CheVive

Hi All,

Had a question on applying for a 3-year multiple entry Russian tourist visa in NY with a US passport.

How strict are they on the health insurance requirement? Have they been looking at the insurance info? Is there a list of approved insurers that they specify?

Over the years, I've gotten more than 2-dozen Russian visas, but always on my UK passport, and usually in London or NY. In London they never even look a the health insurance stuff, but on my most recent application in Rome, they insisted on having an original policy doc from a Russian insurer approved by the embassy in Italy, which meant that I had to dash off at the last minute to find a place that sold policies the third-party visa agency would accept.

As such, I'd really appreciate any input people have regarding the ILS Russian Visa center in NY specifically.

Thanks!

Palal

It's reciprocity. I think EU mandates Russians to have heath insurance, so there's reciprocity there. Maybe they're lax with that in LON. When I was getting my Russian visa in LIS on a US passport, they didn't ask for health insurance, but they DO ask it from EU citizens there.

homelyboy

UK citizens don't need insurance for Russia and vice versa due to an agreement signed in 1993.