First Russian visa center opens in India

NEW DELHI, November 17 /TASS/. A Russian visa center has opened in New Delhi and three more are expected to open in the Indian cities of Mumbai, Calcutta and Chennai before year’s end. The visa centers will issue all types of visas five days a week. About 30,000 Indian citizens visit Russia every year. “This figure mismatches both the potential and quality of bilateral relations between Russia and India,” said Alexander Abramov, general director of the Lex Systems Company which had founded the visa center in New Delhi. “We polled about 3,000 people. More than 90 percent of respondents said they would like to visit Russia. We believe that lack of information is the main reason why a relatively small number of Indian tourists travels to Russia,” Abramov explained. The Russian visa center located in Connaught Place in New Delhi expects the number of Indian tourists to Russia to triple in the next two years. “The visa center’s opening will facilitate the process of obtaining Russian visas for Indian citizens,” Abramov added. Russian visa centers will open in Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta on November 20, November 24 and December 1, respectively. Read more