Getting multiple tourist visas at the same time

I am an Indian citizen currently living in Stockholm Sweden for more than 2 years. I will be staying in Sweden for a year more.

I was recently planning on visiting Moscow for tourism purposes . But on checking with the Russian Embassy in Stockholm i found out that i am not eligible to apply for a Russian visa from Stockholm and can do this only from India.

Now I am planning to visit India soon (will be there for a week) and will most probably get a visa from there for my visit in April for (3-4 days). But I also plan to visit Moscow again in May or June for a few more days.

Since I wont be able to visit India again in this time for a new visa. Is it possible for me to get visas for both these trips at the same time when I am in India. I can of course apply two times, pay the fee and submit the documents separately for both visas.

Please let me know if this is possible since there is no way for me to get a visa for Russia once I am in Sweden.

Best Answer

Russia has such a tight policy about where you can get visas from.

You can easily apply for a multi-entry visa, with sufficient proofs that you would like to visit there more than one time. Multi-entry visas are usually valid for 3 months or more, so it should be OK for your case.

Embassies of other countries do not usually care about what other usable visas you have. I have multi-entry visas for Malaysia in my passport, a double-entry Indian visa, both still valid, and I'm going to Nepal tomorrow. I'm almost sure I won't face any issues.