Carrying out migration registration

Do all foreigners have to register?

If you are planning to visit Russia in the near future, start collecting what you will need for temporary registration in the country where you plan to spend some time.

All foreign citizens without exception are required to register. It does not matter whether they crossed the border on a visa or a passport. The purpose of your visit is also not important. Registration at your place of stay or place of residence is not required only if you plan to leave the state within 7 days. If you get it done in a week, you don’t need to submit the package of documents anywhere. By law, foreigners are allowed not to register during this period. If the period is longer, obtain all the necessary documents.

Those arriving from the Republic of Belarus, as well as Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Tajikistan have a little more time. People from the first four countries can register within 30 days. As for Tajiks, they need to declare their arrival within 15 days.

When does a foreigner have the right to register at his place of residence in the Russian Federation?

All foreign citizens staying in Russia for longer than 90 days must apply for a temporary residence permit or residence permit. After the document giving the right to a long stay in the Russian Federation is ready, the migrant is required to receive a mark about his place of residence within a week , therefore, immediately after receiving a temporary residence permit or temporary residence permit, a person has the right to register at his place of residence.

As for foreigners who own residential premises on the territory of Russia, they also receive the right to register at their place of residence immediately after the readiness of the document giving the right to long-term stay within the Russian Federation.

If a migrant who has his own housing in Russia does not have a temporary residence permit or residence permit, then he can register in his apartment/house only at the place of stay.

What documents need to be submitted to the migration service?

The required list of documents is formed from two parts:

Papers provided by the foreigner.
What the host serves.

The contents of the package depend on whether you arrive with or without a visa, as well as who will handle your registration.

The foreigner is required to:

Foreign passport and its photocopy.
Migration card. According to international agreement, only citizens of the Republic of Belarus do not present it. Original and copy provided.
If you arrived in Russia on a visa, include a photocopy of it in the bag with the papers.

All of the above is necessary in order to fully and accurately fill out a special migration form submitted to the Main Directorate for Migration Issues of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

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This list of documents is not complete. The rest must be collected and included in the package with documentation by the party hosting the guests.

Sample migration card to Russia

Who can act as a party receiving a guest?

According to the legislation of the Russian Federation, current for 2021, temporary registration of foreign citizens is permissible provided that the latter stay with someone they know, rent an apartment or a hotel room. It is necessary to ensure a connection to a specific place.

Receivers can be:

Bodies that are part of the state government of the country.
International organizations, as well as representative offices operating on their behalf, located on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Domestic legal entities. These may be their individual representative offices, branches located in different regions, or the companies themselves.
A foreign citizen with the status of a high-qualified specialist who has his own housing in the Russian Federation. This category of persons has the right to register for temporary residence and for close relatives (members of their family).
A foreigner who owns residential space in Russia. In this case, the guest does not have the right to register other guests of the state, including immediate relatives.
Citizens of other countries who have received a residence permit and completed the registration process.
Citizens of the Russian Federation who are registered at their place of residence or have their own living spaces, for which registration of foreigners will be issued.

The required list of documents depends on who will register you, an employer, a relative or yourself.

If you are invited to Russia by an employer

To register foreign citizens who arrived for employment at the invitation of a legal entity, the following documents (copies) are required:

Certificate according to which the enterprise is registered as a legal entity.
TIN.
A contract concluded with a foreign citizen regarding the performance of labor activities.
Certificate of ownership or lease.
Company contact details, address, etc.
Unified State Register of Legal Entities.
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Unified State Register of Legal Entities Certificate
Order on the appointment of a director of a company to a managerial position.
A copy of the director's ID card.
Notification from state statistics.

In addition to the listed copies, you must provide an extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities in the original. This document must be dated no later than 2 months.

A legal entity has the right to register foreigners only when registering with the migration service (GUVM MIA). Only accredited companies have the right to hire citizens from other countries.

Attention! According to the new amendments that came into force on July 8, 2018, a foreign citizen does not have the right to register at his place of work if he does not actually live there. You can read more about this here.

If your company has not registered with the migration service, but has taken over the processing of your papers, we may be talking about fake documents.

If you have any doubts about the authenticity of the arrival notification, you must contact the Main Migration Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a request in writing or orally.

