Citizens of Shengen countries, UK and Japan have a possibility to receive Kaliningrad 72 hours visa. Maximum staying period is 4 days 3 nights.
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.
Borders where You can get 72 hours visa
You can get 72 hours visa only at 3 points:
- 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
4) Hotel reservation
You can send it via E-mail or post, at least 3 days before your arrival in Kaliningrad.
+on arrival Passenger has to have colored photo 3*4 cm
You should arrive on weekdays during working time 09:00–22:00
The visa costs €70 per person.
*The transport for the officier of the Ministry to/from the airport should be paid by the client. The price is €20.
We can offer transfer Gdansk (Airport)—Kaliningrad (Hotel), with getting visa at the border—€85
Timur Kuchushev.
tel: +7 (4012) 38-97-88
sms: +7 (9062) 38-97-88
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e-mail: kaliningradvisa@gmail.com
I plan to travel to the Baltic countries between 30th of july and the 10th of August and I would like to visit Kaliningrad for not more than 1 or 2 days.
We are two adult persons coming from Spain (a Shengen country), and we will come from Klaipeda. We don’t know the exact dates of our arrival. Which is the best way to get our Visa? I know we need some photos but, what other document we need?
Thanks a lot for your answer.
Hello, Alain Jorda.
With the 72 hours visa you can enter only Polish-Russian border only Mamonovo and Bagrationovsk or an airport.
I’m planning a trip for next year and planning on visiting Kalingrad (am a UK citizen).
Would all buses from Poland to Kalingrad pass through the correct visa entry points?
Can you arrange the visa in advance and avoid having to enter through the Polish border?
Hello, Ashok.
All buses from Poland to Kaliningrad pass through correct points. Ask a visa for 10 days before your arrival.
I am a Danish citizen planning to visit Kaliningrad the 3rd-5th of August by car, entering from Mamonovo. Is it possible to pay the 70 Euro at the border, or do you have to have the money in advance?
And one more question: Is it possible to leave Kaliningrad through one of the borders to Lithuania?
Best regards
I want to visit Kiliningrad 3-5 August.I am a Uk passport holder . my flight will be from Hamburg to Kiliningrad. Where can I get my 72 hours visa ? do I need to book my hotel at advance? waiting for your advice.
Hello, Hashim.
You’ll get 72 hours visa in the airport of Kaliningrad.
72 hours visa is given out to citizens of Shengen countries, UK
and Japan.
To make the visa we need following:
1) clear scanned passport copy (valid 6 month in future)
2) working address, name of the company, position, phone number
3) home address, phone number
4) Hotel reservation
5)on arrival you have to have colored photo 3*4 cm
When we receive your documents, we’ll send an account for
payment. After payment we’ll make the visa.
The visa costs 70 Eur per person.
It takes 3-5 days. We can help you to reserve a hotel. Standart
double costs 50 Eur. The trasport for the officier of Ministry
to/from airport costs 20 Eur.
Help. We are americans who want to travel from Gdansk to Vilnius but we must pend an hour and a half changing trains in Kaliningrad train station. Must we have a visa?
Hello, Judith.
You need to get the transit visa. Apply to the nearest Russian
consulate.
Dear Timur,
we would like to enter Kaliningrad from Poland and leave through the Lithuanian border on the same day, so we wouldn’t stay for night.
Can you tell me, what are the conditions in this case?
Thanks in advance,
Bogi
Dear Bogi.
You can get 72 hours visa, but reserve a hotel is requered
for night.
The transit visa is made in the nearest Russian cosulate.
I understad that US citizens need to get a visa in advance. Is it any easier to get just a visa for Kaliningrad, or is it the same as the Russian Federation?
Dear Mike
We can help you to get the tourist visa. We’ll send you Russian Tourist Visa Invitations.
It costs 35 Eur.
Hello,
is it possible to visit with the Kaliningrad-Visa also later
St. Petersburg?
