All foreign citizens are required to have valid Russian entry visas for travel to Russia. Your passport and valid Russian Entry Visa will be studied thoroughly by passport control officers when coming and leaving the country, checking-in at the hotels, when travelling by trains, ships, and aero planes with local or international companies. Russian visas are issued by Russian consulates in your home country, based on an invitation from an authorized Russian agent.

To obtain Russian entry tourist visa, the following documents should be presented to Russian consulates:

• completed application form, one per person (please be advised that TOURISM should be mentioned as purpose of your visit in the application form at the Russian Consulate);
• valid national passport, validity exceeding planned date of departure from Russia by 6 months;
• one black-and-white, passport-size, matt-finish photograph (three photographs for visas issued on the blanks inserted into the passport);
• the invitation from an authorized Russian agent (visa support) which consists of:
  - Foreign Tourist Reception Confirmation;
  - Tourist Voucher

Please make sure to apply for visa at an early stage. The earlier you apply, the cheaper the Consulate's fees will be.

The invitation letter provided by our official travel agent will be issued either in connection with a confirmed hotel reservation (tourist visa) or an official invitation (business visa).

Please find here the contact data of the appointed travel agent:
MESSEREISEN FALK GmbH
Koenigsallee 54
14193 Berlin, Germany

Phone:	+49.30.895389-13
Fax:	+49.30.895389-20
Email:	H.Ellermann@messe-reisen.de
	www.messe-reisen.de
Contact:	Mrs. Ellermann

For travelling to Russia it is necessary to apply for a visa. It is based on an invitation letter which our appointed travel agency MESSEREISEN FALK either provide in connection with a confirmed hotel reservation (tourist visa) or an official invitation (business visa).

	Cost
Tourist Visa (only valid during booked hotel stay)	Invitation usually free of charge
Business Visa Telex Invitation (valid at least for 1 month) (passport data will be transmitted via Telex to the embassy, you will get a confirmation via email)	up from 90,00€ per passport (depending on duration of work)
Handling fee	90,00€
Paper Invitation (valid at least for 1 month) (original document will be sent via DHL Courier to your company)	up from 110,00€ per passport (depending on duration of work)
Handling fee	90,00€
Courier cost	approx. 110,00US$

Before starting the procedure please ask the Russian embassy of your country of citizenship if they accept a telex invitation or an original.
The travel agency needs the following information to start the procedure:

• full company address with telephone and fax number
• name of the hotel you are staying in
• embassy where your visa will be issued
• scanned passport copy via email (up to 1 MB, jpg-file, b/w)

It takes approx. 15 working days to receive the invitation (German/Russian holidays are no working days).

The travel agency expressly would like to point out that they can not be held liable or be responsible for invitations which arrive late or at short notice. Neither can they be held liable or responsible for visas which are not issued in time.

Together with the original passport, 1 passport photograph, visa application form and copy of health insurance, you can apply for a visa in your country.

Please contact the travel agent for further questions:
MESSEREISEN FALK GmbH
Koenigsallee 54
14193 Berlin, Germany

Phone:	+49.30.895389-13
Fax:	+49.30.895389-20
Email:	H.Ellermann@messe-reisen.de
	www.messe-reisen.de
Contact:	Mrs. Ellermann

Für Visum-Anträge in Deutschland können Sie die Webseite www.visum-centrale.de besuchen. Bitte beachten Sie die neuen Bestimmungen für deutsche Staatsbürger, welche seit dem 1. November 2010 gelten:

• Für die Beantragung von Visa für Privat- oder Touristen- Reise werden bei der Antragstellung der Auszug von der Bankrechnung oder andere Garantien der Rückkehrwilligkeit in den Aufenthaltsstaat verlangt (Nachweis eines regelmäßigen Einkommens durch Arbeits- und Verdienstbescheinigung /im Original/, Registrierung der eigenen Firma /Original mit einfacher Kopie/, Nachweis von Wohneigentum usw.).
• Für die Beantragung von Visa für Geschäftsreisen werden verlangt:
  - (bei selbständig Erwerbstätigen) Vorlage und Kopie der Registrierung der eigenen Firma;
  - (bei Angestellten oder Arbeitern) Bestätigung des Arbeitgebers über das Beschäftigungsverhältnis auf firmeneigenem Papier, aus dem sich die Position des Arbeitnehmers in der Firma, das monatliche Gehalt und die Entsendung zur Dienstreise nach Russland ergeben.

Nähere Informationen hierzu finden Sie auf
www.russisches-konsulat.de/visa.htm.

Gerne können Sie auch unser beauftragtes Reisebüro kontaktieren:
MESSEREISEN FALK GmbH
Königsallee 54
14193 Berlin

Telefon:	030.895389-13
Fax:	030.895389-20
Email:	H.Ellermann@messe-reisen.de
	www.messe-reisen.de
Kontakt:	Frau Ellermann