Russian visa outside home country

Question

We will be leaving Australia more than 90 days before we start our Trans Siberian Train trip to Beijing from Moscow. We contacted a visa agent in London to organise getting visas for Russia, Mongolia and China when we arrive in the UK in 6 weeks time, only to be informed that the Russian and Chinese Embassy's only issue visas to residents of the UK. We have paid for the train trip, and flights out of Beijing back to Australia, plus various hotels along the way. If we can't get the visas, it looks like we will have lost the lot ! Any advise would be gratefully received, Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi,

This regulation is valid only for tourist visas. You can simply get business visa support on http://waytorussia.net/Services/VisaSupport/Business.html and apply for a business visa. Don't worry about the name of the visa: it's not a work visa, it's simply a visa type for exploring opportunities (of which there are many in Russia). You can read more about this visa type on http://waytorussia.net/RussianVisa/Types.html

Hope this helps and let me know if that works out!