Dear foreign guests!
According to the requirements of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) and the Russian legislation for foreign colleagues to participate in the conference it is necessary to make a humanitarian visa, which includes scientific and technical visa. Participation in the conference of foreign participants with a tourist or business visa is prohibited by the FMS rules.
Humanitarian visa is prepared on the basis of an invitation letter, which is made by the conference organizing committee for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia. For invitation letter preparation please send e-mail with the subject “Visa for BGRS\SB-2014” to the person in charge – academic secretary for international relations Dr. Galina Kiseleva KiselevaGN@icg.sbras.ru
The letter should contain following data:
- Passport copy (the page with photo) (PDF or any graphics format)
- Compete office address
- Post code
- Fax number
- Phone number
- The name of the city where the visa have to be prepared (in the Russian consulate in the country).
For residents of EU countries and the USA visa letter is free. Turnaround time is 1 week.
For residents of countries in Asia and the UK the processing fee for the visa letter is 500 rubles. Turnaround time is 1 month. Visa letter processing fee should be paid later on arrival to the conference (at the reception).
For questions regarding the visa please contact the academic secretary for international relations:
Galina Kiseleva
KiselevaGN@icg.sbras.ru
Tel. +7 (383) 363-4987 (*1338)