Russian-American relations in the Russian Federation are controlled by the US Embassy in Russia. There are diplomatic missions in most countries and capitals of the world. For example, there is the US Embassy in Kazakhstan and the US Embassy in Minsk.
An embassy is an organ of the accrediting state that represents its official interests. Just like there is the Russian Embassy in Canada and the Russian diplomatic mission in Washington. The work of the Russian Embassy in Canada and other countries differs in many ways from the tasks that the consulate solves. In which cities of our country are there branches of American representative offices? The publication contains various information about them.
United States Embassy in the Russian capital
In 2021, John J. Sullivan became US Ambassador to Moscow. Former President Donald Trump chose him for the post of US Ambassador to Russia. In turn, in 2021, the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to the United States was taken by Anatoly Ivanovich Antonov. In the largest Russian city, the United States Embassy is located at Bolshoi Devyatinsky Lane, 8.
The building, which was renovated several years ago, provides increasing security and protection for visitors and workers. There are about 300 employees here. The office building houses various departments, including the consular department. It also provides housing for those who work at the embassy. The building has a hall for holding press conferences, meetings, and organizing exhibitions.
To ensure that applicants do not experience difficulties arriving, employees advise finding out the route in advance, studying maps and estimating how long the journey will take.
To do this, just visit the official website, which indicates how to get there or reach this institution. To seek advice or consultation, you can email a list of questions to ( [email protected] ) or call the phone number. This way you can sign up for an interview at the US Embassy.
US Visa Application Center in Moscow, is there an official website?
Officially, there is no website or diplomatic mission, such as the visa center in Moscow. All services are provided by unofficial visa agencies.
- Obtaining a US visa at Russian visa centers always involves collecting a whole package of documents and following formal procedures. Before submitting documents for a visa to the United States of America, you must fill out the DS-160 form.
Today, applicants are required to submit it exclusively in electronic form, and this can be done on the official website of the US Embassy. This is an important stage, mistakes are unacceptable here.
It is important to avoid distortion of information about the applicant! Otherwise, the process of obtaining a visa to the United States risks taking a long time, questions will arise, or the applicant will be denied a visa altogether.
Next, you need to collect a certain type of paper attached to the visa application form. This includes all the necessary certificates, original passports and certificates, and their copies. Our employees ensure that there is no excessive amount of paperwork.
- Just before the interview, you must pay a consular fee for reviewing the submitted documents (it is not refundable in case of refusal to obtain a visa). All documentation is accompanied by an electronic photo that meets the established criteria.
The next step is to sign up for an interview at the visa center, on the official website of the consular department. The applicant himself chooses a suitable time for himself. After the application is approved, all that remains is to get a passport with a visa and hit the road.
Consulate General in St. Petersburg
The Consulate General of the United States in St. Petersburg was organized about half a century ago on the street. Furshtatskoy, 15. It is still in operation here. In addition to consular tasks, which consist of issuing visas, various departments and representative offices of ministries operate in the building. Basic services are provided to citizens of the Russian Federation and America.
In St. Petersburg, representatives of this body are trying to regulate relations between the two nations. Guests are often invited to the consular residence for various concerts, official receptions, and meetings. To find out various information, you should make a paid phone call or write by email
Features of contacting the US Embassy with questions
Let's start with the fact that the US Embassy in Moscow and Consulates in the regions do not directly provide any information regarding visa issues. In 2021, there is a special US Visa Information Service ustraveldocs.com for this purpose. The website of this organization provides detailed information on applying for an American visa. Among other things, there you can find a description of most visa categories, the amount of consular fees, the procedure for submitting and receiving documents, and answers to frequently asked questions. Careful study of this information resource helps applicants solve most problems associated with obtaining a US visa.
However, there are often situations when there is not enough information and you need to contact an Information Service employee to solve one or another problem that applicants who apply for a visa on their own sometimes face. For example, you need to unblock a receipt for payment of a consular fee, change your foreign passport number or DS-160 application number after scheduling an interview, clarify information about the status of an administrative check, etc. To do this, you will need to go to the “Contacts” section of the ustraveldocs.com website and choose a convenient method of communication with representatives of the Information Service of the American Embassy.
Separately, we would like to note that the employees of this organization do not provide information on the list of required documents and do not assess the chances of obtaining a visa. They also cannot provide substantive recommendations regarding the submission of documents in the applicant’s specific situation or, for example, advise on filling out the DS-160 form. For all this, there are specialized organizations, like ours. In 2021, Information Line employees provide information only within the framework of their official powers and provide information on a fairly narrow range of issues related directly to the visa application process.
Consulate General in Yekaterinburg
The US Representative Office in Yekaterinburg began its activities in the mid-90s. This institution provides visa services. Geographically, its employees can serve citizens who live not only in Yekaterinburg and the region, but also visitors from the Udmurt Republic and Perm Territory.
The entire list is listed on the official page.
