A new international passport: what it looks like and its validity period

What documents will need to be provided or used?

Where can I get them? Do I need to have them certified by a notary? Requirements for formats. How to send via the Internet?

The applicant submits an application and photograph electronically through the State Services website . The list, in accordance with the Administrative Regulations approved by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs No. 864 of November 16, 2017, includes:

application form;
ID card (internal passport);
a previously issued passport, if its validity has not expired;
permission from the command in the form of a certificate in the established form - for military personnel of the RF Armed Forces, as well as federal government bodies where military service is provided (except for persons serving on conscription);
military ID for male applicants (18-27 years old);

If a citizen does not have a military ID, the Ministry of Internal Affairs independently requests a certificate from the military registration and enlistment office in accordance with paragraphs. 2 paragraph 1 article 7 ch. 2 of the Federal Law “On the organization of the provision of state and municipal services”.

three (for a minor under 14 years old - two) photographs of the citizen for whom the passport is issued;
in case of urgent need to obtain a passport - one of the supporting documents (a letter about the need for emergency treatment of a citizen abroad or a telegraph message about a serious illness or death of a close relative (spouse, parent, child, adoptive parent, adopted child, sibling, grandfather, grandmothers, grandson);
if the application is filled out by the legal representative of a minor citizen, proof of his identity will be required, as well as documentary evidence of his legal rights (birth certificates, adoption certificates, acts of guardianship, guardianship).

According to clause 44 of the Administrative Regulations, the applicant has the right to submit a certificate from the military registration and enlistment office or a receipt for payment of the state duty . Failure to present them is not grounds for refusal to issue a foreign passport (clause 45).

Almost all the necessary documents required to fill out the application form are in the possession of citizens for personal use. Only military personnel will have to contact the authorities for a certificate from the command and citizens who need urgent passport processing will have to contact medical institutions.

The notary only needs to certify the accuracy of the translation and the authenticity of the translator’s signature (if documents in a foreign language do not have duplicate entries in Russian, they must be translated).

Information from the documents is reflected in the electronic application after filling out the form on the portal . An application with a photo in the form of a file is sent through the portal to the migration department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

After reviewing the application, an employee of the department sends a message to the applicant’s personal account with an invitation to personally visit the unit chosen by the applicant with a package of previously collected documents for verification with the application.

How to apply for a passport?

The type of registration depends on the selected type of passport. Difficulties will not arise if you carefully study the document requirements. In addition, issuing a new passport is no more difficult than issuing an old passport.

Old sample

If you need a passport without a chip for a short period of time, then it’s worth finding out how to make one.

It all depends on the type of appeal, that is, where you want to appeal.

you can apply for a passport at the Federal Migration Service department;
In addition, you can order a passport online on the State Services website.

Required documents for different categories of citizens

For adult citizens, you need to provide the following documents:

passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation;
three photographs 35*45 mm;
statement;
a valid passport, if available, after receiving a new one, it becomes invalid;
receipt of payment of state duty in the amount of 2 thousand rubles;
work book, if available.

In addition, you can provide:

application to change personal data (last name, first name);
application to add information about your child to your passport

For minor children over 14 years of age, the following documents are required:

statement;
two photos;
passport or birth certificate;
payment receipt in the amount of 1000 rubles ;
They may also ask for information about guardians and legal representatives, if any.

Documents for children under 14 are also different, these are:

birth certificate;
two photos;
questionnaire;
Russian passport of one of the parents;
information about guardians or legal representatives;
payment receipt in the amount of 1000 rubles.

Biometric

If you understand that you simply need a biometric passport, you need to take into account the specifics of its registration. But the biometric passport now has a little more pages, it has a protective film, and the most important advantage for all travelers is that it only needs to be changed after 10 years.

For adult citizens over 18 years of age:

Questionnaire.
Russian Federation passport.
Two or three for the questionnaire and archive. There are no strict criteria, but the size should be close to 35*45mm.
Previous international passport, if available.
Military ID for men of conscription age 18-27 years.
Work book, if available.
Receipt of payment in the amount of 3500 rubles .

Application (form) for a new generation passport

Documents for children of minor citizens over 14 years of age:

Questionnaire.
Russian Federation passport.
Passport of one of the parents.
Information about guardians or legal representatives, if any.
Receipt of payment in the amount of 3500 rubles.

It is worth considering that the child is required to come to the Federal Migration Service department to give fingerprints and take a passport photo.

Since information about existing children cannot be entered into a biometric passport, the child must have his own passport.

To do this, you must submit the following documents:

Questionnaire.
Birth certificate.
Passport of one of the parents.
Information about guardians.
Receipt of payment in the amount of 1500 rubles.

Children under 12 years of age are not required to be fingerprinted, but they are also required to appear at the FMS office for a photograph. At the same time, department employees often recommend that very young children get an old-style passport for 5 years, since the appearance of children changes quickly.

Registration deadlines

Regardless of the type of international passport, you will receive it in a month if you submitted your application at your place of permanent registration. If you submitted an application in another region, the period for its consideration and registration of a foreign passport can take up to four months. Children are usually issued a passport faster, but again, if the application is submitted at the place of registration, otherwise the period will be 4 months.

