Destination · Verified unified eVisa slice
Russia
Reviewed unified eVisa facts for travellers from India: availability, single entry, 120-day validity from issue, 30-day stay from entry, processing within four calendar days, approved-checkpoint entry and exit, and a two-sided application window (86 to 4 days before entry). Ordinary-passport visa requirement stays unknown until India-mission wording is reviewed.
Visa route
resolved- Visa route
- Unified eVisa
- eVisa availability
- Available
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- Entries
- Single entry
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- Visa validity
- 120 days from issue
- Maximum stay
- 30 days from entry
- Processing
- Within 4 calendar days
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- Supported purposes
- Business; Private visit; Tourism
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- Entry and exit
- Approved border checkpoints only
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Use the official checkpoint list before booking your route. This restriction covers both entry and exit and does not describe internal travel permission.
Validity and stay are separate rules. Official wording also requires exit no later than the visa-validity end date. Do not read 120 days as permitted stay or 30 days as visa validity.
When to apply
resolved- Window
- Apply between 86 days and 4 days before entry
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- Earliest
- 86 days before entry
- Latest
- 4 days before entry
Opening and closing boundaries are separate rules. The four-day application deadline is not the same as four-day processing time.
Still unknown
unknown- Visa requirement (ordinary passport)
- Unknown
- Application fee
- Unknown
Invitation/confirmation non-requirements and passport machine-readable and six-month validity conditions remain unpublished pending honest shared representation. Internal travel permission is not inferred from checkpoint restrictions.
Sources
reviewed- Characteristics of the unified e-visa and conditions for its issuance · Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation · retrieved 2026-07-22
- Unified e-visa — Frequently Asked Questions · Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation · retrieved 2026-07-22
- The list of foreign States whose nationals can apply for e-visa · Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation · retrieved 2026-07-22