All information about obtaining visa permits and areas of activity. Also on the website ru.usembassy.gov it is written how to get to the office, which is located on the street. Gogolya, 15. Other information:
- telephone;
- email address –
US Consulate General in Yekaterinburg
Address: 620151, Ekaterinburg, st. Gogolya, 15A
Telephone:, 379-46-19, 379-46-91
Fax machine:+7
Email: [email protected]
Official website of the US Consulate in Yekaterinburg: https://www.russian.yekaterinburg.usconsulate.gov
The Visa Section of the US Consulate General in Yekaterinburg issues non-immigrant visas to Russian citizens and foreigners living in the Kurgan, Tyumen, Omsk, Orenburg, Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk regions, Perm Territory, the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Udmurt Republic, Khanty-Mansiysk and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
Consulate General in Vladivostok
Before bringing a package of documents to the American mission, you need to pre-register on the institution’s page. To do this, they correctly indicate their data in the system. During the interview, you will need to show your international passport and a copy of it, a receipt confirming payment of the fee, and a ten-digit barcode from the online page confirming that the application form has been filled out according to Form DS-160.
A visa to travel to America is issued within a period from a week to a month (only working days are taken into account).
The time depends on how busy the employees are. For example, before the New Year holidays or at the height of the summer holidays, this period may be longer. If there are grounds for urgently issuing a visa, it can be provided within a few working days. But at the same time the amount of the fee increases. In Vladivostok, the office is located on the street. Pushkinskaya, 32. You can call the following numbers:
- (4232) 30-00-70 (switchboard);
- (4232) 30-00-91 (visa department);
- 49-93-81 (consular section).
You can send a letter by email or go to russian.vladivostok.usconsulate.gov in order to obtain various information. The representative office operates in many districts, for example, in the Republic of Buryatia, Primorsky Territory, Amur, Sakhalin and other regions.
How to apply for an American visa in Moscow
Russian citizens go through several stages of applying for a visa (the article deals with a non-immigrant visa to the USA):
- First you need to pay a consular fee, the amount of which must correspond to the type of visa.
- Next, fill out an electronic application (form DS-160), which must be saved and printed after entering information about the applicant.
- Sign up for an interview using the link. For this stage you will need the following information: passport number, receipt of payment of the fee, barcode of the online application. You can put all the documents nearby so you don’t have to look for them while recording.
- On the appointed day, you must come for an interview, taking with you a package of documents, photographs, and a passport.
- Delivery of a passport with a completed visa, in case of a positive response, is carried out by a courier from the Pony Express company, to the address indicated by the applicant.
If the applicant has received a visa previously, then step 3 of the above can be skipped. You just need to log in using your username and password.
Consular Section of the US Embassy in Moscow
The American Embassy in Moscow operates in parallel with another diplomatic mission - the Consular Section. It is located at the same address as the US Embassy in Russia. Previously, this institution was located separately: on Novinsky Boulevard, 21, but due to layoffs, the remaining staff was transferred to an office on Bolshoi Devyatinsky Lane.
Just like in any other country, its employees accept and issue visas for travel to America.
More information about the US Embassy in Moscow can be found by following the link: russian.moscow.usembassy.gov.
This portal provides up-to-date information about reception times, working days, weekends, information about business and other trips. Before completing documents or submitting applications, we advise you to carefully study everything, look through sections and the official online pages of the US Embassy in Moscow. To find out more details, you can ask questions in writing and send them to For calls to the Embassy for citizens of Russia and those living in the United States, the following numbers are provided:
- +7;
- 8-800-100-2554 (toll-free);
- (718) 425-8337 (for calls from America).
Operators of the Embassy in the Russian Federation answer calls on weekdays (time – 8:00-20:00).
US Visa Application Center in Moscow, official website
We offer an acceptable rate for those who have already been denied a US visa once; we always try to assist in finding out the real reasons for the refusal of the request. And we are really proud of our work when a visa is granted to an applicant who has received a number of refusals from the American Embassy before.
- Now we are ready to offer all applicants free support from an individual manager who is always in touch and monitors the entire process, from submitting a questionnaire to receiving a passport with an American visa.
What is included in this price?
- any number of contacts with an individual manager, without limitation;
- competent and correct execution of the DS-160 questionnaire;
- consular fee of the American embassy;
- registration for an interview at the consular section of the US Embassy;
- delivery of the received passport with a visa to any point in the country.
We accept consular fees in Russian currency, the current rate is determined weekly by the consular section of the US Embassy in Russia.
We are ready to ensure that applicants, even those who are not our clients, can pay the consular fee out of turn and without commission, and we will do this absolutely free of charge.
- The employees of our US visa center in Moscow can rightfully be considered masters of their craft: they have visited about a hundred countries, more than half of the US states, have experience communicating with Americans and can happily share this experience with those who wish. All photos posted on our portal were taken personally by our employees.
We value your trust and are ready to make every effort to ensure that obtaining a US visa does not pose any problem for you.
