Consulates
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Consulates
The U.S. Consulates General in Yekaterinburg, St. Petersburg, and Vladivostok, as well as the Embassy in Moscow, provide a full range of services to American citizens and issue nonimmigrant visas to the Russian public.
Nonimmigrant visa applicants are encouraged to apply in the consular district in which they reside. In addition, resident American citizens should register with the Consular Section responsible for their consular district.
The U.S. Embassy in Moscow
Consular Section, 21, Novinskiy Bulvar, 123242 Moscow, Russia
Telephone: Please contact a customer service representative using one of these telephone numbers:
- Callers in Russia - Please call +7 (495) 668 1087 (local) or 8 (800) 100 2554 (ITFN).
- Callers in the United States - Please call (718) 425 8337.
Email: To reach a customer service representative via email, please write to support-russia@ustraveldocs.com
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Website: http://moscow.usembassy.gov
The U.S. Consulate General in St. Petersburg
Ulitsa Furshtadskaya, 15, St. Petersburg 191028
Russia — PSC 78, Box L, APO AE 09723
Tel: +7 (812) 331-2600, fax: 331-2674
(Saint Petersburg is 8 hours ahead of Washington)
After hours emergencies: 331-2600
E-mail: StPetersburgACS@state.gov
U.S. Foreign Commercial Service
American Consulate General
Nevskiy Prospect, 25, St. Petersburg 191186, Russia
Tel: +7 (812) 326-2560, fax: 326-2561
(Saint Petersburg is 8 hours ahead of Washington)
Public Affairs Office
Naberezhnaya Reki Moyki, 36
"Severnaya Stolitsa" Business Center, 4th floor
St. Petersburg 191186, Russia
Tel +7 (812) 336-7760, fax: 336-7766
(Saint Petersburg is 8 hours ahead of Washington)
E-mail: ircpeter@srare.gov
The St. Petersburg Consular District covers the following regions of the Russian Federation: the Republic of Kareliya; Leningrad Oblast; Vologda Oblast; Pskov Oblast; Novgorod Oblast; Arkhangel'sk Oblast; Murmansk Oblast; Kaliningrad Oblast; the Nenetskiy Autonomous Okrug; and the City of St. Petersburg.
See our site: http://stpetersburg.usconsulate.gov/
The U.S. Consulate General in Vladivostok
Ulitsa Pushkinskaya 32, Vladivostok 690001
Pouch: Dept. of State, 5880 Vladivostok Pl., Wash., D.C. 20521-5880
Tel: +7 (4232) 30-00-70 (international phone: +7-501 (4232) 30-00-70
Fax: +7 (4232) 49-93-72 (international fax: +7-501 (4232) 49-93-72)
CON: 49-93-81; fax: 30-00-91 (international fax: +7-501 (4232) 300091)
PAO: 30-00-70, fax: 30-00-95 (international fax: +7-501 (4232) 300095)
(Vladivostok is 15 hours ahead of Washington)
FCS Tel: 49-93-81, fax: 30-00-92
E-mail: vladcons@state.gov
The Vladivostok Consular District works with the following regions of the Russian Federation: the Republic of Sakha; the Chukotskiy Autonomous Okrug; the Yevreyskaya Autonomous Oblast; Sakhalin Oblast; Koryakskiy Autonomous Okrug; Magadan Oblast; Amur Kray; Kamchatka Oblast; Khabarovsk Kray; and Primorye Kray.
See our site: http://vladivostok.usconsulate.gov/
American Citizen Services and Visa Services at the Consulates
The U.S. Consulates General in Yekaterinburg, St. Petersburg, and Vladivostok, as well as the Embassy in Moscow, provide a full range of services to American citizens and issue nonimmigrant visas to the Russian public. However, only the Embassy in Moscow processes fiance(e) and immigrant visa cases. Nonimmigrant visa applicants are encouraged to apply in the consular district in which they reside. In addition, resident American citizens should register with the Consular Section responsible for their consular district.