Obtaining documents from Russia

If you reside within the consular district of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Sydney, which includes New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania, you may obtain documents from the Russian Federation on demand through our office.

The cost of this service is 90 AUD for each document on demand. Please note that we accept cash, bank cheques, credit/savings cards and money orders payable to the Consulate General of Russia.

It may take approximately 4-6 months to obtain your document from Russia. You will be notified about the result of your request examination.

1. Police clearance certificate

Applicants, who live in New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia, should apply in person either to the Consulate General of Russia in Sydney or to Honorary Consuls of Russia in Queensland (Brisbane) and South Australia (Adelaide). Contact details of the Honorary Consuls of Russia can be found here.

Applicants, who live in Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania, may apply to the Consulate General by mail.

• Application for obtaining Police clearance certificate (can be downloaded here);
• Your passport;
• Copies of your Russian visa and of the document with address in Russia (if available);
• Self-addressed return Registered or Express envelope (if you’d like to receive it by post).

• A personal application in Russian or in English in a plain-text form regarding obtaining a document (we recommend that you advise us your contact details -phone number or e-mail address – for contacting you if we need any more information to process your request);
• Application for obtaining Police clearance certificate (can be downloaded here). Your signature on the application must be witnessed either by a Notary Public or by a Justice of the Peace or by Police;
• Certified copy of your passport page with your photo and personal details (must be certified either by a Notary Public or by a Justice of the Peace or by Police);
• Copies of your passport page with your Russian visa and of the document with address in Russia (if available);
• Money Order or Bank Cheque for 90 AUD payable to the Consulate General of Russia;
• Self-addressed return Registered or Express envelope (if you’d like to receive it by post).

2. All other documents

• A personal application in Russian or in English in a plain-text form regarding obtaining a document (we recommend that you advise us your contact details -phone number or e-mail address – for contacting you if we need any more information to process your request).
• Two copies of a filled-out (in Russian) questionnaire on obtaining documents available for downloading from the right menu of this page;
• Your passport.

The fee is 90 AUD for each document on demand. Please note that we accept cash, bank cheques, credit/savings cards and money orders payable to the Consulate General of Russia. The consulate will not refund any fees acquired even if the documents or requested information are not found.

If you apply by mail, you should enclose a self-addressed stamped return envelope (preferably Express or Registered Post).

We do not process requests for such documents as military identifications, labor books, driver’s licenses, inquiries of family status, evaluations, and personal cases from Russian institutions. We do not process requests for documents if they are not in the inquirer’s name or not valid at the present time (for example, you cannot request a birth certificate of a person who is deceased or a marriage certificate of someone who is divorced).

To request duplicates of documents from educational institutions we recommend that you address your inquiries directly to those institutions.

back