Russian Federation Almost Tender

Since August 2017 an electronic visa mechanism has been applied in the Far East. During this time 69699 such visas have been issued in the FEFD with almost 10000 since the beginning of the year and more than a thousand in a week. Most often applications for visas are filed by citizens of China and Japan. So over the past week issued 732 visas for the Chinese and 263 visas for the Japanese.With the help of a simplified visa regime 51697 foreigners from 15 countries visited the Far East. As explained in the Ministry of the East of Russia since the beginning of 2019 6.4 thousand foreigners arrived in the FEFD via e-visa of which 622 came last week including 412 citizens of the PRC 211 Japanese 2 citizens of India.With the help of an electronic visa one can arrive in six Far Eastern regions. There are air check points in Vladivostok Knevichi Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Yelizovo Blagoveshchensk Khabarovsk New Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Khomutovo Anadyr Ugolny. In the three regions - Primorsky Krai on Kamchatka and Sakhalin - sea checkpoints operate. By e-visa in Primorye you can arrive at the Pogranichny Hassan Makhalino railway checkpoints Poltavka and Turiy Rog automobile checkpoints.Apply for an electronic visa on a specialized website can citizens of 18 countries. This must be done four days before the intended entry. Electronic visa is issued free of charge without consular fees. Recall that the Ministry of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East prepared a draft resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation on the extension of the electronic visa mechanism to the international airports of the Republic of Buryatia and the Trans-Baikal Territory which became part of the Far Eastern Federal District from June 1 2019.Also the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation proposes to increase the number of checkpoints in the Far East for electronic visas. The ministry prepared a bill to expand the mechanism of electronic visas to automobile river and mixed checkpoints located in the Far East. It should be noted that at the end of February Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to prepare proposals for simplifying the procedure for issuing visas including by expanding the practice of issuing electronic visas to foreign citizens entering the Russian Federation for tourist purposes. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior of Russia the Federal Security Service of Russia and Rostourism should prepare the relevant proposals by March 31 2019.