UK help and services in Russia

Services if you're visiting, studying, working or living in Russia. Includes information about trading with and doing business in the UK and Russia.

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Emergency help for British nationals

Get help if you're the victim of crime, you've been arrested, or are affected by a crisis abroad.

1. British Consulate General Ekaterinburg

   We maintain and develop relations between the UK and Russia. The British Consulate-General in Ekaterinburg provides services to British nationals living in and visiting the Urals region.

2. British Consulate-General St Petersburg

   The British Consulate General in St Petersburg has now closed. Services for British nationals will be provided from the British Embassy in Moscow.

3. British Embassy Moscow

   We maintain and develop relations between the UK and Russia. The British Embassy in Moscow provides services to British nationals living in and visiting Russia.

4. Compensation for victims of terrorist attacks abroad

   Compensation for terrorist attacks abroad - eligibility, acts of terrorism covered, application form, helpline

5. Compensation if you're a victim of crime abroad

   If you're a UK resident and have been injured because of a violent crime abroad, you can usually apply for compensation

6. Get help if you're a victim of crime abroad

   Contact the nearest British embassy, commission or consulate to get help if you're the victim of crime abroad

7. Help if you're arrested abroad

   Find out what the Foreign and Commonwealth Office can do to help if you or someone you know is arrested abroad.

8. Rape and sexual assault abroad: returning to the UK

   Information for British nationals affected by rape or sexual assault abroad and returning to the UK, including how to access medical treatment and legal advice in the UK.

9. Russia – Prisoner Pack

   Explanation of the legal and prison system to British Nationals

10. What to do if you’re affected by a crisis overseas

    Advice for British nationals affected by crises abroad, including terrorist attacks, natural disasters and major political unrest, and information on what help the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) can provide.

Passports and emergency travel documents

Includes how to cancel a lost passport, renew a passport and apply for an emergency travel document.

1. Apply for or renew a British passport if you're visiting the UK

   You can apply for or renew a British passport while you're visiting the UK - as long as you expect to be in the UK for long enough

2. Cancel a lost or stolen passport

   What you need to do if your passport has been lost or stolen and you need to travel urgently - emergency travel document and replacement passport.

3. Get an emergency travel document

   Apply for an emergency travel document if you're outside the UK and haven't got a valid British passport - apply online, how to apply, fee, timings

4. Overseas British passport applications

   Renew, replace or apply for an adult or child British passport if you’re living abroad or working overseas - forms, prices, how long it takes

Travelling to Russia

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

1. Getting married abroad

   Requirements, paperwork and processes for weddings and civil partnerships overseas - registration, restrictions, fees

2. Reduce your risk from terrorism while abroad

   How to minimise your risk and what to do in the event of a terrorist attack.

3. Russia travel advice

   Latest travel advice for Russia including safety and security, entry requirements, travel warnings and health

Coming to the UK

Get a visa to study, work or visit the UK.

1. Check if you need a UK visa

   You may need a visa to come to the UK to visit, study or work.

2. Contact UK Visas and Immigration about your application

   How to contact UK visas and immigration (UKVI) from inside and outside the UK.

3. Get your visa, immigration or citizenship documents back

   Get your documents returned if you've made a UK visa, immigration or citizenship application but need them back urgently

4. Tuberculosis test for a UK visa: clinics in Russia

   Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Russia for your visa application.

Living in Russia

Includes how to access healthcare, get a document legalised, lists of lawyers and how to vote abroad.

1. Education opportunities in Russia

   The Russian education and training market is a priority market for UKTI Education.

2. Get your document legalised

   Use the online service to get a UK document legalised

3. Living in Russia

   Information for British nationals living in Russia, including advice on health, education, benefits, residence requirements and more.

4. Russia - List of translators and interpreters

   List of English speaking translators/interpreters in Russia

5. Russia travel advice

   Latest travel advice for Russia including safety and security, entry requirements, travel warnings and health

6. Russia – List of Lawyers

   List of English speaking lawyers

7. Russia – List of medical facilities/practitioners

   List of medical facilities/practitioners in Russia

8. Support for British nationals abroad: A guide

   This guide highlights some of the main ways you can help yourself stay safe abroad and what help the FCO can provide.

9. UK benefits if you're going or living abroad

   Find out what benefits you might be able to receive while you're abroad and how to export them from the UK or claim them while abroad

10. Voting when you’re abroad

    How to vote if you're going to be abroad temporarily on election day, and what to do if you're moving overseas long term

Tax, benefits, pensions and working abroad

Includes how to pay tax, claim State Pension and get tax credits abroad.

