I need a visa for Russia... where and how much?

[Du1point8]

Im going on a trip for 3-4 days in July to old Finland that is now Russia, me being English unlike everyone else who is Finnish, needs to sort out the visa myself.

I have looked online and the prices vary from £80 - £140 for a tourist visa that is not next day (its 5 business days) delivery, so where does the kind folk of PH that are mad enough to choose Russia as a holiday location get their visa from?

I just choose those that appeared in the top 3 of google and hence Im not sure if they are any good or not.

Some advice will be good before this is instantly transferred into the holiday forum that few souls visit.

Ta.

(aw come on that wasn't even 5 minutes)

Edited by Du1point8 on Monday 27th February 14:33

[isee]

my work uses them
http://evisa.kdmid.ru/
not sure if it's open to individuals but they ahve been really good every time i needed to go to Russia

[gifdy]

I use CIBT. They are very reliable but my visas are for work so they may not be the cheapest for a tourist visa. Worth a look though.

[SystemParanoia]

in Russia you don't stamp visa.. visa stamp you!

[PoleDriver]

I always use CIBT, great service and (for what they actually do) not really that expensive!

[Puggit]

http://ru.vfsglobal.co.uk/ - office in Farringdon.

[PoleDriver]

SystemParanoia said:

in Russia you don't stamp visa.. visa stamp you!

^^This^^

[72EuropaTC]

I used Real Russia for several years for tourist and business visas. Always got good service and they handled the paperwork well.

[rswift]

Off to Moscow next week, the Visa was handled by Scotts on Whitworth St in London.

I fortunately didn't have to pay, so can't help on their charges, but it was a painless process.

http://www.scottsvisas.co.uk/

Quite a helpful website.