Russian Tourist Visa Requirements for Citizens of Albania
If you are an Albanian citizen, who wishes to visit any of the many places of interest found across Russia, you need to contact the Russian embassy and apply for a Russian tourist visa. To do that, you need to provide the required documents, including a visa support letter (letter of invitation) issued specifically for your tourist visa.
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To arrange a tourist visa invitation, contact any travel company having an individual reference number assigned to it by Russian authorities. As the appearance of the invitation is not fixed by law, travel agencies print them on their letterheads. Any tourist visa invitation issued by a travel company consists of a tourist voucher and a confirmation of acceptance. It takes about 1 hour to make a tourist visa invitation.
Make sure the travel company's assistant will provide the following information in your tourist visa invitation: the company's details with its legal address and reference number indicated and your personal details. It is also necessary to indicate all of the destinations in Russia you intend to visit, as well as your travel dates and the number of entries you request for your visa.
Tourist visas are issued for the period specified in the invitation, however it may not exceed 30 days. This type of visa can be single- or double-entry.
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Russian Private (Visitor) Visa Requirements for Citizens of Albania
Albanian citizens, planning a trip to Russia with an intention to visit their friends or relatives, need to contact the Russian Embassy and apply for a private visa. In that case, a letter of invitation to support the application is a requirement. The host person or company must handle the process of obtaining the letter and then send it to Albania by mail. Both individuals and legal persons are entitled to invite foreign citizens to visit Russia.
The legal entity's representative should contact a local FMS (Federal Migration Service) office and submit an application along with the required supporting documents. The application will be processed within 17 working days.
Find out why: Why not apply for a private visa?
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Individuals who wish to invite a foreign friend or relative to Russia are required to contact a nearby FMS office and apply for issuance of an invitation. It is necessary that he/she provides the supporting documents and a Letter of guarantee. The letter must state that the host agrees to accommodate the visitor for the entire period of validity of his/her visa. Since Albania is, according to the Russian authorities, a high travel risk country, any person who invites a foreigner to visit Russia is required to pass an interview at the FMS. It takes 30 days for the FMS to process the application.
Visitor visa invitations are issued on the standard form. Some applications may be refused. A written explanation shall be provided in that case.
Visitor visa may be issued for a period up to 90 days. This type of visa can be used for one or two entries.
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Russian Business (Commercial) Visa Requirements for Citizens of Albania
Albanian citizens who plan to visit Russia to explore new business opportunities need to obtain a Business visa. To arrange this type of visa, a specific kind of invitation letter is required. Any Russian company can send a letter of invitation to a foreign person.
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The business visa invitation letter can be obtained by either of these ways:
- Russian Business Invitation Letter from organization (possible to get Online);
- Russian Invitation Letter from FMS;
- Telex Russian Invitation;
Only those companies that are certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation are entitled to issue invitation letters. The letter is basically a request to issue a business visa to the Albanian applicant.
To arrange an FMS-issued business visa invitation, the sponsor company must contact the FMS. If the Albanian citizen successfully passes a background check and no deportation cases or unpaid fines for visa violation will be found, a business visa invitation will be granted.
Telex invitation is a digital message sent from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Russian Consulate in Albania via special communication channel containing an instruction to grant a business visa to the specified applicant. If this method is used, the sponsor company's official should inform the invited person about the individual Telex number assigned to his/her application. The Albanian citizen should then provide this number when applying for his/her business visa at the Consulate.
Read more: What is the Difference Between Telex And the Original Invitation?
Business visa can be issued for a period up to 1 year. This type of visa can be single-, double- or multiple-entry.
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Russian Work Russian Visa Requirements for Citizens of Albania
Only those Russian companies that are officially registered in Russia can arrange a work visa invitation for foreign citizens. To hire workers from abroad, the employer must obtain a special permit. With this permit, the employer can apply for a work permit allowing the foreign citizen to work in Russia. After it is obtained, the employer must also arrange an invitation letter supporting the employee's entry work visa.
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Both the invitation and the work permit should be sent by express mail to the person hired, so that he/she can apply with it for his/her work visa. Upon his/her arrival in Russia, the foreign citizen is expected to come to the office of the company that provided the required documents for his/her work visa and take up his/her duties. The employer undertakes to ensure the foreign worker will adhere to visa regulations.
A work visa can be extended without leaving Russia. It can be renewed for another year each year. If the worker decides to accept an offer from any other Russian company, he/she will be required to leave Russia and apply for a new visa.
Russian work visa is valid for 1 year (highly skilled workers can qualify for a 3-year visa).
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Russian Electronic Visa from Albania
An electronic visa (hereinafter referred to as "e-visa") is a new type of a visa document. A visa invitation to Russia is not required for obtaining an e-visa. To obtain an e-visa to Russia use our “E-visa to Russia” service.
An e-visa can be only single-entry. The permitted stay in Russia on an e-visa is up to 8 days from the date of entry within its validity period.
The validity period and/ or permitted stay on an e-visa cannot be extended. To obtain an e-visa a foreign citizen needs a digital passport photo and a completed application form containing full and valid data at the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Read more: Electronic visa to Russia for foreigners
In compliance with the Russian Government Regulation, Albania is currently not listed among the foreign states eligible for an e-visa.
We recommend citizens of Albania obtaining a common tourist visa for a stay up to 30 days.
Russian Consular Offices in Albania
Citizens of Albania can apply for their visa at the following consular offices:
Russian Embassy Locations in Albania
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The Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Albania
- Address: Donika Kastrioti, 2, Tirana, Albania
- Phone Number: (8-10-355-4) 225-60-40.
- Fax: (8-10-355-4) 225-60-46.
- Email: rusemb@icc.al.eu.org
- Website: http://www.albania.mid.ru
Frequently Asked Questions
- Tourist Visa - e.g.: tourism, sightseeing;
- Business Visa - e.g.: conferences, business negotiations;
- E-Visa - e.g.: short-term visits;
- Work Visa - e.g.: employment in a Russian company;
- Private Visa - e.g.: visiting friends in Russia (though a tourist visa is cheaper and more effecient??).
To obtain a Russian visa you need:
- Fill in our online order form and get a Visa invitation to Russia
- Refer to our Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Russian Visa Application, use your personal data and information from the Invitation to Russia