All foreign nationals are required to have entry visas to travel to the Russian Federation.
A visa to the Russian Federation is a document, permitting stay in Russia for a specific period of time. A visa lists entry/exit dates, your vital information, passport details and some information about the inviting party. Please note, that your Russian visa is an exit permit just like it’s an entry permit.
Now Citizens of:
- All Shengen countries,
- Switzerland,
- United Kingdom,
- Japan,
have a possibility to receive Kaliningrad 72 hours visa. Maximum staying period is 4 days 3 nights.
Borders where You can get 72 hours visa
You can get such visas only at:
- Kaliningrad airport, if you arrive by plane*;
- Russian-Poland border (Bagrationovsk and Mamonovo).
Passenger need to provide the following to get this type of visa:
1) clear scanned passport copy
2) working address, name of the company, position, phone number
3) home address, phone number
1) clear scanned passport copy
2) working address, name of the company, position, phone number
3) home address, phone number
4)on arrival Passenger has to have colored photo 3*4 cm
You should arrive on weekdays during working time 09.00.-22.00. (latest)
Visa costs 70 Euro per person.
*The transport for the officier of the Ministry to/from the airport should be paid by the client. The cot is 20 eur.
Hello,
I’m intrerested of the 72 hours visa to Kaliningrad. I have planned that I would fly from Stockholm via Riga to Kaliningrad (Air Baltic) and via München back (KD Avia). Will there be problems at entering the plane in Riga without a normal tourist visa? What documents are needed? I live in Sweden but have German passport.
Kind regards
Hello, Daniel.
No problem, we’ll send You copy of Your 72 hour visa, and this copy is accepted everywhere.
We are UK citizens and are planning a trip to Kaliningrad in July.
We are planning to travel from Gdansk to Kaliningrad by train or bus – would these go through the Bagrationovsk And Mamonovo points?
The buses and all transport from Poland cross the border only at Bagrationovsk And Mamonovo points.
Hello dear
Could you tell me about visa for Kaliningrad?
I would like to enter from Nida by bus, then go out from Kaliningrad by bus or train.
I will stay 2 to 3 days. I am holding a Japanese passport.
Is the 72 hour visa available from Lithuania?
Or do I have to go the other way around from Poland to Lithuania?
And do I have to pay for and stay in the designated hotel for the whole of my stay
if I use the 72 hour visa?
Because I have a friend to stay with.
Is it possible to obtain a russian transit visa at the consulate in Lithuania?
Do you know how many days it will allow to stay?
Thank you.
Hello, Fujii.
You can cross border, only at Russian-Poland border, so You have go the other way around from Poland.
I can’t tell You about consulate in Lithuania, but You can try.
Hello.
I write you from the border town of Braniewo, Poland.
We would like to visit Kaliningrad tomorrow, but we don’t know if it is possible because we don’t have a reservation in an hotel yet.
Is it possible to get the visa directly at the border point of
Mamonovo without having a reservation in an hotel and then do it when we arrive in town?
Hello, Alberto.
Sorry, but it takes at least 3 days to make Express Visa.
Dear Sir, Madam,
I want to go for three nights to Kaliningrad, entering Russia by night train from Berlin.
My question:
1. How may days before arrival at the border do I have to ask for the 72-hours-visa?
2. Can I cross the border by train from Berlin?
3. I want to leave Russia by bus or train to Klaipeda or Vilnius
Thank you vrey much for an early reply.
Hello Walter.
1. Minimum 3 days.
2. Yes You can.
3 You can leave any border.
I am an Australian working in the UK on a visa. Am I eligable to visit Kaliningrad on the 72 hour express visa?
Sorry, Michael. Only citizens of United Kingdom can get this visa.
HY I WANT TO VISIT THE KALININGRAD DO I NEED TO GET ANOTHER VISA FOR KLININGRAD EXCEPT RUSSIAN VISA.
Hello, JASPAL.
No, You don’t need the second Russian visa.
72 hour visa is the same as Regular Russian visa, but with some limitation.
Hello,
I am planing a touring holiday by motorcycle from Tallin to the Czech republic.
I am wishing to visit Kaliningrad.
I want to travel from Klaepida via the Curonian spit.
Is it possible to enter Kaliningrad by this route?
Can I get a 72hr visa in Klaepida or do I need to organise this before I leave the UK.
Thank You in Advance.
Hi Timur,
I am an Indian national but have been living in Poland for a number of years already. Can I get a visit visa for Kalingrad. I have been in Moscow a few times in the early 2000s and wonder if I can get a visa from the Russian embassy in Gdansk or Warsaw.
