If you have any questions about visa and migration procedures, please contact Department of Visa and Migration Support of Foreign Students and Additional Education
Room 23, 2nd floor of the Main Academy Building (view map)
Tel.: +7 (495) 691-24-96; E-mail: indekanat@gnesin-academy.ru
Check list before arrival To enter the territory of the Russian Federation for educational purposes legally, you must complete the following steps: Check list upon arrival How to apply for migration registration? Upon arrival in Russia, every foreign citizen must get the migration registration at the place of actual residence. This is required according to the Federal Law of June 27, 2018 No. 163-FZ “On Migration Registration of Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons in the Russian Federation”. If you stay in a dormitory, you must contact the Department of Visa and Migration Support of Foreign Students and Additional Education. If you stay in a rented apartment, you must contact the owner and apply for migration registration at the local office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for migration issues. Upon registration, you must inform the staff of the Department of Visa and Migration Support of Foreign Students and Additional Education by e-mail. Note! It’s necessary to apply for migration registration after each entry into Russia and change of the actual place of residence in Russia. Each student of the Academy, who is a foreign citizen, must in 1 or 2 days upon arrival in the Russian Federation visit the Department to confirm his/her arrival personally. If a foreign citizen plans to leave Russia, he or she must contact the Department to inform of the period of stay outside the Russian Federation. Extension of visa and/or migration registation If you need a visa to stay in the territory of Russia: If you don’t need a visa to stay in the territory of Russia: At the Academy: Outside the Academy: Key facts about COVID-19 in Russia You can find official information on the fight against COVID-19 in Russia here. Foreign citizens can get vaccination with the Russian Sputnik Light vaccine. List of addresses where you can get vaccinated in Moscow: Vaccination cost: 1300 rubles The validity period of the vaccine and QR code: 1 year Does vaccination provide a Russian QR-code for visiting public places? Yes, you can get your code 21 days after the vaccination. Note! Wearing a face mask on the territory of the Academy is mandatory! Health insurance (voluntary health insurance) All foreign citizens MUST have medical insurance (VHI policy) during the entire period of their stay in Russia. The policy must be issued by a Russian insurance company. The insurance is necessary to get elective medical care, tests, diagnostics and health certificates. To purchase medical insurance from representatives of insurance companies recommended by the Academy, please, contact the Department of Visa and Migration Support of Foreign Students and Additional Education.
a) If you’re a student on a fee-paying basis, you have to contact the Academy sending a message to indekanat@gnesin-academy.ru.
b) If you’re subsidized within the quota of the Government of the Russian Federation, the invitation letter should issued by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. An invitation letter is issued within no less than 20 working days.
a) full name in the Latin alphabet;
b) date of birth in the format of 00.00.0000;
c) sex;
d) citizenship;
e) details of the document that you’ll use to enter Russia;
f) probable border entry point;
g) scanned copy of your passport in .pdf format (NOT A PHOTO).
The student must submit documents for migration registration on the next working day after arrival (you’ll need your passport + a copy with verified translation into Russian and a migration card).
The arrival notification is a document that confirms your legal stay in Russia.
Visa extension is a procedure that enables you to extend your legal stay in Russia for up to 1 year. You can extend both single-entry and multiple-entry visas.
To extend a visa, you have to prepare a package of documents and submit it personally to the Department of Visa and Migration Support of Foreign Students and Additional Education no earlier than 90 calendar days and no later than 45 calendar days before the valid visa expiration date.
The migration registration is extended after you get a new visa for the period of validity of a multiple-entry visa at the student’s permanent place of residence. The documents required for the extension of migration registration must be submitted the next working day after you get a new visa.
The migration registration can be extended for up to 1 year from the date of entry into Russia. To extend the migration registration, you have to prepare a full package of documents and submit it at least 30 calendar days before the date of expiry of the primary arrival notification.
If you stay in a dormitory, please, contact the Department of Visa and Migration Support of Foreign Students and Additional Education.
If you stay in a rented apartment, please, contact the owner as the extension of migration registration is performed at the local office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for migration issues.