Hereby please be kindly informed that in accordance with the Russian Government Resolution No. 1510 dated 07.11.2024, as of December 1, 2024, a procedure for collecting biometric personal data of foreign citizens and persons without citizenship upon crossing of the state border of the Russian Federation (upon arrival and departure) will be implemented.
We kindly ask you to:
- Early arrival at the airport to complete formalities
- Comply with the rules and actions required within the process of biometric personal data collection
We additionally inform you that the following persons are exempt from the procedure:
- citizens of the Republic of Belarus;
- heads of diplomatic missions and heads of consular offices of foreign states in the Russian Federation, as well as their family members;
- employees of diplomatic missions and employees of consular offices of foreign states in the Russian Federation, as well as their family members;
- officials of international organizations (representative offices of international agencies and organizations) that have concluded agreements with the Government of the Russian Federation on the conditions of staying on the territory of the Russian Federation, and members of their families, as well as officials of international agencies and organizations entering or leaving the Russian Federation due to official duties;
- holders of diplomatic and service passports (including special, official and other passports recognized in the Russian Federation as such) and other valid documents proving their identity and recognized by the Russian Federation as such, if they contain a diplomatic or service visa, entering or leaving the Russian Federation due to official duties or as part of official delegations, as well as members of their families;
- foreign citizens entering or leaving the Russian Federation with valid identity documents recognized by the Russian Federation as such, if they have a diplomatic or service visa;
- foreign citizens and stateless persons under six years.
Procedure for collecting biometric personal data of foreign citizens and stateless persons without citizenship upon crossing of the state border of the Russian Federation will be carried out upon arrival and departure when the passenger goes through passport control.
Additional information will be posted on the Sheremetyevo Airport website, the airport's social media (VKontakte, Telegram), and will also be available on monitors in the terminals.