Feature | Multiple work visa | Multiple business visa |
1 | Formal employment in the Russian legal entities |
| Work visa enables a foreigner to occupy any position in a Russian legal entity. | A foreigner staying in the Russian Federation on the business visa can not be formally employed by the Russian legal entity. |
2 | Entitlement to be on the payroll |
| Work visa gives the right to be employed or hired on the basis of a civil law contract. | Business visa does not give the right to be employed or hired on a civil law contact basis and be on the payroll of the employing organization in Russia . |
3 | Representation in the Russian legal entity |
| A foreign citizen staying in Russia on the work visa has the right to represent his Russian firm in the State bodies of the Russian Federation . | A foreign citizen staying in the Russian federation on the business visa does not have the right to represent his Russian organization in the State bodies of the Russian Federation . |
4 | Place of issue |
| Multiple entry work visa is issued at the request of the Employer by the Passport-Visa Service and can be renewed for a new term in Russia . | Multiple entry business visa is issued by the Consulate of the Russian Federation abroad and can not be extended in the territory of Russia . |
5 | Duration of stay |
| Work visa enables a foreign citizen to stay in the Russian Federation during the whole period of the visa duration without leaving the country. | Business visa enables a foreign citizen to stay in Russia for not more than 182 days without leaving the country. |
6 | Duration of registration |
| When it is issued the work visa is registered automatically for the whole period of the visa duration. | Business visa is registered for a period of not more than 182 days, after which the foreign citizen has to leave the Russian Federation . On re-entering the country the foreign citizen has to register again. |
7 | Family members |
| In the case of a work visa accompanying family members receive visas and are registered for the whole twelve month period. It is quite convenient for children attending schools. | Accompanying family members are registered for a six month period and have to leave the country every six months. |
8 | Registration of the vehicles |
| In the case of a work visa registration of the vehicles is allowed for the whole period of the visa duration. | Registration of the vehicles which belong to a foreign citizen is done by the Transportation Department (GIBDD) for a period of 182 days only. |
