How a Kyrgyzstani can acquire Russian citizenship
You can register through the consulate or from the territory of the Russian Federation.
Russia offers different options for naturalization. According to data for 2021, it is possible to obtain Russian citizenship for citizens of Kyrgyzstan:
- through the consulate of the Russian Federation in the Kyrgyz Republic - the fastest and relatively simple option. But it is available only to a few categories of applicants;
- from the territory of Russia - sometimes the registration process lasts for years, since obtaining citizenship is preceded by two stages of legalization.
From the territory of Russia, Kyrgyz citizens are processed in several directions:
- through government projects ;
- in a simplified manner (if there are compelling reasons for acquiring citizenship, for example, the husband or wife has Russian citizenship);
- through a quadripartite agreement ;
- based on five-year residence permit (the so-called general procedure)
Basic requirements for citizens of Kyrgyzstan
To obtain a Russian passport, residents of the Kyrgyz Republic must meet the following conditions:
- Have a residence permit.
- Know Russian language. The level of knowledge is determined using special testing.
- Renounce Kyrgyz citizenship.
- Legally live on the territory of the Russian Federation for 5 years.
- Have an official job and place of residence.
The conditions for issuing a passport are influenced by the following factors:
- The applicant has relatives who are citizens of the Russian Federation.
- The foreigner is a graduate of a Russian university who received a diploma after 2002.
- A minor citizen of Kyrgyzstan has guardians or parents living in Russia.
- The applicant entered into a marriage with a Russian.
Which Kyrgyz will not have to go to Russia to obtain citizenship?
Let's talk about the fastest way, which allows some Kyrgyz citizens to significantly simplify the entire process of obtaining citizenship of the Russian Federation. We are talking about registration through the Russian consulate in the Republic.
Obtaining Russian citizenship for Kyrgyzstan in this case is based on the following plan:
- the Kyrgyz collects the necessary documents;
- pays the consular fee;
- submits papers to the Consulate (there are offices in Bishkek and Osh);
- waits for notification that he has been accepted into the ranks of the Russians (waiting after submitting documents - up to 6 months);
- takes the oath;
- makes a Russian passport;
- further, if desired, he comes to Russia (using a Russian foreign passport), makes an internal identification document here.
The option would be ideal, if not for one BUT. Not everyone can register through the embassy.
This simplified method is available only to some residents of Kyrgyzstan:
- Obtaining citizenship from the territory of Kyrgyzstan is available to stateless persons (LSPs) who have a Kyrgyz residence permit. But only those LBG who were previously citizens of the USSR .
- For minor citizens of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, registration is also possible without traveling to Russia. A parent who applies for citizenship at a consular office can include the child in the application. Children are accepted as Russian citizens and separately from their parents, provided that the father or mother of the child already has a Russian passport.
Previously, it was possible to obtain a Russian passport through the consulate if you had a Russian parent. But as of July 24, 2020, this option was removed. Now, in order to become a citizen of the Russian Federation through this basis, you need to go to Russia. To file for a parent, it is not necessary that both parents have Russian citizenship. It is enough that only the mother or father has a Russian passport. Age is also not important. But it is very important that the parent has permanent registration in Russia. Without registration, documents for citizenship from a citizen of Kyrgyzstan will not be accepted.
Consular offices are located in Bishkek and Osh.
Exact address in Bishkek: Manas Avenue, 55. You must first make an appointment. Opening hours and telephone numbers for appointments are listed on the website of the consular department of the embassy.
The documents required for obtaining Russian citizenship through the consulate in Kyrgyzstan can be found on the official website of the consulate here.
Read more about going through the procedure through the embassy.
About timing and cost
Consideration of an application for Russian citizenship by residents of Kyrgyzstan is not a quick process and depends on the method of obtaining it. Those who apply for the status of a citizen of the Russian Federation in the general manner will have to wait about 6 months. This is precisely the period established in Article 41.5 of the Federal Law “On Citizenship of the Russian Federation”. Those who have the right to take advantage of the simplified procedure can become Russians in 2-3 months.
For services to review an application for a Russian passport, a state fee of 3,500 rubles has been established. Details for paying state duty can be found on the website. You must submit documents to the territorial body of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a receipt confirming payment for this service. When applying for Russian citizenship at a diplomatic institution outside the Russian Federation, applicants are required to pay a consular fee.
How can a Kyrgyz citizen obtain citizenship from Russian territory?
they will not accept your passport documents immediately after arriving in the country . The desire to become a Russian is not enough.
Citizenship is achieved in stages:
- First, a Kyrgyz citizen must obtain a temporary residence permit. This status makes it possible to work and live in the country. But no more than three years . Then you need to either make a temporary temporary residence permit again or leave the Russian Federation. There are a number of applicants who can do without a permit and immediately bring documents for the next status - residence permit.
