Romanian Consulate General in Saint Petersburg

Russian citizens need a visa for Romania, obtained before travel. Whether the Romanian consulate general in Saint Petersburg takes applications itself or through a visa centre is set out on its official website.

2025 figures: 65 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Romania’s consulate general in Saint Petersburg, and 59 visas were issued. 3 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 4.8%. The refusal rate fell by 1.8 points from 6.7% in 2024. Applications rose by 103% compared with 2024 (32).

Romania issues Schengen visas at 2 locations in Russia; this office handled 31% of their 208 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Moscow 15.3%, which makes Saint Petersburg the lowest of the group. Each office serves the applicants who live in its own consular district, so the rates also reflect who applies where, not only how strictly files are assessed.

Across all Schengen consulates in Russia, 6.4% of applications were refused in 2025; Romania’s rate worldwide was 11.5%. Romania received the 22nd largest number of applications of the 26 Schengen states represented here.

37.3% of the visas issued here were multiple-entry visas, valid for several trips. Romania only began issuing Schengen visas on 31 March 2024, so its 2024 figures cover part of the year. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Russia.

For matters it cannot handle, the Romanian embassy in Moscow (633 km) is responsible. Besides the Romanian consulate general in Saint Petersburg, Romania has 2 other missions in Russia. Consulates: Rostov-on-Don. Russia in turn has 4 missions in Romania, its embassy being in Bucharest.

About the Romanian consulate general in Saint Petersburg

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Romania in Saint Petersburg. Career consulates of this kind usually renew passports and take visa applications for their region.

Address and contact

The record for the Romanian consulate general in Saint Petersburg includes an official website.

Romanian citizens travelling to Russia

Romanian citizens need an e-Visa for Russia, applied for online before travel and valid for up to 30 days.

When the Romanian consulate general in Saint Petersburg is closed

Expect the Romanian consulate general in Saint Petersburg to be shut on New Year's Day on Friday 1 January 2027 and New Year holiday on Saturday 2 January 2027, and often on St. Andrew's Day (Sfântul Andrei) on Monday 30 November 2026, a holiday in Romania.

Before visiting the Romanian consulate general in Saint Petersburg

Current procedures for the Romanian consulate general in Saint Petersburg, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.

Near the Romanian consulate general in Saint Petersburg

The Romanian consulate general in Saint Petersburg has 5 other foreign missions within 1 km.