Application forms and samples

Application form for a foreign citizen for registration at the place of residence (One Download) Form for notification of the arrival of a foreign citizen at the place of stay (575 Downloads) Application for deregistration of a foreign citizen from registration at the place of residence (16 Downloads) Form for notification of the departure of a foreign citizen from the place of stay ( 128 Downloads)

Sample application of a foreign citizen for registration at the place of residence (1688 Downloads) Sample notification of arrival of a foreign citizen (205 Downloads) Sample notification of arrival (hosting party individual) (878 Downloads) Sample notification of arrival (hosting party legal entity) ( 64 Downloads) Sample notification of arrival (host of a foreign citizen) (120 Downloads) Sample of filling out an application for deregistration of a foreign citizen from registration at the place of residence (19 Downloads) Sample of filling out a notice of departure of a foreign citizen from the place of stay (86 Downloads)

If you are received by an individual

Most foreigners register in residential areas owned by Russian citizens. Accordingly, the latter collect the necessary papers and send them to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The following documents are provided:

Passport. This must be a document of a citizen, Russian or foreigner permanently residing in the country.
A copy of the above document.
Certificate of registration of the residential area where the foreigner will be temporarily registered (copy).
Arrival notification.

The main document of the list is a notification that must be completed. To enter the necessary information into its columns, you should use all the papers listed above.

What is the registration form

A foreign guest or those who receive him need to take care of correctly filling out a special notification of the arrival of a foreign citizen.

According to the order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia N856, which came into force on February 23, 2021, and approved on December 10, 2020, the regulations for the provision of public services for the implementation of migration registration of foreign citizens and stateless persons on the territory of the Russian Federation were updated.
As of February 23, 2021, new forms of arrival and departure notification forms have been introduced.

This is a mandatory standard form, relevant for all Russian regions. As a rule, the information is entered into it by the person who registers a guest from abroad.

There are requirements that must be met when filling out this document:

Avoidance of blots, errors and corrections.
Only reliable information corresponding to copies of the attached documents.
There is a rectangular box for each letter.
The filling language is Russian.
You can only write in dark blue or black ink.
Handwriting must be legible.
Only capital block letters (samples are provided on the form).

Front side of 1 sheet

Reverse side of 1 sheet

Front side 2 sheets

Reverse side of 2 sheets

After filling out the form, you must check each item. If the document does not meet the requirements, it will not be accepted.

The completed notification is the main document for submission to the migration service, accompanying all copies and originals attached to it.

After the guest or those who receive him submit a package of documents, employees of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs verify the data, check the copies and the registration form, and then make a decision.

If everything is filled out correctly and there are no other grounds for refusal, the foreigner is allowed to stay on the territory of the Russian Federation for 90 days (note: not from the moment of registration, but from the moment of entry into the territory of the Russian Federation). After this period expires, he must leave the country or submit documents to renew his registration. There must be reasons for such a step.

Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs enter data about the foreigner into the database. The notification itself is torn into two parts, one of which is returned to the receiving person with a note that the notification has been accepted.

The detachable part of the notification with the seal of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is the document that indicates the legal stay of a foreign citizen on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Citizens of the following countries may initially request registration for up to a year:

The Republic of Belarus;
Armenia;
Kyrgyzstan;
Kazakhstan.

The basis for this will be an employment contract concluded with a Russian legal entity. Citizens of other countries, in order to remain in the Russian Federation after the expiration of the registration period, must apply for its extension. Otherwise, they will become illegal immigrants and will be deported to their homeland.

Legislation on migration registration of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation

The Law on Registration of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation, which regulates issues of migration registration of foreigners in Russia, is Federal Law No. 109, which is called the Federal Law “On Migration Registration of Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons in the Russian Federation.”

In addition to Federal Law 109 of the Federal Law on Migration Registration of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation, the rules of migration registration are also regulated by the annex to this law - Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 9 “On the procedure for carrying out migration registration of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Russian Federation.”

Also in 2021, Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation dated November 23, 2017 No. 881 “On approval of the Administrative Regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the provision of public services for the implementation of migration registration of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Russian Federation, application forms for registration of foreign citizen or stateless person at the place of residence, notification of the arrival of a foreign citizen or stateless person at the place of stay, notes on the registration of a foreign citizen or stateless person at the place of residence, marks confirming the completion by the receiving party and the foreign citizen of the actions necessary for its registration registered at the place of stay” (Registered on December 19, 2017 No. 49311).

In addition, on July 8, 2021, a new law on migration registration came into force - Federal Law No. 163-FZ “On Amendments to the Federal Law “On Migration Registration of Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons in the Russian Federation” dated June 27, 2018.

The new law introduced specifics to the concept of migration registration, and also clarified what can be the place of stay of a foreign citizen, at which address he can register and the circle of persons who can register a foreign citizen with migration registration in 2021. In addition, the new law on clarifications in migration registration clearly describes the grounds for registering foreigners with migration registration at their place of stay.

These laws on migration registration describe the mechanism for registering foreign citizens who are temporarily staying or residing in the Russian Federation, and also describe the rules for registering migrants at their place of residence or place of stay. In addition, they spell out the rights and obligations of foreign citizens when carrying out migration registration.