- The second step on the path to citizenship is obtaining a residence permit . If a Kyrgyz citizen has a temporary residence permit or another basis, then he has the right to submit an application for a residence permit. With a residence permit, subject to a number of conditions, you can live in the state as long as you want. In addition, along with a residence permit, a Kyrgyz citizen receives the right to apply for Russian citizenship.
Obtaining a residence permit
To obtain Kyrgyz citizenship, you must initially obtain a residence permit. This is a document allowing you to legally reside in the territory of the republic. There are several ways to obtain a residence permit:
- By obtaining a work permit in Kyrgyzstan.
- Based on an invitation letter from relatives.
- Sign a renunciation of citizenship of your native republic.
To obtain a residence permit in 2021, you must contact the consular mission or embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic. The following documents must be submitted to this authorized body:
- Internal passport of your home country.
This is what an internal passport of a Russian citizen looks like
- A valid foreign passport.
- The social fund number of the Kyrgyz Republic, confirming that the person is a taxpayer.
- Documents confirming the legality of stay in the country.
- A migration card confirming the legality of crossing the border.
- Four photos. The background must be white.
- Application form.
To obtain a Kyrgyz passport, you must first obtain citizenship. Immediately after being assigned the status of a resident of the Kyrgyz Republic, you must contact the migration service to obtain a passport.
Simplified diagram
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Main options for acquiring Russian citizenship
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This scheme is simplified in words only. The candidate still cannot avoid first obtaining a temporary residence permit, residence permit, and collecting an extensive package of documents. But submitting an application to become a Russian citizen in a simplified manner is allowed immediately after receiving a residence permit.
In addition, candidates receive a decision faster - within 3 months. Let's see what circumstances allow you to apply for a simplified passport.
Family ties with Russians
Kyrgyzstanis whose relatives are Russians can become holders of a Russian passport using a simplified scheme. We are talking only about the closest relatives - parents, spouses and children.
You cannot apply for citizenship based on sisters, brothers, grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts, and uncles.
Working age and professional skills
Since Russia is interested in able-bodied citizens who will contribute to the economic development of the state, a simplified procedure is available for:
- specialists whose profession is in demand in Russia (medics, builders, engineers).
- immigrants from Kyrgyzstan who received a profession at a Russian university, technical school, or college and worked here for a year.
- individual entrepreneurs (provided that the business has been operating in Russia for at least three years).
Connection with Russia
Also, the Russian authorities have simplified the process for people who were born in the RSFSR, were citizens of the Union and now want to return to their homeland.
A detailed list of reasons with explanations that allow Kyrgyz citizens to simplify the process of acquiring Russian citizenship is given in the article about simplified citizenship.
How can a Kyrgyz citizen become a Russian citizen through a quadripartite agreement?
There is a document, the so-called quadripartite agreement, signed back in the 90s. , only Kyrgyz citizens, Belarusians and Kazakhs can obtain citizenship .
The agreement applies to two categories of applicants:
- Kyrgyz who have a close relative who is Russian.
- Citizens who were born or lived in the USSR. At the same time, such an applicant must meet two more conditions: it is important that in the past he had citizenship of one of the republics (Kyrgyz SSR, Byelorussian SSR, Kazakhstan SSR) and at the same time citizenship of the USSR.
To take advantage of the agreement, you must have a residence permit and registration at your place of residence. Read more about citizenship by agreement.
State programs for Kyrgyzstanis
moving to the Russian Federation and citizenship for the Kyrgyz
two programs for foreign citizens . The first is Russian speakers . Allows you to obtain Russian citizenship for Kyrgyzstan without obtaining a temporary residence permit (but a residence permit is needed).
The project is suitable for you if:
- one of your ancestors lived/is living in the territory now occupied by the Russian Federation (the period of residence is not important, even a relative who once lived in the Russian Empire will do). If there is no relative, then a Kyrgyzstani can obtain a residence permit. This status gives the right to participate in the program;
- the second condition is that you need to know Russian. Don’t just superficially understand speech, but speak as if this language is native to you.
Do you meet both conditions? Then find out more about Russian speakers using the link.
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The second project is the State Resettlement Program. A suitable candidate for this program is an able-bodied Kyrgyzstani who is a native of the USSR. The program also includes citizens who have no connection with the Soviet Union, but whose ancestors previously lived in the USSR.
Together with a Kyrgyzstani who has become a participant in the project, a wide circle of his relatives (from spouses and children to grandmothers and grandchildren) can receive the status of a Russian citizen. At the same time, the requirements of the State Program do not apply to relatives.
