Approximately 80 percent of those who apply for visas at Embassy Moscow are found qualified. This information is to help you understand the process and to speed your processing. INS officers interview approximately 50,000 applicants for the U.S. refugee program annually. Waiting space is at a premium. Therefore we appreciate your patience as we try to attend to the some 300-500 people who apply in person daily.
Applications are free.
We ask you to pick up and complete your application before coming to the consular section. The form should be typed or completed neatly in block letters in Russian. Everyone in line by 10 a.m. will be interviewed the same day. Those applicants arriving after 10 a.m. will be asked to pick up an application at the information window and apply the following day. Document intake and fee payment begins in the consular section's north annex.