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 in Russia

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

• Arrested or detained in Russia

  Information on legal and detention systems, in Russia, for British nationals abroad.

• British Consulate General Ekaterinburg

  We support the interests of the UK in Russia. The British Consulate-General in Ekaterinburg provides services to British nationals in the Urals region.

• British Embassy Moscow

  The British Embassy in Moscow supports the interests of the UK in Russia.

• Get help if you're a victim of crime abroad

  Contact the nearest British embassy, high commission, consulate or the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London to get help if you're the victim of crime abroad

• If you’re affected by a crisis abroad

  Advice to British people affected by crises abroad such as large-scale terrorist attacks, natural disasters and political unrest, and how the FCDO can help.

• Russia: information for victims of rape and sexual assault

  This information is provided to help British nationals make decisions about getting medical advice and reporting a rape or sexual assault in Russia.

• Russia: mental health abroad

  Information for British nationals with mental health issues in Russia, including how the British Embassy can help.

• Russia: parental child abduction

  Information for parents whose British child has been abducted in Russia by the other parent or a relative.

• Support for British nationals abroad

  This page lists guidance on how you can help yourself stay safe abroad, and the help the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can provide.

Passports and emergency travel documents in Russia

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

• 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

• 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

• Travel urgently from abroad without your UK passport

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

Travelling to Russia

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

• Getting married or registering a civil partnership abroad

  Find out how to get the documents you’ll need to get married or form a civil partnership overseas and how much they’ll cost.

• Reduce your risk from terrorism while abroad

  How to minimise your risk, and what to do if there's a terrorist attack.

• Russia travel advice

  FCDO travel advice for Russia. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

Coming to the UK from Russia

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

• Check if you need a UK visa

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

• Contact UK Visas and Immigration for help

  Get help from UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI). Find out how to contact UKVI or get online guides and services to help with your problem.

• 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.

• Russia: tuberculosis test clinics for a UK visa

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

Living in Russia

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

• Get your document legalised

  Use the online service to get a UK document legalised.

• Living in Russia

  Information for British citizens living in Russia, including guidance on residency, healthcare and driving.

• Professional services if you are abroad

  Find English-speaking lawyers, doctors and medical facilities, interpreters and translators, and funeral directors overseas.

• Russia travel advice

  FCDO travel advice for Russia. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Russia: doctors

  List of medical facilities for British nationals in Russia.

• 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

Tax, benefits, pensions and working abroad in Russia

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

• 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

• Moving or retiring abroad

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

• National Insurance if you work abroad

  Find out if you need to pay National Insurance in the UK or in the country you are working in abroad.

• 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

• 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)

• 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 in Russia

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

• Getting married or registering a civil partnership abroad

  Find out how to get the documents you’ll need to get married or form a civil partnership overseas and how much they’ll cost.

• Professional services if you are abroad

  Find English-speaking lawyers, doctors and medical facilities, interpreters and translators, and funeral directors overseas.

• 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.

• Surrogacy overseas

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

• 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 deal with the estate.

• When someone dies in Russia

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

News and events in Russia

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

• Russia and the UK

  Updates, news and events from the UK government in Russia

Trade and invest: Russia

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

• Department for Business and Trade Russia

  DBT provides trade and investment services and practical support.

• Set up a business

  Choosing a legal structure when you're starting a business: the differences between being a sole trader and a limited company, including legal risk, registration and taxes.

British embassy or high commission in Russia

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

• British Consulate General Ekaterinburg

  We support the interests of the UK in Russia. The British Consulate-General in Ekaterinburg provides services to British nationals in the Urals region.

• British Embassy Moscow

  The British Embassy in Moscow supports the interests of the UK in Russia.

• Support for British nationals abroad

  This page lists guidance on how you can help yourself stay safe abroad, and the help the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can provide.