Can I Apply for a Visa in Yekaterinburg?
Any resident of the twelve subjects of the Russian Federation that make
up the Consular District of the U.S. Consulate General in Yekaterinburg
may apply. The Consular District is comprised of:
- Chelyabinsk Oblast
- Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug
- Kurgan Oblast
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- Omsk Oblast
- Orenburg Oblast
- Perm Kray (includes former Perm Oblast and Komi-Permyatskiy AO)
- Republic of Bashkortostan
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- Republic of Udmurtiya
- Sverdlovsk Oblast
- Tyumen Oblast
- Yamalo-Nenetsk Autonomous Okrug
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Residents of the following subjects of the Russian Federation now have
the option of applying for a visa in Yekaterinburg or Moscow, whichever
they feel is more convinient to them:
- Aginsk Buryatsk Autonomous Okrug
- Altay Kray
- Chita Oblast
- Evenkiysk Autonomous Okrug
- Irkutsk Oblast
- Kemerovo Oblast
- Krasnoyarsk Kray
- Novosibirsk Oblast
- Republic of Altay
- Republic of Buryatia
- Republic of Khakasiya
- Republic of Tyva
- Taymyrsk Autonomous Okrug
- Tomsk Oblast
- Ust-Ordynsk Buryatsk Autonomous Okrug
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On a case-by-case basis, the Consulate accepts applications from residents
who live outside of the aforementioned consular district, that is to say
outside of the Urals and Western Siberia. Russian citizens are encouraged
to apply for U.S. visas at the Embassy or Consulate responsible for the
consular district where they reside.
In addition to Yekaterinburg, there is a U.S. Consulate responsible for
the Northwest in St. Petersburg and a U.S. Consulate responsible for the
Far East in Vladivostok. All other regions are covered by the U.S. Embassy
in Moscow.
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