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Russia for Portuguese passport holders: eVisa

Your circumstances

Passport:
🇵🇹 Portuguese
Lives in:
Not specified (general rule)
Going to:
🇷🇺 Russia
Purpose:
Holiday

Route summary

eVisa

Visa required – unified e-visa available (30 days)

Portuguese passport holders need a visa for Russia but can apply online for the unified e-visa, allowing a stay of up to 30 days.

Conditions

  • Unified e-visa: single entry, valid 120 days from issue, stay up to 30 days.
  • Apply online 4 to 86 days before entry; processing within 4 calendar days. No invitation is needed.
  • Enter and leave only through checkpoints listed for e-visa holders.
  • Passport valid at least 6 months from the date of application.
  • Medical insurance valid in Russia is required.

About this route

Route type
eVisa: you apply online before you travel.
Documents
3 listed by the official source.
Fee
Fee not published by the official source.
Processing
Within 4 calendar days.

Next step

Apply on evisa.kdmid.ru 4–86 days before entry

Official application pageevisa.kdmid.ru ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Last checked 4 Oct 2026 against kdmid.ru · Kdmid.ru table + e-visa portal read 2026-10-04

Documents

3 documents listed by the official source
  • Passport valid 6+ months from application
  • Digital photo
  • Medical insurance valid in Russia

Fees

Official government fee
Not published by the official source
Visa-centre / service fee (not a government fee)
None stated by the official source
Notes from the source
A consular fee is charged; the amount is not stated on the pages read.

Visa-centre, service or other third-party charges are never official government fees.

Processing and validity

Processing time
Within 4 calendar days
Validity
Single entry, 120 days from issue
Maximum stay
Up to 30 days

How to apply: Visa required – unified e-visa available (30 days)

4 steps from the official source
  1. Step 1: Apply on evisa.kdmid.ru 4–86 days before entry
  2. Step 2: Pay the consular fee
  3. Step 3: Receive the e-visa within 4 calendar days
  4. Step 4: Enter at a listed e-visa checkpoint

Where: Online

Official application page: evisa.kdmid.ru ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Quick answers

Do Portuguese passport holders need a visa for Russia?

Visa required – unified e-visa available (30 days). Portuguese passport holders need a visa for Russia but can apply online for the unified e-visa, allowing a stay of up to 30 days. Source: https://www.kdmid.ru/cons/visas/conditions-of-entry-foreign-citizens-in-russian-federation/

Business, work or just passing through?

The rules above are for a holiday: tourism and visiting family and friends. Business visits, paid work and transit are covered separately below.

Business visits to Russia

Option 1
eVisaBusiness visit (meetings, conferences – not paid work)

Business visit: Visa required – unified e-visa available (30 days)

Short business visits (meetings, conferences, negotiations – not paid work) follow the same route as a holiday, because the official source covers business visits (Tourism, business, visiting, sport, culture). Portuguese passport holders need a visa for Russia but can apply online for the unified e-visa, allowing a stay of up to 30 days.

Conditions

  • Unified e-visa: single entry, valid 120 days from issue, stay up to 30 days.
  • Apply online 4 to 86 days before entry; processing within 4 calendar days. No invitation is needed.
  • Enter and leave only through checkpoints listed for e-visa holders.
  • Passport valid at least 6 months from the date of application.
  • Medical insurance valid in Russia is required.
Government fee
Fee not officially published
A consular fee is charged; the amount is not stated on the pages read.
Processing
Within 4 calendar days
Validity
Single entry, 120 days from issue
Max stay
Up to 30 days
Steps, documents & where to apply

How to apply

  1. 1Apply on evisa.kdmid.ru 4–86 days before entry
  2. 2Pay the consular fee
  3. 3Receive the e-visa within 4 calendar days
  4. 4Enter at a listed e-visa checkpoint

Where: Online

Official application page ↗

Documents checklist

  • Passport valid 6+ months from application
  • Digital photo
  • Medical insurance valid in Russia

✓ Kdmid.ru table + e-visa portal read 2026-10-04

Official wording

“Russian MFA entry-conditions table (as of Sept 2026), Portugal: visas required; may enter on an electronic visa for up to 30 days.”

