To obtain the Russian visa, a special procedure is provided by Roshydromet through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (coordinated by international agreements on Science cooperation between the WMO countries).
In general, the visa procedure is as follows:
1. You send us the filled visa request form and the scan of your passport.
2. We submit your personal information to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via the Roshydromet's International Department.
3. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs takes a decision on visa issue and notifies the corresponding Russian embassy/consulate in your country on this decision, providing Roshydromet with the number of this notification message from the Ministry to the embassy/consulate (telex).
4. We send you this number for your visa request. Providing you with this number means that the decision on your visa issue has already been taken by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
5. You apply for visa at the corresponding Russian embassy/consulate using the received number instead of official invitation.
This is the usual procedure to apply for visas for Russia practiced by Roshydromet. Roshydromet’s International Department strongly recommended to follow this procedure. An official invitation from Roshydromet is not needed for the visa procedures. If you need a letter of invitation for your institution (not for the visa procedures) please let us know.
Roshydromet can submit visa applications to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs not earlier than 45 days before the event. Typically the Ministry of Foreign Affairs processes the visa documents in 3-5 days.
Note that your passport must be valid for more than 6 months after your departure from Russia!
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