1. Claiming benefits if you live, move or travel abroad

   Benefits you can claim if you go abroad and countries with social security arrangements with the UK

2. Moving or retiring abroad

   What you need to know if you move or retire abroad - tax, pensions, voting and contacting your local council

3. National Insurance if you go abroad

   Contact HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to find out if you need to pay National Insurance when you work abroad

4. State Pension if you retire abroad

   How to claim State Pension if you're overseas - payment, tax, change of circumstances - contact the International Pension Centre

5. Tax credits if you leave or move to the UK

   Tax credits if you live abroad, go travelling, are a cross-border worker or subject to immigration control

6. Tax on foreign income

   Find out whether you need to pay UK tax on foreign income - residence and ‘non-dom’ status, tax returns, claiming relief if you’re taxed twice (including certificates of residence)

7. Tax on your UK income if you live abroad

   Find out whether you need to pay tax on your UK income while you're living abroad - non-resident landlord scheme, tax returns, claiming relief if you’re taxed twice, personal allowance of tax-free income, form R43

Birth, death and marriage abroad

Includes how to get married, list of funeral directors and how to register a birth abroad.

1. Getting married abroad

   Requirements, paperwork and processes for weddings and civil partnerships overseas - registration, restrictions, fees

2. Marriage documents in Russia

   If you want to get married in Russia, contact the relevant local authorities to find out about local marriage laws, including what documents you’ll need.

3. Register a birth abroad

   Parents must register the birth in the country where the child was born - find out if you can also register the birth in the UK

4. Russia - bereavement pack/information

   Information to assist those bereaved following the death of a British national in Russia.

5. Russia - List of funeral directors

   List of funeral directors in Russia

6. Surrogacy overseas

   Information for British nationals who are considering entering into surrogacy arrangements in foreign countries.

7. What to do after someone dies

   The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad

8. What to do when someone dies: step by step

   Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and manage financial issues.

News and events

Find out about the UK government's diplomatic, security and development work in Russia.

1. Future Culture programme in Russia

   Future Culture is a professional development programme that aims to connect cultural professionals in Russia and the UK, helping the cultural sector to develop new ideas, skills and collaborations between Russia and the UK.

2. Russia and the UK

   Updates, news and events from the UK government in Russia

Trade and invest

Includes investing and setting up a business in the UK and doing business in Russia.

1. Business investment in the UK: Guidance for overseas businesses

   Guidance on why overseas companies should set up and locate their businesses in the UK. Includes information on UK business investment and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) opportunities.

2. Department for International Trade Russia

   Department for International Trade (DIT) helps UK-based companies succeed in the global economy. We also help overseas companies bring their high-quality investment to the UK’s dynamic economy.

3. Overseas Business Risk - Russia

   Information on key security and political risks which UK businesses may face when operating in Russia.

4. Set up a business

   What you need to do to start a business: choose a legal structure, see if you need licences and insurance, learn about reliefs and benefits

5. UK Science and Innovation Network Country Snapshot – Russia

   An introductory brief from the UK Science and Innovation Network which covers the local Science and Innovation landscape, UK priorities and successes in Russia.

6. UK Science and Innovation Network in Russia

   The Science and Innovation Network is based in 28 countries/territories around the world. We engage with the local science & innovation community in support of UK policy overseas and also create strategic relationships to harness the value of science & innovation discoveries and investments overseas, leading to mutual UK and host-country benefits.

British embassy or high commission

Includes contact details, opening hours and consular fees and local services.

1. British Consulate General Ekaterinburg

   We maintain and develop relations between the UK and Russia. The British Consulate-General in Ekaterinburg provides services to British nationals living in and visiting the Urals region.

2. British Consulate-General St Petersburg

   The British Consulate General in St Petersburg has now closed. Services for British nationals will be provided from the British Embassy in Moscow.

3. British Embassy Moscow

   We maintain and develop relations between the UK and Russia. The British Embassy in Moscow provides services to British nationals living in and visiting Russia.

4. Notarial and documentary services guide for Russia

   Documents and certificates available at British Embassy Moscow

5. Russia – Consular Fees

   Details of Consular Fees. Fees for consular certificates and documents are paid at the Embassy by Visa/MasterCard in Pounds on the day of the application.