Features of registering minors

If children arrive in Russia with a foreign citizen, they must also obtain temporary registration in the country. The procedure is the same as when registering an adult: documents are collected and sent to the migration service.

In most cases, the receiving party is required to notify the child of his arrival in the country within 7 days. However, for some countries the law provides for different deadlines. Thus, citizens of Tajikistan have up to 15 days to register minors; for Kyrgyz, Belarusians, Kazakhs and Armenians this period is 30 days. As for residents of neighboring Ukraine, including the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, they must register their children, as required in most cases, within 7 days.

To obtain temporary registration for minors, the party receiving the minor must provide the following documents to the Main Directorate for Migration:

Notification in a standard form, completed in compliance with all the requirements described above. The application for temporary registration can be downloaded here.
A migration card issued for a child when crossing the border.
If a minor foreigner is under 14 years of age, his birth certificate must be presented. Upon reaching 14 years of age, you must provide a foreign passport.
VHI policy.
It is not included in the list of mandatory documents to be presented, but it may be asked. It is advisable to pre-issue a policy. VHI policy
Receiver's ID.
Ownership of the living space where a minor guest from another country will be registered.

If parents ignored the rules and did not register their child, they will have to pay a fine for the violation as punishment.

Its size depends on the region where the offense was committed. The amount varies from 2 to 7 thousand rubles. They will also face administrative expulsion from the borders of the Russian Federation.

Owners of residential premises who have not registered their residents will not go unpunished. For them, the amount of penalties will vary from 2 to 4 thousand rubles.

Registration deadlines

According to existing standards and requirements, arriving foreigners are required to complete the necessary measures and register with migration control services no later than seven days.

There are no separate requirements for children and they are registered on the basis of general rules. Within seven days after the arrival of a minor citizen, the receiving party sends a notification to the territorial migration service. There are general requirements for most foreigners, but some citizens have their own specific requirements. Similar differences apply to children.

For children arriving from Ukraine, including from the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, registration activities are carried out within 7 days;
Registration of a child arriving from Tajikistan can be carried out within fifteen days;
For children arriving from the EAEU countries (Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan), the permitted period of stay without registration has been increased to thirty days.

Children of foreign citizens, as well as parents, have the right to stay in our country for ninety days from the date of entry. After the specified period, citizens are required to leave the country for a period of at least three months or renew their registration. Extension of a child’s registration is carried out if the parents have a reason. The basis for renewal of registration may be a work patent, temporary residence permit, residence permit or other confirmation.

If parents carry out activities under a labor patent, this is not a basis for allowing the child to stay in the country. Registration of a child for migration must be carried out and processed separately.

How to renew your registration

90 days is the period that you can stay in Russia for six months. In the next six months you can come again and start a new countdown. Many find it inconvenient to travel from state to state, so they contact migration services to obtain information about what is required to renew the registration of a foreign citizen.

The following circumstances can be taken as grounds:

The foreigner was officially recognized as a refugee in the Russian Federation.
Obtaining a patent.
Obtaining or extending a permit to perform labor activities in the Russian Federation.
The employment contract with VKS was extended.
Obtaining citizenship of the Russian Federation by a foreigner.
We accepted a foreigner’s application for a residence permit or temporary residence permit.
Availability of RVP.
Obtaining a residence permit.
The Russian Federation guest visa has been extended.

There may be other situations in which a person cannot leave the state on time. Circumstances such as the death of a loved one, a serious illness of the foreigner himself or the need for urgent medical care on Russian territory are always taken into account by migration services. The main thing is that the reason for applying for an extension is documented. In this case, as always, we are talking about documents that will become the basis for re-registration.

An application for renewal of registration is submitted in any form

The following documents are provided to the Main Migration Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs:

A copy of the migration card received upon arrival.
A copy of the international passport of the person intending to renew the registration.
Petition. There is no special form provided. The document is drawn up in free form. The main thing is to clearly state the essence of your request.
Papers that are official confirmation of the existence of a reason for renewing registration in the Russian Federation.

An application for renewal of a migration card can be submitted either by the foreigner himself or by the receiving party. It is important to contact the migration service no later than a week (7 days) before the expiration of the previous registration. It is advisable to apply 2 weeks in advance. As with the initial registration, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs carefully check everything and invite the applicant to appear to receive approval or refusal, depending on the circumstances. It takes a week to make a decision.

The registrations of minor citizens are extended based on the extension of the temporary registration of their parents. For example, if a parent has received a patent, which for him is the basis for filing an application (for a child, a patent is not such), the child’s registration will be extended, since the parent’s period of stay in the Russian Federation will increase.