A compatriot makes a temporary residence permit, but has the right not to receive a residence permit, but to immediately apply for citizenship of the Russian Federation.
Read more about the resettlement project.
Consulate
- Address and opening hours of the Consular Section
- Making an appointment at the Consular Section
- Rates
- Answers to frequently asked questions
- To the attention of Russian citizens
- For citizens of Kyrgyzstan
- Forms and samples
- Registration of a temporary residence permit (TRP)
- Citizenship Citizenship issues
- On acquiring citizenship of the Russian Federation
- Renunciation of citizenship of the Russian Federation
- Citizenship verification
On July 24, 2020, the Federal Law of April 24, 2020 No. 134-FZ “On Amendments to the Federal Law “On Citizenship of the Russian Federation” in terms of simplifying the procedure for granting citizenship of the Russian Federation to foreigners and stateless persons” came into force.
In this regard, from July 24, 2020, the powers to admit adult citizens to Russian citizenship on the basis of paragraph “a” of Part.
1 tbsp. 14 of the Federal Law “On Citizenship” (for a parent who has Russian citizenship and lives on its territory) is carried out by the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, provided that the applicant lives on the territory of the Russian Federation.
When submitting documents to acquire Russian citizenship, confirmation of renunciation of existing citizenship is no longer required .
Expert opinion
Smirnov Pavel Timofeevich
Lawyer with 6 years of experience. Specialization: family law. More than 3 years of experience in defense in court.
The consular department of the Russian Embassy in Kyrgyzstan and the Russian Consulate General in Osh accept documents and obtain Russian citizenship in a simplified manner for the following categories of citizens:
- Children under the age of 14, one of whose parents has citizenship of the Russian Federation.
Required set of documents:
– application from a parent who is a citizen of the Russian Federation;
– 4 photographs of the child measuring 3x4 cm (black and white or color matte);
– passport and copies of passport pages with installation data and a stamp of registration at the place of residence (or other identification documents, Russian citizenship, confirming place of residence) of the parent-citizen of the Russian Federation;
– certificate from the place of residence of the applicant and the child – original;
– a document certifying the identity and citizenship of the other parent or a document certifying the status of a stateless person.
– child’s birth certificate;
– certificate of marriage/divorce;
– written consent of the other parent to grant the child citizenship of the Russian Federation, certified at the consular department;
– all points of the application are required to be completed and must be supported by documents.
- Children aged 14 to 18 years, one of whose parents has Russian citizenship.
– application from a parent who is a citizen of the Russian Federation;
– 4 photographs of the child measuring 3 x 4 cm (black and white or color matte);
– passport and copies of passport pages with installation data and registration stamp (or other identification documents, Russian citizenship, confirming place of residence) of the parent-citizen of the Russian Federation;
– certificate from the place of residence of the applicant and the child - original (if the applicant lives on the territory of the Russian Federation, then a certificate from the place of residence of the child is presented, and the applicant provides a temporary registration coupon or residence permit in Kyrgyzstan);
– a document certifying the identity and citizenship of the other parent (or a document certifying the status of a stateless person);
– child’s passport or identity card;
– certificate of marriage/divorce);
– written consent of the child to acquire citizenship of the Russian Federation, certified at the consular department;
- Children under guardianship and incapacitated persons.
– application of a guardian who is a citizen of the Russian Federation – 1 copy;
– 4 photographs of the person under care, size 3 x 4 cm (black and white or color matte);
– passport and copies of passport pages with installation data and a stamp of registration at the place of residence (or other identification documents, citizenship of the Russian Federation, confirming the place of residence) of the guardian-citizen of the Russian Federation;
— document establishing guardianship;
– certificate from the place of residence of the guardian and the ward - original (if the guardian lives in the territory of the Russian Federation, then a certificate from the place of residence of the ward is presented, and the guardian provides a temporary registration coupon or residence permit in Kyrgyzstan);
– birth certificate of the person under guardianship;
– the ward’s passport or identity card;
– marriage certificate (divorce certificate) of the guardian;
– written consent of the person under guardianship to acquire Russian citizenship, certified at the consular department;
In relation to an incompetent person, a court decision declaring him incompetent (original and copy of the decision certified by the court secretariat) is also presented.
- Persons who had citizenship of the USSR, living in states that were part of the former USSR, who did not receive the citizenship of these states and, as a result, remain stateless.
– 4 photographs 3 x 4 cm (black and white or color matte);
– residence permit for a stateless person in the Kyrgyz Republic,
– certificates of absence of citizenship;
– a document confirming knowledge of the Russian language. These include: a document of education not lower than the basic general education, received before 09/01/1991.
