Republic of Panama)

up to 90 days

Paraguay

(The Republic of Paraguay)

up to 90 days

Peru

(The Republic of Peru)

up to 90 days

Poland

(The Republic of Poland)

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

visa free regime for:

-  crew members of sea-going ships

-  members of aircraft crews

Portugal

(The Portuguese Republic)

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

Romania

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

visa free regime for members of aircraft crews

El Salvador

(The Republic of El Salvador)

up to 90 days

Seychelles

(The Republic of Seychelles)

up to 30 days

Senegal

(The Republic of Senegal)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

Serbia

(The Republic of Serbia)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

for general biometric passport holders up to 30 days

Singapore

(The Republic of Singapore)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

Syria

(The Syrian Arab Republic)

for diplomatic, official and special passport holders up to 90 days

Slovakia

(The Slovak Republic)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

Slovenia

(The Republic of Slovenia)

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

Tajikistan

(The Republic of Tajikistan)

 

Thailand

(The Kingdom of Thailand)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

for internal passport holders up to 30 days

Tunisia

(The Republic of Tunisia)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

Turkey

(The Republic of Turkey)

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

visa free regime for:

-  crew members of sea-going ships

Turkmenistan

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 30 days

visa free regime for:

-  members of crews of sea and river vessels

-  members of aircraft crews

-  workers of railway train crews

- employees of intergovernmental courier service in the presence of appropriate certificates

- persons entering for assistance in case of natural disasters and catastrophes

Uzbekistan

(The Republic of Uzbekistan)

 

Ukraine

up to 90 days

Uruguay

(The Oriental Republic of Uruguay)

up to 90 days

Fiji

(The Republic of Fiji)

up to 90 days

The Philippines

(The Republic of the Philippines)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

Finland

(The Republic of Finland)

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

France

(The French Republic)

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

visa free regime for members of aircraft crews

Croatia

(The Republic of Croatia)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

visa free regime for:

-  crew members of sea-going ships

-  members of aircraft crews

Montenegro

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

for internal passport holders up to 30 days

The Czech Republic

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

visa free regime for members of aircraft crews

Chile

(The Republic of Chile)

up to 90 days

Switzerland

(The Swiss Confederation)

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

visa free regime for members of aircraft crews

Sweden

(The Kingdom of Sweden)

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

Sri Lanka

(The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 30 days

visa free regime for members of aircraft crews

Ecuador

(The Republic of Ecuador)

up to 90 days

Estonia

(The Republic of Estonia)

for diplomatic passport holders up to 90 days

Non-citizens of Estonia by regular international passport - 90 of 180 days

Ethiopia

(The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia)

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

South Africa

(The Republic of South Africa (RSA))

up to 90 days
South Ossetia

Without visas for all types of passports (including internal passports). In addition to entry for business and labor.

Jamaica

for diplomatic and official passport holders up to 90 days

Japan

visa free regime for:

- members of the crews of the aircraft of the airlines "Aeroflot" and "JAL"

- to visit the South Kurile Islands for certain purposes (according to the lists certified by the Russian Embassy in Japan)

 

Citizens of the countries listed below in addition to the usual documents have to present a visa or any other permission of the Australian authorities to stay in Australia for more than 90 days:

  • The Republic of Austria
  • The Republic of Albania
  • The Kingdom of Bahrain
  • The The Kingdom of Belgium
  • The Republic of Bulgaria
  • The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Hungary
  • The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
  • The Republic of Haiti
  • The Hellenic Republic (Greece)
  • The Arab Republic of Egypt
  • Ireland
  • Iceland
  • The Kingdom of Spain
  • The Kingdom of Lesotho
  • Libya
  • The Republic of Lithuania
  • The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
  • The Republic of Macedonia
  • The Republic of Mali
  • The United Mexican States
  • The Kingdom of Norway
  • The United Arab Emirates
  • The Sultanate of Oman
  • The Republic of Korea
  • The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • The Republic of Slovenia
  • The Republic of Sierra Leone
  • The Republic of Finland
  • The Federal Republic of Germany
  • The Republic of Croatia
  • The Swiss Confederation (Switzerland)
  • The Republic of Equatorial Guinea
  • The Republic of Estonia
  • The Republic of South Africa
  • Japan

Citizens of the countries listed below in addition to the usual documents have to present a permanent visa or any other permission of the Australian authorities to stay in Australia for an indefinite period of time:

  • The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
  • The Republic of Angola
  • The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
  • The People's Republic of Bangladesh
  • The Socialist Republic of Vietnam
  • The Republic of Iraq
  • The People's Republic of China
  • The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
  • The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
  • The Federal Republic of Nigeria
  • The Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  • The Republic of Rwanda
  • The Syrian Arab Republic
  • The Federal Republic of Somalia
  • The Republic of Chad
  • The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
  • The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
  • Georgia

Consular fees for NON-Australian citizens.

Citizens of the European Union except the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ireland and the Kingdom of Denmark:

10 business days processing 60 AUD
2 business days processing 119 AUD