Russian Federation Almost Tender

Over the past week 831 e-visas have been issued in the Far East. Most of them - 671 - were received by Chinese citizens. Visa applications were also filed by residents of Japan India Mexico and Saudi Arabia. Since January foreigners have received over 7 thousand electronic visas to visit the DFO. Since August 2017 almost 66800 such visas have been issued.Over the past week 640 foreigners visited the Far East 481 Chinese citizens 158 Japanese and one Indian. Since the beginning of the year more than 4.6 thousand foreigners have used the electronic visa. Since August 2017 49900 foreigners have visited the Far Eastern Federal District with a simplified visa regime.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.