To come to Russia foreign citizens need to apply for visa. Scholarly exchange visas are issued by Russian Embassies and Consulates abroad against the official invitation issued by the university (enough for citizens of China, India and EU) or “yellow card”, issued by the Federal Immigration Agency (for non EU countries). In order to draw a scholarly exchange visa invitation, we need to receive by April 15, 2024 a clear scanned copy of your passport’s front page and a “Participant’s info” form. Please, fill all the blanks and send it to ifel@spbu.ru. We expect to deliver you the invitation by the end of May. Another option is to apply online for electronic visa, that does not require invitation from the university, see https://electronic-visa.kdmid.
The type of the visa suitable for conference is “Ordinary humanitarian visa” (subtype “Scholarly and technical exchange”), not a tourist visa. The exact regulations (fees, processing time, documents) differ from country to country on reciprocal basis, please, check with the nearest Russian embassy or consulate.
When filling in the visa application you may need to know the following information:
Inviting organization: St.Petersburg State University
University tax number: 7801002274
Contact person: Professor Alexey Rodionov
University address: 199034 St.Petersburg, Universitetskaya emb., 11
Tel.: 007-812-3287732
Hotel in St.Petersburg: Vasilievsky Hotel, St.Petersburg, 8th Line, 11-13
Please, note that the visa support will cover the period from June 24 till July 2, 2024. Unfortunately, we can not provide visa support to accompanying persons, but they may apply for tourist visa / electronic visa.
