If you stay with a friend or in a rented apartment you should register your visa with the Visa Registration Office (OVIR) of the district, where the apartment is located. To find which district you need see Orientation section or ask your local host. District offices are listed below. The Central Office handles those problems, which cannot be resolved by district offices.

N.B.! Your visa has to be registered within three working days of your arrival. Again, if you are staying at a hotel, they will do all the paperwork for you.

OVIR Visa Registration: Central Office

Address: Ulitsa Saltykova-Schedrina 4
Metro: Chernyshevskaya
Open: ?
Telephone: 278-24-81, 273-91-38

St. Petersburg Branch of Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Address: Naberezhnaya Kutuzova 34
Metro: Chernyshevskaya
Open: 9:30 am to 6 pm
Telephone: 272-00-76

Consular Office #1 of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in St. Petersburg

Address: Pulkovo II International Airport
Open: 12 pm to 8 pm
Telephone: 104-34-15

DISTRICT OVIR OFFICES

Admiralteisky - Frunzensky - Kalininsky - Kirovsky - Krasnogvardeisky - Krasnoselsky - Moskovsky - Nevsky - Petrogradsky (Petrograd Side) -
Primorsky - Tsentralny (Central) - Vasileostrovsky (Vasilyevsky Island) - Vyborgsky (Vyborg Side)

Admiralteisky

Address: Sadovaya Ulitsa 55-57
Metro: Sadovaya
Open: 9 am to 6 pm
Telephone: 310-74-21

Central, see Tsentralny

Frunzensky

Address: Naberezhnaya Obvodnovo Kanala 48
Metro:Ligovsky Prospekt
Open: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6 pm;
N.B.! Foreigners: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10 am to 12 pm
Telephone: 166-14-68

Kalininsky

Address: Mineralnaya Ulitsa 3
Metro: Ploschad Lenina
Open: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6 pm
Telephone: 540-39-87

Kirovsky

Address: Prospekt Stachek 18
Metro: Narvskaya
Open: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6 pm;
N.B.! Foreigners: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10 am to 12 pm
Telephone: 252-77-14

Krasnogvardeysky

Address: Krasnodonskaya Ulitsa 14
Metro: Novocherkasskaya
Open: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6 pm;
N.B.! Foreigners: Monday, Wednesday, 10 am to 12 pm, Friday, 10 am to 12:30 pm
Telephone: 224-01-96

Krasnoselsky

Address: Avngardnaya Ulitsa 35
Metro: Avtovo
Open: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6 pm;
N.B.! Foreigners: Monday, Wednesday, 10:30 am to 1 pm
Telephone: 136-89-06

Moskovsky

Address: Blagodatnaya Ulitsa 34
Metro: Elektrosila
Open: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6 pm
Telephone: 298-18-27

Nevsky (not to be confused with Nevsky Prospekt area)

Address: Prospekt Obukhovskoy Oborony 78
Metro: Elizarovskaya
Open: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6 pm
Telephone: 567-37-35

Petrogradsky

Address: Ulitsa Grota 1/3
Metro: Petrogradskaya
Open: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6 pm;
N.B.! Foreigners: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10 am to 1pm
Telephone: 230-83-60

Primorsky

Address: Ulitsa Savushkina 83
Metro: Chernaya Rechka
Open: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6 pm
Telephone: 239-15-09

Tsentralny (Central)

Foreign Department:
Address: Pereulok Krylova 5
Metro: Gostiny Dvor
Open: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6 pm
Telephone: 310-41-17

Russian Department:
Address: Ulitsa Chaikovskovo 22, kvartira (apartment) 2
Metro: Chernyshevskaya
Open: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6 pm
Telephone: 272-52-87

Vasileostrovsky

Address: 19-ya Liniya 12
Metro: Vasileostrovskya
Open: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6 pm
Telephone: 355-75-24

Vyborgsky

Address: Lesnoi Prospekt 20
Metro: Vyborgskaya
Open: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6 pm
Telephone: 542-26-32

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