Working in Russia

⚠ Not from an official source: items marked below come from secondary sources (law firms, employer-of-record guides, IOM, Wikipedia), not the destination government. They are not verified and may be out of date; confirm with the embassy or immigration authority.

Main work visa routes for Russia

These are the main routes and what they require. Whether you qualify depends on your circumstances; the official page decides.

Work permit and work visa

⚠ Not from an official source

For: Foreign employees in Russia

  • Work permit, then a work visa issued on an invitation

Source: G-P Globalpedia – Russia visas & permits (employer-of-record guide) (Not official) (globalization-partners.com) · Not from an official source.

What the source says

"Your employees need both a Russian work permit and a visa to stay compliant." … "The Russian Consulate will issue it based on a work visa invitation, which employees get once they have a work permit."

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Requirements, fees and thresholds change; confirm on the official page before applying.

Your work travel report

We only create the PDF report from rules checked against an official government source.

Transit through Russia

Option 1
Visa-freeTransit (changing flights in Russia)

Airside transfer within 24 hours: no transit visa; otherwise a transit visa

You can transfer between international flights at a Russian airport without a transit visa if you stay in the airport's transit zone, your onward flight leaves within 24 hours of arrival, and you hold the documents to enter your destination. Otherwise you need a Russian transit visa (for air transit up to 3 days) unless your passport is visa-free for Russia - see the holiday section. Flights to or from Belarus via Sheremetyevo need a transit visa in both directions.

Conditions

  • Onward international flight within 24 hours of arrival, staying in the transit zone.
  • Hold the documents to enter your destination country.
  • Transit via Sheremetyevo to/from Minsk (Belarus) needs a transit visa.
Government fee
Fee not officially published
Processing
Not verified yet
Validity
Not verified yet
Max stay
Not verified yet
Steps, documents & where to apply

How to apply

Steps not verified yet — follow the official source below.

Documents checklist

Document list not verified yet — check the official source.

✓ Checked on the live official page

Official wording

“Embassy of the Russian Federation in Norway (mid.ru) – Transit visa: 'Travelers have the right to pass through the territory of Russian Federation without a transit visa ... if travelers have an international air flight and transfer in a Russian airport provided they have due documents to enter the country of destination and an air flight ticket with an indicated date of flight from the Russian transfer airport within 24 hours upon arrival. A transit visa is not required if travelers remain in the transit zone of the airport in order to catch an onward or connecting flight within 24 hours of arrival'; 'Travelers who are going to visit Belarus and have a transit flight through Sheremetyevo airport (SVO) to Minsk airport have to obtain a transit visa in both directions.'”

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Before you go to Russia

Customs cash limits and the scams official travel advice warns about in Russia.

Cash you can bring in and take out

Not yet confirmed — check the official customs page. We couldn't confirm Russia's cash limits on an official page yet, so we don't show a number. Check the current rules on gov.uk →

Official source: gov.uk · Last checked 4 Oct 2026 · Details

Common tourist traps

  1. Fake police checks

    How it works: People posing as police harass and rob tourists.

    How to avoid it: Insist on identification and report incidents at a police station.

  2. Dating scams

    How it works: Online "partners" ask for money or gifts.

    How to avoid it: Never send money to anyone you have not met.

  3. Money-transfer scams

    How it works: Visitors lose money sent through untraceable services to unknown recipients.

    How to avoid it: Do not send money to people you cannot verify.

All 7 traps for Russia →

Emergency numbers in Russia

Paraphrased from official travel advice: gov.uk · FCDO page updated 18 Sept 2026 · Last checked 2 Nov 2026.

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