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Invitation & Visa

Any applicant has the right to study full-time only if he/she has a student visa issued on behalf of Lobachevsky University. To receive such a visa, you have to choose one of the following options:

Option1. I want to prolong my current visa without leaving Russia

Option 2. I’m in Russia, but I’m going home and coming back with a new visa or

Option 3. I’m in my home country and I want an invitation to get a Russian study visa.

Please read carefully the conditions of every option, choose one of the options according your personal situation and inform us.

Option 1: Prolongation of your current visa without leaving Russia is possible if all the conditions are applicable to your case:

You are already in Russia
You already have a valid STUDY visa (УЧЕБА!)
You have not been dismissed from the University and you are successfully finishing / have finished the preparatory course or your bachelor degree course in May-July 2021
You can present a set of documents no later than 40 days before the date of expiration of your current visа
You are ready to stay in Nizhny Novgorod for 30 days while the visa is being prolonged.

A set of the following documents should be presented to Visa and Immigration Support Office of Lobachevsky University (office 305, building 2, 23 Gagarin ave, Nizhny Novgorod):

passport (which contains at least two blank pages, and is valid until no less than 15/08/2023
registration in Nizhny Novgorod for at least 30 days since the day of application for visa extension
migration card
certificate of completion of the preparatory course in 2022 (pay attention it should be according to the sample) or a Degree Diploma
one photo (size 3x4)
receipt for payment of the state duty (1600 rub)
receipt for tuition fee payment for at least one semester
medical insurance

Option 2: I’m in Russia, but I’m going home and coming back with a new visa

If you choose this option, please make sure that you have submitted a scan copy of your passport (pages with your photo and dates of validity of your passport) and your passport is valid until at least 15/04/2024.

The University will start an invitation procedure (it takes 5-6 weeks) as soon as we get the tuition fee payment. NOTE: The University stops receiving tuition fee payment and issuing invitations as soon as the groups are full or on August 1.

After receiving your Student Invitation, you may apply to the Russian Consulate for obtaining a single entry Study Visa. When you come to Russia, you have to apply for visa extension for the academic year.

Option 3. I’m in my home country and I want an invitation to get a Russian study visa.

In case your country is in the list, the University will start an invitation procedure (it takes 5-6 weeks) as soon as we get the tuition fee payment.

NOTE: The University stops receiving tuition fee payment and issuing invitations as soon as the groups are full or on August, 1.

On December 29, 2021, Federal Law No. 274-FZ, dated July 1, 2021, came into effect, introducing amendments to the Federal Law “On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation” and the Federal Law “On State Fingerprinting Registration in the Russian Federation”.

Under this Law, foreign nationals entering the Russian Federation after 29 December 2021 MUST undergo state fingerprint registration and photography, as well as a medical examination. For further information click here.

Contacts of Visa and Immigration Support Office

Phone number +7831 462 35 64

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Location: Gagarin Avenue, 23, building 2, office 305