Shenyang, travel to Russia in summer vacation, self-help tour, how to handle the passport? Is it easy to handle?

Passports are easy. You can take your ID card and household registration book to Shenyang Exit-Entry Administration. First, take pictures. Passport photos can only be taken in the entry-exit administration department, not anywhere else. Take photos and go upstairs to fill out the form. Your passport will be sent to your home in about three weeks, or you can choose to collect it at that time. Shenyang Exit-Entry Administration is diagonally opposite the main entrance of Beiling Park, just at point B on the map.

As for transportation, if you take the train, it depends on which city in Russia you are going to. Russia is the largest country in the world. If you go to Vladivostok, I have already been there by bus. If you go to Moscow, it takes seven days and seven nights by train from Manzhouli. If your friend's house is close to China as you said, you can certainly go by train. I haven't seen any international trains from Shenyang, but I have seen all the international trains from Suifenhe and Manzhouli.

As for landing visa, I seem to have only seen it at Haisanwai Port. There may be a short-term landing visa, but there will be a long queue. When I went there, I queued for a whole day. Therefore, the safest way is to apply for a visa at the consulate and then go there, which saves you the trouble of waiting at the border checkpoint. There is a Russian consulate in Shenyang, so the visa is very convenient. You can find the specific requirements of the Russian visitor visa on the website of the Russian Consulate General in Shenyang, so I won't go into details. Baidu Maps