New Migration Rules for All Foreign Citizens on Account of 2018 FIFA World Cup

From May 25 to July 25 2018 all foreign citizens  must be registered within 72 hours* upon their arrival

Dear International Colleagues and Students,

Please be advised that starting from May 25, 2018, you must follow new migration rules (due to the 2018 FIFA World Cup, set to take place in 11 cities of Russia). From May 25 to July, 25 2018 all foreign citizens (including CIS, Belorussia) must be registered within 72 hours upon their arrival to the Russian Federation.

Please be kindly informed that this information concerns high-qualified specialists, international specialists and their family members as well.

If you are travelling to one of the following Russian cities: Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg, Volgograd, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Saransk, Rostov-on-Don, Sochi or Ekaterinburg immediately request the host party (hotel, hostel, friends or relatives) for your registration application. 

If you are travelling to/coming back to Moscow please contact  the HSE Visa and Migration Support Centre for Foreign Citizens Room 538, 20 Myasnitskaya Ulitsa,  on the date of your arrival and provide your documents’ copies for registration.

Our office hours from May 25 to July 25, 2018 are as follows:

Mon - Fri, 9:30am - 7:00pm;

Weekends and public holidays, 11:00am - 4:00pm.