– on the territory of the USSR; after 01.09.1991 – on the territory of the Russian Federation; certificate of passing testing in the Russian language.
The following are exempt from submitting these documents: men over 65 years old, women over 60 years old, incapacitated persons and disabled people of group I;
– birth certificate issued by the civil registry office on the territory of the USSR;
– certificate of marriage/divorce, change of surname, name, patronymic, or an extract from the relevant vital record from the civil registry office;
To admit a child to citizenship of the Russian Federation in a simplified manner, together with the parents, in addition to the parent’s documents, the following must be submitted:
– child’s passport (if available);
Expert opinion
Smirnov Pavel Timofeevich
Lawyer with 6 years of experience. Specialization: family law. More than 3 years of experience in defense in court.
– written consent in any form of the other parent for the child to acquire citizenship of the Russian Federation, notarized at the consular department of the Embassy;
– consent of a child aged 14 to 18 years to acquire Russian citizenship, notarized at the consular department of the Embassy.
Consular fees
The amounts of consular fees and fees for reimbursement of actual expenses charged for registration of Russian citizenship, notarization of consents, translations and copies are given in the “Tariffs” section of the official website of the Russian Embassy in Kyrgyzstan.
Payment for consular actions is carried out in Kyrgyz soms. Dilapidated, dirty, damaged or banknotes with inscriptions, marks or stamps will not be accepted.
If it is necessary for a citizen of Kyrgyzstan to obtain citizenship of the Russian Federation, he has such an opportunity. This article will present an algorithm for how a citizen of Kyrgyzstan can obtain Russian citizenship in 2021.
- What is necessary to stay in Russia legally?
- Legal framework governing the stay of citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic in Russia
- The procedure for the stay of citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic in Russia in 2021
- Documents required for the stay of citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic in Russia
- Responsibility for violation of the order of stay of citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic in Russia
- How to become a citizen of the Russian Federation?
- How can a citizen of Kyrgyzstan obtain Russian citizenship in 2021 in the general manner?
- How can a citizen of Kyrgyzstan obtain Russian citizenship in 2021 in a simplified manner?
- Documents required for a citizen of Kyrgyzstan to obtain Russian citizenship in 2021
- Questions and answers
General procedure
Finally, let’s look at the general procedure by which a Kyrgyzstani can also obtain a Russian passport. Why are we looking at it at the very end? The fact is that the method is quite lengthy and is considered the most difficult.
After receiving a residence permit, a foreigner is required for five years . All these years, long trips abroad are prohibited. For the general procedure of registration, the fact that the candidate is officially employed is very important. Although there is no such requirement in the laws.
The application is considered for a long time - within a year, since the decision on whether to grant citizenship to a foreigner in the general manner is made by the president.
Conditions that future citizens of the Russian Federation must fulfill
For almost all options for obtaining citizenship (both simplified, program, and general) there are uniform requirements .
A Kyrgyz citizen will apply for citizenship if he:
- is able to confirm his income (for this purpose, relevant certificates are collected and submitted to the Ministry of Internal Affairs). Note! From July 24, 2020, income is confirmed only by those applicants who apply for citizenship in the general manner. Foreign citizens applying for a passport in a simplified manner do not have to provide income certificates from the specified date;
- understands the Russian language (this is confirmed either by an education document issued in the USSR/RF, or by passing an exam).
Previously, it was also necessary to renounce citizenship, but since the summer of 2020 this requirement has been removed for all applicants.
Read more about the conditions for obtaining citizenship.
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Obtaining Russian citizenship by citizens of Kyrgyzstan
The grounds for admission to citizenship of the Russian Federation are enshrined in the Federal Law of May 31, 2002 No. 62-FZ “On Citizenship of the Russian Federation.”
The procedure for considering applications on issues of citizenship of the Russian Federation, making, executing and canceling decisions on these issues, application forms and a list of necessary documents corresponding to the specific grounds for acquiring Russian citizenship are established by the Regulations on the procedure for considering issues of citizenship of the Russian Federation.
The regulation was approved by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of November 14, 2002 No. 1325.
The procedure for obtaining citizenship of the Russian Federation largely depends on specific circumstances, including the citizen of which state the foreigner wishing to acquire Russian citizenship is.
In this article we will consider possible options for granting Russian citizenship to citizens of Kyrgyzstan.
The procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship by citizens of Kyrgyzstan depends not only on the presence of citizenship of the specified state, but also on many other circumstances, which we will consider below.
These circumstances may affect the procedure for admission to Russian citizenship, the sequence of actions of an applicant for Russian citizenship, as well as the time frame during which he can obtain Russian citizenship.
his level of Russian language proficiency;.