Hello,
If I order a visa and come by train from Poland, how do I get the visa while passing? Do I have to get off the train, get the visa and wait for the next train?
Thank you!
Hello, Dominik.
You don’t have to get off the train, The officer will waiting You with viza at the border.
Hi, Surinamer.
You can’t get Express visa, but You can get regular Russian visa at nearest the Russian embassy in Poland.
Hello Timur,
Can you offer me this invitation as I am based just near Gdansk in Poland and it would be great to spend some time in Kalingrad and study some Russian. If you can then please let me know the costs involved/
Thanks for your time and help.
Hi Timur,
We plan to drive to Kaliningrad. Our journey begins in Ukraine, taking us north to Belarus, Lithuania, into Kaliningrad. We plan to stay overnite, then exit Kaliningrad to Poland the next day. What do you recommend?
Thank you,
Tanya
Hello Tanya.
If You enter Kaliningrad in Mamonovo or Bagrationovsk, You can get 72H visa othervise You should get regular visa.
I have plan to travel in April 2010 to Latvia,Lithuania and Estonia and of course if is possible to Kaliningrad. I would like to know if is possible to visit Kaliningrad from Vilnius (Lithuania) withouth a VISA. I have plan to spend only a couple of days and then to take a train from Kaliningrad to Riga in Latvia.
I travel independent and in case I need a VISA can I get it from a internet web page? or is necessary to contact with an agency. I have my flight tickets already. Thanks a lot.
We will travel probably in a couple of months to Kaliningrad from Gdansk by train and spend a couple of days there. I would like to know how does it work to get this kind of visa and to cross the border by train with it
This visa is totally impractical for crossing by car.
There is no way of knowing how long you will be in the queue at Mamonovo. I always allow the best part of a day - but I have spent as long as 36 hours at the border. So, 72 hours barely gives you time to turn around.
It isn’t official, but unless you give one of the guys with a walkie-talkie 50 Euro, you’ll spend days stuck there. So, this visa would end up costing nearly 200 Euro, which is crazy.
My advice in any case is not to travel to Kaliningrad by car. With foreign plates you will be stopped and shaken down for money by the local police at least every other day.
If you must go by car, take plenty of food, water and blankets for the border. Taking children is definitely not recommended.
I am a spanish citizen currently in London. I am planning visit Kaliningrad for 4 days. I will arrive at Kaliningrad Airport at 20.25 hours. Could i get my visa arriving at this time?
Thank you
Hello Petersblurb. Sorry of that, usually it takes 2 hour. I think You stay at the border at the most Russian hollyday — New Year.
But it’s not problem of visa.
(Petersblurb don’t order Visa at our company)
Hello Javierluz.
20.25 is too late for officer, work day end at 18:00.You can change flight or get visa next morning.
Special for this flight the Ministy make exeption, so You can get this visa.
Yes.
What I can find out is the cost of 70€ almost soubble up the normal cost!
hello,
we are planing to go fishing from nida to kaliningrad.
can we get a visa for 2 days on the border?
what do we need?
how much it costs for lithuanian citizens?
thank you!
marius
Hello~
I am a taiwanese student who study in Russia, i have student multi visa, could I get in to Kaliningrad?
Thank you
Hello,
I’m Dutch and would like spend some days in Kaliningrad.
It is my intention to travel by train from Gdansk.
My questions are:
Should i pre book a hotel in Kaliningrad?
Which travel agency in Kaliningrad can arrange a hotelbooking?
How and where do i get my visa?
How is payment arranged for this visa?
Kind regards from Holland,
Gerrit Jonker
siamo italiani, vorremo attraversare la nazione con una fermata alla capitale, sarà possibile avree un visto di transito anche di 24/48h?questa estate con delle moto.
grazie
Can you confirm if the Kaliningrad 72 Hour Express Visa is available to Irish citizens?
Helo, Niall, As I know Irland is’t Shengen yet. So You can’t get this visa.
I will be visiting Kaliningrad in May for 4 days and 3 nights. I will arrive by air. My passport expires in June.
Will I be able to get a 72 hour visa? Or do you need a least 6 months left on your passport?
Hello Timur.
Is it possible to cross the boarder (Mamonovo) on a saturday around noon with the 72 hour visa?
Hello, Lasse. What do You mean? You want in or out :)?
You can get 72 visa at the boarder, only work days (mon-fri, exclude hollydays 8.03, 1.05, 9.05, 12.06) 09.00.-22.00. No exeption.
But You can leave any time and border You want.
If I can give You visa by myself, I’ll work 24/7. But only officer of Foreign Ministry can make it.
Hello, James.
Yes you have to has at least 6 months left on your passport.