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14.11.2025
The Visa Application Center working schedule during the New Year 2025-2026.
Dear Applicants!
Please be informed about the Visa Application Center (hereinafter referred to as the VAC) working schedule and the visa application submission and issuance schedule of the Russian Embassy in Japan during the 2025-2026 New Year holidays.
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Please note that the Russian Federation holidays are not included into the processing time; therefore, the days from December 24 to December 30, 2025, are counted as the processing time, but the days from December 31, 2025 to January 11, 2026, are not.
For those wishing to obtain a visa during 2025 should submit their documents by December 19, 2025. However, the VAC cannot guarantee passport collection by a specific date.
Important!
Applicants applying for a multiple-entry private visas based on a family member visa application or a multiple-entry business visa based on a direct invitation letter from an organization should submit their documents no later than December 9, 2025.
We kindly ask you to plan your visit to the Visa Application Center in advance and book an appointment.
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20.06.2025
A new service "Preliminary online document verification"
Dear applicants,
Please note that due to the limited amount of time spent per client, a new service, "Preliminary online verification ", will be introduced at the Visa Application Centre from July 1, 2025.
The cost of the service will be 2,000 yen per set of documents.
20.06.2025
The cost for "Visa application form filling" service is changing
Dear applicants,
Please note that the cost for the "Visa application form filling" service has changed.
From July 1, 2025, the fee for the service will be 1,500 yen per page.
10.03.2025
Working schedule during the holiday season in April-May 2025
Dear Applicants!
Please be informed about the Visa Application Center working schedule on the May Day celebrations (Golden Week) 2025.
Weekends and holidays of the Russian Embassy are not included into the processing time of visa applications and vice versa. Please kindly plan in advance your visit to the Visa Center and book an appointment.
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06.12.2024
Russia starts collecting biometrics
From December 1, 2024, at Moscow airports (Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky) and at the Mashtakovo border checkpoint (Orenburg region), all foreign citizens must be photographed and fingerprinted upon entering Russia.
These rules except:
- citizens of Belarus;
- diplomatic staff and their family members;
- staff of international organizations and their family members.
13.11.2024
The Visa Application Center working schedule during the New Year 2024-2025.
Dear Applicants!
Please be informed about the Visa Application Center working schedule during the New Year holidays in 2024 and 2025.
Important!
Weekends and holidays of the Russian Embassy are not included into the processing time of visa applications and vice versa. Please kindly plan in advance your visit to the Visa Center and book an appointment.
21.03.2024
Working schedule during the holiday season in April-May 2024
Dear Applicants!
Please be informed about the Visa Application Center working schedule on the May Day celebrations (Golden Week) 2024.
Weekends and holidays of the Russian Embassy are not included into the processing time of visa applications and vice versa. Please kindly plan in advance your visit to the Visa Center and book an appointment.
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16.02.2024
Working schedule in March 2024
Dear Applicants!
Please be informed about the Visa Application Center working schedule in March 2024.
Important!
Weekends and holidays of the Russian Embassy are not included into the processing time of visa applications and vice versa. Please kindly plan in advance your visit to the Visa Center and book an appointment.
20.10.2023
Working schedule during New Year holidays 2023-2024
Dear Applicants!
Please be informed about the Visa Application Center working schedule during the New Year holidays in 2023 and 2024.
Important!
Weekends and holidays of the Russian Embassy are not included into the processing time of visa applications and vice versa. Please kindly plan in advance your visit to the Visa Center and book an appointment.
25.09.2023
Courier delivery service cost raising
Dear applicants,
From October 1, 2023, due to an increase of the Japan Post’s postal services cost, the Russian Visa Center is also raising the cost of the “Courier Delivery” service.
From October 1, 2023, the rate for sending one passport back to the applicant rose to 2,400 yen instead of 2,000 yen of the previous rate.
You can find out more about the new tariffs on our website in the “Additional services” section.
Hope for your understanding.