Visa Information

p> Citizens of most foreign countries need visa to come to Russia. According to the Russian rules, to obtain visa one needs to submit an application to the Russian consulate along with an official invitation letter (VISA SUPPORT LETTER) issued by Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs by request of an inviting organization. The Physcon 2005 Organizers can provide you with VISA SUPPORT LETTER issued by request of Russian Academy of Sciences. To make a request for the invitation, we must submit to Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs the filled form with your personal data and the copy of the page(s) of your passport with your name, photo, date of birth, passport number and passport expiration date.

IMPORTANT:

1. The procedure of issuing the VISA SUPPORT LETTER takes about 1 month.

2. The procedures of Russian Consulates may vary from country to country. Please check with the Russian Consulate in your country if they allow to send VISA SUPPORT LETTER by FAX. Otherwise we will send the original letter by mail upon you request.

3. Please, make sure that your travel insurance is valid in Russia.

To obtain the VISA SUPPORT LETTER from us you need:

1. To send the copy of passport pages mentioned above and passport pages of all accompanying persons to the Organizing Committee either by e-mail as attached scanned picture(s) in PDF or JPEG format to physcon05@physcon.ru (preferable), or by FAX to +7(812)321-4771.

2. To fill the following visa application form and send it either by e-mail to physcon05@physcon.ru or by FAX to +7(812)321-4771.

Download VISA APPLICATION FORM in PDF or zipped Word