And if not were I can get the visa? Place? Cost? and so on
Kind regards
Dear Klaus.
You can’t visit St.Petersburg with Kaliningrad 72 hours visa.
You need to apply to Russian consulate for the tourist visa.
We can send you Russian Tourist Visa Invitations.
It costs 35 Eur.
DEAR TIMUR,
GOOD DAY FROM PAKISTAN WE ARE THREE FRIENDS PLAN TO VISIT KALININGRAD FROM PAKISTAN
DID WE NEED THE RUSSIAN VISA OR ON ARRIVAL AIR PORT WE CAN GET THE VISA 72 HOURS THANKS
Dear Hassan.
You can’t get 72 hours visa.
We can help you to get the tourist visa. We’ll send you Russian Tourist Visa Invitations.
It costs 35 Eur.
DEAR TIMMUR;
GOOD DAY AGAIN SO I NEED ONLY RUSSIAN TOURIST VISA
KINDLY LET ME KNOW ALSO I HAVE SCHENGEN VISA
ON OUR PASSPORTS WE CANT GET 72 HOURS VISA AND ON
INVITATION LETTER HOW MANY DAYS IT WILL TAKE
DEAR TIMUR,
GOOD DAY HOPE YOU WILL FINE WITH FRUITFUL HEALTH
DEAR KINDLY LET ME KNOW FOR US TWO PERSONS WHAT
IS THE COST FOR INVITATION AND WHAT WE NEED THE DOCUMENT TO SEND YOU AND HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE AN INVITATION FOR US
THANKS WITH REGARDS,
Hi,
I would like to bike around the Baltic Sea. Is it possible to acquire a visum at the Polish border and bike through Kaliningrad to Lithuania in 2 or 3 days. I will not have a hotel booked, I am camping.
Cheers, Andre
Hello, Andre.
You can get 72 hours visa, but reserve a hotel is requered
for night.
Hello,
I want to go to Kaliningrad in a few days. I have a russian visa, however it is a single entry visa. I then want to travel on to Moscow. I take it that by taking the plane from kaliningrad to Moscow I am not leaving the country and don’t need an additional visa, is that correct? The normal single entry visa is also not linked to a specific point of entry, right?
I hope you can help me with these questions!
Kind Regards,
Florian
Hi,
I am want to travel from Gdansk and photograph the traffic at the border and the people crossing (not the guards)
Do I have to cross the border?
can I cross on foot? where could i find Polish/russian driver to take me a cross?
I am UK citizen so could i still travel across if I can still get a 72 hr visa and a place to stay?
If I go by bus or train from the border is this crossing quick
Thanks
Kirk
Dear Kirk
To photograph at the border prohibit. You cannot cross the
border on foot. You can find a driver in a line before the border.
The best way go by bus.
Best regards, Timur Kuchushev.
OK Timur thanks,
I guess to photograph the line of traffic and the people wont be a problem as long as its not near customs?
Best
kirk
p.s if not is there a way to get a permit?
Hi
We are four people from Sweden on two motorbikes that is traveling from Sweden 25/6, Germany 26/6 Poland 27/6, Kaliningrad 28-29/6? to Riga in the end. From Riga back to Sweden.
Is it possible to get visas att the boarder of Kaliningrad, 72 hours. One of us has a international driver licens. I have missed that and time isn’t enough to get one. I have a Swedish driver licens. We have copy of passport and the rest that you must have.
We would realy like to se the coust of Kaliningrad and visit Königsberg.
I contacted you by email
how to buy by internet a bus ticket gdansk_kaliningrad and back to get the russian visa?
You can’t buy a bus ticket gdansk-kaliningrad by internet, but bus is always free. You can byu ticket before departure.
There is one again from the end of may! 8.28h gdansk, arriving local time 14.35h kaliningrad!
