Visa Fees

Visa Fees applicable is listed in the table below (payments can be made only in rubles!):

Please Note:

• The applicable visa fee in Russian Rubles is as per the current exchange rate.
  
• There is a service charge of 836 Rubles (inclusive of VAT) levied per application over and above the visa fees.
  
• The fees are non-refundable.
• All the children under 6 years old are free from all the charges from 29^th of November.
• The citizens of foreign countries must provide a registration on the territory of Russia that should be valid after the trip. The citizens of Turkmenistan can submit visa documents without such registration.

The processing time for 'normal' visa takes 4 working days, 'urgent' visa - 2 working days, without considering the day of submission.

Visa Fee is free for the following categories of persons:

• Family members of Bulgarian / EU citizens: spouses, children (under 21 or under 26 if they apply a document from the Institute or other high school), parents (of children under 21 or 26) of Bulgarian / EU citizens. The certificate from the university must be provided.
• Relatives: spouses, children, parents, grandparents, grandchildren of Russian citizens legally residing in Bulgaria
• Service Passports
• Members of Official Delegation
• Members of National and Regional Governments and Parliaments, Constitutional and Supreme Courts
• Students, Pupils and accompanying persons when on study - educational training trip
• Disabled persons and accompanying persons
• Humanitarian reasons (persons in need of urgent medical treatment, persons that have to assist to a funeral of a close relative etc)
• Participant in official exchange programs of twin cities
• Participants in Youth International sports events and accompanying persons
• Participants in Scientific, Cultural and Artistic activities including University and other exchange programs
• Researchers traveling for the purpose of carrying out scientific research