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A Standard private visa issued to citizens of Austria, other countries or stateless persons entering the Russian Federation as guests on the basis of an invitation completed in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, following an application by a citizen of the Russian Federation or a foreign national who has obtained residency in the Russian Federation, or a legal entity.

1. An invitation to enter the Russian Federation issued by the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation, following an application by a citizen of the Russian Federation or a foreign national who has obtained residency in the Russian Federation, or a legal entity;
2. A written application from a citizen of the Russian Federation made out to the director of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Austria regarding their joint entry into the Russian Federation with members of his family, who are minors or foreign nationals;
3. A written notarised application from a citizen of the European Union who lives legally in the Russian Federation and invites their next of kin.

Foreign nationals may be issued also with a standard private visa due to the need to enter the Russian Federation because of urgent treatment, or following the serious illness or death of a close relative and provided a written confirmation of the need to provide urgent medical assistance or of the serious illness or the death of a near relative. Private visas are issued for a period of up to 90 days and may be either single-entry or double-entry.

Special cases

Individuals attending military or civil funerals must provide the following documents (In accordance with the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the European Union on simplifying the process of issuing visas to citizens of the Russian Federation and the EU):

• The original or a notarised copy of the document confirming that the funeral is taking place. The document must have been issued by the Russian authorities or by the Red Cross;
• The original or a copy of the document confirming that the applicant and the deceased are related (next-of-kin*). *Next-of-kin shall be understood to mean parents, children, grandchildren, spouses, grandmothers, grandfathers and siblings.
• Individuals attending military or civil funerals are, as a general rule, issued with short-term private visas valid for 14 days.

For urgent treatment, or following the serious illness or death of a close relative, due to the need to enter the Russian Federation, foreign nationals may be issued with a standard private visa based on the decision of the Ambassador of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Austria, upon written application by the foreign national.

The application must have the following attached to it:

• written confirmation from the Russian medical institution, on the institution's official headed paper (stamped with its seal) of the need to provide urgent medical assistance, emergency hospital treatment or an emergency examination, or of the serious illness of the individual they are visiting, requiring constant care or;
• the death certificate of the person to whom the applicant is next-of-kin (next-of-kin shall be understood to mean spouses, children, parents, including parents-in-law if one half of a married couple is being accompanied, and siblings or;
• an international telegram confirming the death of a citizen, stamped by an authorized individual from the communications’ authorities or;
• a document confirming the next-of-kin relationship between the applicant and the individual they are visiting, or the close relationship between the applicant and the deceased.