Visas

Upon arrival at NSU, you must follow these migration rules and visa regulations in order to avoid fines and deportation from the Russian Federation.

Visa during your studies

1)You come to NSU by a single-entry student visa. The visa is valid no more than 90 days, and you need to come at least 45 days before its expiration date to meet the deadline for visa extension.

2)Within 3 working days after your arrival at NSU, you must provide with the documents for migration registration at a dormitory address via the form and pay a state fee for registration (500 rubles). You will get the migration registration paper in a week from the International Relations Office inter@nsu.ru. Please note you have to provide with the documents for a new registration every time within 3 working days after travelling or staying at another address.

3)To extend your visa, you need to submit the following documents 45 days before your visa expiration date to the International Relations Office:

• passport (foreign citizen identity document) with a copy of all its pages;
• migration card with its copy;
• migration registration paper with its copy;
• a photograph (30mm×40mm, with your head centered in the frame covering 50% of the photo area, without any marks or stamps on the photo);
• bank receipt for the state visa extension fee (1920 rub.);
• copy of your NSU Agreement for paid educational services/internship or a document by the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education certifying that a student has been granted a Russian Government Scholarship.

4)After submitting your documents for visa extension you must proceed with migration control procedures before your current visa expires, otherwise it is mandatory to leave Russia within 3 days. The procedures are a medical examination and then fingerprint examination and photographing at the police department. You can get a detailed guide from the International Student Support Center intersupport@nsu.ru. Please send the scans of your medical certificates and the green card you will get from police via the form Please note that you have to repeat medical examination every year for legal staying in Russia.

5)Within a month after submitting documents, you will obtain a new multiple-entry student visa for the required period, but no longer than a year. If your academic program lasts longer, you have to repeat the visa extension procedure next year.

6)Please note that you will get a new migration registration paper along with a new visa so you will need to pay a state fee for registration (500 rubles) again.

In case of an early expulsion, you must contact the International Relations Office and leave Russia within a week.

In case of loss of your passport, migration card, or migration registration paper, please contact the International Relations Office as soon as possible.

РВПО (Temporary Residence Permit for Graduating)

If you want to obtain a document allowing to stay in Russia without updating your registrations and visas periodically, you can apply for РВПО (Temporary Residence Permit for Graduating):

• РВПО is valid for the whole period of your studies plus 180 days after that;
• The registration is made once for the whole period of your studies plus 180 days after that;
• You can travel outside and back to Russia many times;
• After graduating, you can apply for ВНЖ (Residence Permit) within 3 years through a simplified procedure.

You can get the list of the documents required to apply for РВПО at the International Relations Office. You should submit the documents to the police department in person, and it takes about 40 working days to get the permit and 7 working days to get the registration. Please note that in case of an early expulsion, РВПО is cancelled, so you must leave Russia within a week.