Is there still a train at 08:28 from Gdansk arriving in Kaliningrad at 15:35 and is it necessary to buy a ticket in advance or simply at the train station before you depart? I would like to travel on May 14, 2010. Thank you.
Hello Michael.
There is no train Gdansk-Kaliningrad.Yes there is daily train from Gdansk at 8:30
Hi!,
Two weeks ago, with my Ladyfriend, we need to come in Kaliningrad in few days. Good issue thank’s Timur.
We furnish all is need for Visa to Timur who organized all : Visa, transportation, Hotel Kaliningrad. Absolutely perfect!
He do all in time, quicky and simple. We wait only short time to obtain Visa, and spend after three days…..too short.
So I hope came back and I recommend Timur as a serious manager.
Greetings and felicitations.
Hi!
With the 72 hour visa, are you allowed to stay where you wish during visiting Kaliningrad, or do you need to stay at a hotel and register there? I am a Russian citizen, permanently living in Sweden, I have a Swedish citizenship as well. I would like to bring a Swedish friend for a visit this summer and we do not want to stay at a hotel but at my friend’s place. We are planning to arrive with Air Baltic from Riga.
Hi,I am from Slovakia. Next year we are going to Helsinki by bus with many young people. During this journey we would like to visit Kaliningrad. Do we need a visa? If yes, how do we get visa, and what is the prize.
Thanks.
Yes you need visa, contact me for more information.
goodmorning, pls inform how to obtain visa in Russia. We traveling from Amsterdam to Kaliningrad (stop Moscow). We already have business invitation.
Dear Caroliein.
I think that we can’t help You, 72 hour visa is only for visit Kaliningrad. You should get regular visa in Amsterdam.
Hi!
I will be in Gdansk for 3 days at the end of April. I would like to visit Kaliningrad as a day trip. Is it possible? Do I need to ask for a Russian visa before leaving IItaly, or can I try to have the 72 hours visa at the polish-russian border? Thank you very much!
I will be renting a car in Estonia and travel through the baltic States and Poland. Is it possible to get from Poland into the Kaliningrad region in Russia with a rented car? Which docs do I need? Where do I have to cross from Poland into the Kaliningrad oblast?
Hello, Luigi.
You can cross border on rent car. You need Russian “Green card”.
You have to cross border in Mamonovo or Bagrationovsk.
My friend and I are Canadian citizens who wish to visit Kalingrad for 2 or 3 days from Lithuania. Can we get the express visa and are we better to take a tour bus rather than a car into Kalingrad?
Hi.
My husband and I are hoping to visit Kaliningrad at the end of April. We would drive over the border at Bagrationovsk. How long does it usually take at the border? It would be a Friday evening, around 1900, and we have a British car. (We are both British). Also, how do we have to book a hotel? Thanks.
Hello Sally.
Few days ago I cross the border (Mamonovo) both way, there were few cars, an it tookes 40 min.
If You don’t have a visa yet, and want get the 72 hour visa, we’ll book a hotel for You. Usually it is the hotel “Kaliningrad”, it has a parking, situated in a most center and standard double is 50 Eur.
Hi,
we are two swedish guys who wants to go to Kaliningrad by motorbike in middle of june. Do we need to apply before departure from sweden? If so how long before and where do we apply? We will arrive from Poland.
Hi, Jonny.
Please mail me 14-10 days before You come.
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.
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, James.
Yes you have to has at least 6 months left on your passport.
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.
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
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
Hello~
I am a taiwanese student who study in Russia, i have student multi visa, could I get in to Kaliningrad?
Thank you
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
What I can find out is the cost of 70€ almost soubble up the normal cost!
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 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.
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.
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)
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
Yes.
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.
Hello Tanya.
If You enter Kaliningrad in Mamonovo or Bagrationovsk, You can get 72H visa othervise You should get regular visa.
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 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.
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 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.
Hi, Surinamer.
You can’t get Express visa, but You can get regular Russian visa at nearest the Russian embassy in Poland.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.