TEHRAN - Electronic permissions for visiting the free port of Vladivostok in Russian Far East will be issued form Aug. 1 for Iranians and travelers from 17 other countries, IRNA reported on Thursday.

“The system of issuing electronic visas for visiting the free port of Vladivostok is to be commissioned on Aug. 1, 2017,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news briefing on June 8, TASS reported.

“Foreign citizens crossing the state border in the port of Vladivostok will be granted single business, tourist and humanitarian visas in the form of electronic documents in accordance with the government’s resolution of April 14, 2017,” Zakharova said.

Other countries associated with the simplification are Algeria, Bahrain, Brunei, India, Qatar, China, North Korea, Kuwait, Mexico, Morocco, UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Tunisia, Turkey and Japan, the official added. 

The Foreign Ministry will be issuing visas on the basis of an application filled in on the ministry’s website four days before the planned arrival. A color photo is to be attached to the application, Zakharova said.

“No other documents for obtaining an electronic visa will be required. The consular fee will not be charged. The visa will be issued for a period of 30 days. The maximum period of presence in the host territory of Russia is no more than eight days,” Russia Behind The Headlines quoted Zakharova as saying. 

The Russian Far East is situated between Lake Baikal in Eastern Siberia and the Pacific Ocean in the extreme east parts of the country.

PHOTO: A view of Vladivostok, a Russian city located at the head of the Golden Horn Bay, adjacent to China and North Korea.

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