Thanks to the simplified visa processing regime, the regions of the Far East of the Russian Federation have been visited by over 128 thousand foreigners; a total of 168.8 thousand residents of other states have issued electronic visas.
Since the beginning of the mechanism operation, the visa has been most popular with the Chinese citizens - 130,653 people have applied for it. Japan ranks second: 33,495 citizens used the simplified system. And traditionally, the third line in terms of popularity of e-visas was taken by the citizens of the Republic of India: 2427 citizens received the document. The most popular place to visit is Primorsky Territory; 124 623 people visited it by this electronic document. The electronic visa mechanism has been operating in the Far East since August 2017.
Author: Anna Dorozhkina