First, the purpose of travel and entry requirements
- Do not treat an old service name as confirmation of entry rules.
- Discuss the route separately from visa and migration issues.
- Check your individual eligibility to cross the border with the relevant authorities.
Historical short trips and today's transport needs
The name originated in the days of short trips from Saint Petersburg across the Finnish border and back, with a brief stop in Finland. The old website described this format alongside shopping and day trips. It is a historical name for a short transport itinerary, rather than a separate visa procedure.
FiniTrans services to Finland are currently suspended. For independently planned travel, make the transport question specific: where you need to go, when to return and where to meet. Obtaining a visa, its conditions and entry rights are not outcomes of the carrier’s service.
What changed in the description
Short trips were formerly advertised as 'visa runs'. The term is no longer used as a promise of a service or outcome. We discuss transport on a permitted route; visa issuance and use are governed by current rules.
What the old term “visa run” meant
The page remains at its former address, but a transport journey is neither a way to extend a visa nor confirmation of the right to cross the border. If you need to leave the country, first establish your eligibility based on your documents, then discuss the road section.
If you need a route within Russia or to Ivangorod, describe it in your own words: pickup address, destination, passengers and luggage. Continuing in Estonia and meeting partners after crossing independently require separate arrangements. You do not need to submit document copies in the route description form.
Currently serving Russia and Tallinn
Within Russia, any destination from Saint Petersburg. To Ivangorod, the Russian section. To Tallinn, with an independent border crossing and pickup by Estonian partners in Narva.
Current trips