Apply India Visa Online from Russia
Russia, which is officially known as the Russian Federation, is territorially the largest country of the world. Covering most parts of Northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe, Russia encompasses eleven time zones. It was a part of the erstwhile Soviet Union, which had a Socialist legacy. It was partly owing to this ideology of Socialism that India and the Soviet Union had strong strategic, military, economic and diplomatic relationship, during the period of the Cold War. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russia inherited this close friendship with India. India and Russia, the age old allies, have shared strong strategic partnerships based on the five components of politics, defence, civil nuclear energy, anti-terrorism cooperation and space. The Strategic Partner Agreement renewed in 2000, is viewed as one of the important markers of the long history of friendship and strong political ties between the two countries. Both India and Russia have worked in close collaboration, to secure their national interests, in the United Nations Organization, BRICS, G20, SCO and the like. In the arena of military, the relationship between India and Russia is not limited to the sale and purchase of various equipments, but also includes joint ventures like the BrahMos missile programme, joint military exercises like Indra, and joint research and development. India-Russia economic ties are crucial especially in the sectors of machinery, electronics, aerospace, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, fertilisers, precious stones, industrial metals, petroleum products, coal, tea and coffee products. Russia has also shown its willingness to engage in India’s ‘Make in India’ initiative. The cultural relations between the two countries have been historic. Regular cultural exchange programmes take place between the two countries. The impact of the Indian culture and especially of Bollywood is immense on the Russians. It is this Indian culture which attracts a large number of Russian tourists to India every year, apart from the scenic beauty of India. Hence, the Indian Government decided to provide e visas to the Russian nationals, to make their visit to India more convenient. The citizens of Russia can apply for a visa for a period of thirty days, twice a year, trough this provision. Under this policy, the nationals of Russia can apply for an online visa, to visit India, for the purposes of recreation, sightseeing, visiting friends and family members, medical treatment and for business trips. This policy therefore provides e tourist visas, e medical visas and ebusiness visas to the Russians. The application for e visas needs to be submitted within 4 to 120 days of the applicant’s date of arrival to India. The applicants who have missed this deadline can contact IndianVisaOnline.org.lk for emergency e visa approvals within 12 business hours of the submission of documents and fee payment. This step taken by the Indian Government will further nourish the socio-economic and political ties between India and Russia.
