Humanitarian visa

Common information:

1. Visa processing time starts only after submitting all required documents and payment of a visa fee.
2. Decision regarding the issuing of a visa is taken only after individual interview with applicant, who must come personally.
3. Visa processing time can be 4-20 working days (regular basis) or 1-3 working days (urgent basis). Holidays and day-offs are not included. Visa processing fee is not refundable even in case of refusal.
4. All documents and payment can be submitted on Monday, Wednesday or Friday: 09:00 am – 11:50 am.
5. Visa delivery time: Monday, Wednesday or Friday: 09:00 am – 11:50 am.
6. Upon receipt of your visa, please carefully check it for possible mistakes (name, gender, passport number, term of validity etc.) and, if necessary, return your passport to the Consular Section for corrections at the earliest.
7. The Consular Section will not bear responsibility for any mistakes in visas, which were not brought to its attention prior to departure from Zimbabwe or Malawi.
8. The Consular Section has the right to refuse a visa without explanations.
9. Our contacts:

Address: 70 Leonid Brezhnev Street (former Fife Avenue), P.O. Box 4250, Harare, Zimbabwe

Tel: +263-242-764-122

               E-mail: harareconsul@yandex.ru

For obtaining Humanitarian Visa the following documents are to be submitted:

1. Duly filled-in Visa Application Form (You should fill it here: https://visa.kdmid.ru/
2. One professional passport sized photo (3,5 x 4,5 cm). The photo should be glued (not stapled or attached using adhesive tape) to the specially marked place of the application form.
3. Original Invitation issued by the by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and its copy.
4. Letter of guarantee from the host organization.
5. Valid Passport and copies of its first two pages. Passport should be valid at least for 6 months after expected Visa expiry date with two empty (without any stamps, messages, etc.) pages facing each other.
6. Payment of visa fee (in cash).

Attention!

The Consular Section of the Embassy also has the right to request, if needed, the following:

• a bank statement from the applicant.
• a statement from the employer regarding the applicant's wages for the preceding year/ half year, or month.
• documents regarding the applicant's ownership of property in the country of his citizenship.
• a certificate on the makeup of the applicant's family.
• confirmed air tickets (in and out).
• confirmation of a fully paid hotel accommodation.