For people who are used to traveling by rail, buying air tickets sometimes causes difficulties and involves several questions: is it possible to buy tickets with a Russian passport and do you need to immediately provide a visa, for example, when booking tickets to Europe?
It is necessary
- - general civil passport;
- - international passport.
Instructions
Step 1
To buy an air ticket, you may need only two documents - this is a general civil passport and a foreign passport. The type of document that is required when issuing a ticket depends on the country that the traveler intends to visit. If all movements are planned exclusively within the territory of the Russian Federation, then a Russian passport will be enough to buy a ticket - it will also have to be presented at the airport at check-in. However, it is also possible to enter the territory of some CIS countries through an internal Russian document. Such agreements are in force with the Republic of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. It is also possible to enter Abkhazia with a Russian passport.
Step 2
To buy tickets to all other countries, you must have a passport. At the same time, the countries are conditionally divided into three categories: those for which a preliminary visa application is required; countries in which a visa can be obtained on the spot, and countries for which no visa is required. The list of the latter is updated every year. Israel, Armenia, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Serbia, Montenegro and some other countries remain unchanged in this list. In addition, the number of countries with which Russia bilaterally simplifies the visa regime is increasing every year.
Step 3
Another important nuance that must be taken into account when booking a ticket is the validity of the passport. There is a whole list of states that you can visit only with a passport with a sufficient validity period. For some countries, this period should not be less than 6 months at the time of entry, for others - at least 6 months at the time of departure. In some countries, you can enter with a passport, which will be valid for another three months. Therefore, it is impossible to issue tickets for one foreign passport, and then, having realized it, it is impossible to change it to another: registration is carried out exactly according to the document for which the ticket is issued.
Step 4
In addition to countries, entry into which is not burdened with special formalities, there are those in which this process is taken very seriously. Preliminary visa processing for visiting Europe, America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and a number of other countries is mandatory for all citizens of the Russian Federation. In most cases, the decision to issue a visa is positive, but the percentage of refusals still exists. Therefore, when purchasing tickets for these directions, you need to be aware of the current fare. If the fare is standard, then you can return the money for the ticket. But if the fare turns out to be non-refundable (most often tickets for some promotions and sales), it will turn out doubly unpleasant: the visa was refused, and the money for the ticket was not returned. So it's better to find out such details after all on the shore.
