Is it possible to get a Russian visa with a Dutch passport while holding the Russian nationality?

2/12/2014 7:41:30 AM

For what I understand ‘Russian nationality’ means Russian ethnicity here (a common confusion, национальность in Russian should be translated as ‘ethnicity’ rather than ‘nationality’), so it doesn’t really give him any preferences, unless he wants to get Russian citizenship, which is also not easy.

That other answer is unrelated to him because he never held Russian or Soviet citizenship.

8/14/2013 1:50:09 AM

Your friend seems to be out of luck. The Russian Consulate in San Francisco states quite clearly that former citizens of the USSR or successor states need to prove they are no longer Russian citizens:

Former USSR and Russian citizens

Applicants who used to be citizens of
the USSR or of the Russian Federation and then emigrated from the USSR
or from Russia must submit: one of the documents which confirms that
they are no longer citizens of the Russian Federation (so called “Visa
to Israel” or stamp in their passport saying that they left for
“permanent residence abroad” before the 6th of February, 1992 or
official document certifying that their Russian citizenship was
abrogated), otherwise the applications will not be accepted.

And in the FAQ:

13. Although my passport says that I was born in the Soviet Union (USSR) or Russia, I knowfor sure that I am not a Russian citizen, but
all the documents which confirm this fact got lost long time ago. What
do I do?

You can send a special request for confirmation of the absence of
Russian citizenship to the Russian authorities through the Consulate.
It takes time (approximately 1-6 month), so, please apply in advance.
Upon receiving the answer, the Consulate will issue you official
document confirming that you are no longer a Russian citizen.

So they will need to either apply for Russian citizenship (and probably lose Dutch citizenship in the process, so not necessarily a good move…) or formally renounce their Russian citizenship.

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