In extremely rare cases, you can speed up the registration of a foreign passport, but for this you need:

You need to travel abroad due to a serious illness. In this case, you must provide a doctor's report and a medical certificate.
If your close relative is sick or died abroad, in this situation you also need to provide a certificate.

In such emergency situations, the production time for your foreign passport will be reduced to several days.

In addition, you can use the services of commercial organizations that, for money, will help you get a passport in a few days, but you will have to pay a tidy sum for such services.

Read more about expedited registration of a foreign passport. How to change the registration in your passport at your new place of residence? See here.

There are separate rules for translating the letters of the first and last name into English in a foreign passport. Find out now.

Photo requirements

Photos must meet the requirements specified in paragraph 40 of the Administrative Regulations:

the image must correspond to the age of the applicant;
in black and white or color;
size 35 x 45 mm;
the face and upper part of the shoulders are strictly frontal;
the face should occupy 70-80% of the image area;
hair should not cover the eyes;
glasses with dark lenses are not allowed;
neutral facial expression;
the gaze is directed into the lens;
the background is light, without glare, spots and shadows.

Obtaining a foreign passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation

A foreign passport is a document that certifies the identity of a citizen of the Russian Federation abroad.

A foreign passport is also required when applying for a visa and crossing the Russian state border (when traveling to the vast majority of foreign countries).

Currently, a Russian citizen can receive (at his choice) both a new and old-style international passport.

New sample international passport: validity period - 10 years, number of pages - 46, no provision for entering information about children, state duty for issuing a passport for adults - 5,000 rubles, for children under 14 years old - 2,500 rubles.

Old-style international passport: validity period - 5 years, number of pages - 36, information about children under 14 years of age can be entered into the passport, state duty for issuing a passport for adults - 2000 rubles, for children under 14 years old - 1000 rubles.

The divisions of the Main Directorate for Migration Issues of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (formerly the Federal Migration Service of Russia) have the right to issue and issue foreign passports; applications and other necessary documents can be submitted directly to these divisions or through the State Services Portal.

Assistance in obtaining a foreign passport

Free consultations conducted by specialists fully comply with the requirements of current federal laws, decrees of the Government of the Russian Federation and new regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

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Which passport is better: old or new?

The advantages and disadvantages of two types of foreign passports are considered in relation to specific situations.

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List of documents for obtaining a new international passport

A current list of documents for a new type of international passport for adults and children, as well as the requirements for them.

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Documents for obtaining an old-style international passport

List of documents required to obtain an old-style foreign passport. Documents that will be required additionally in case of urgent issuance of a passport.

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Documents for obtaining an old-style international passport for a child

Documents required for obtaining a foreign passport for children under 14 years of age and minors aged 14-18 years. What is needed for urgent issuance of a passport.

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How to correctly fill out an application for a new international passport

Step-by-step guide to filling out an application for a foreign passport. The article is accompanied by current forms and samples of how to fill them out in pdf format.

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How to fill out work history in an application for a foreign passport

Filling out this item most often causes difficulties, so we consider it separately. As an example, both paper and electronic versions of the application are used.

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Sample of filling out an application for a passport for a child

Detailed instructions for filling out an application for a foreign passport for a minor. The form and sample in pdf format can be downloaded for free and without registration

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How to get a new international passport via the Internet

Step-by-step instructions for filling out an application on the State Services portal and much other useful information.

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How to urgently apply for and receive a passport

How to quickly obtain a foreign passport if you need to urgently travel outside the Russian Federation.

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International passport for a child via the Internet (government services)

Submitting an application through the State Services portal will help avoid many of the inconveniences associated with obtaining a child’s passport.

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How to pay the state fee for a foreign passport

The amount of state duty for a new and old passport. Where can I find payment details? Free service for filling out receipts online (for all regions of Russia).

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Ban on traveling abroad for debt

Important changes in the legislation on the ban on traveling abroad for debt. Checking the availability of debt through the SSP website and the State Services portal.

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Refusal to issue a foreign passport for debts and other reasons

Options for action in case your documents for a foreign passport are not accepted, or everything is correctly completed and accepted by an official, but a foreign passport is not issued.

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Delay in issuing passport

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How to register a child’s departure outside the Russian Federation - part 1

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How to register a child’s departure outside the Russian Federation - part 2

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What is a Schengen visa and how to get it

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Description of main points

A 10-point form is filled out on the State Services portal: data from the recommended package of documents is entered . How to fill out these items in the application?

Personal information must be indicated: full name, date of birth, gender, email, telephone.
Passport details.
It should be noted the type of application: at the place of residence, stay or actual residence.
When applying at the place of stay or actual residence, it is required to indicate the current registration at the place of residence.
Failure to report is considered the provision of knowingly false information; the application will not be considered and the application can be submitted again only after a month.
If the last name, first name or patronymic has ever changed, the data before the changes, the date and place of registration of the act, are entered.
If you have a valid passport, its details.
Information about the applicant’s activities over the past 10 years is entered:
- Job;
military service;
other.

If the applicant has not worked for more than 1 month, you must write “Did not work” in the “Your position/status/title” field, and indicate the address of your permanent place of residence during the specified period in the “Address” field.

If a citizen had access to information of special importance or secret information, he must indicate the name of the organization without abbreviations, its organizational and legal form, as well as the year.
The presence of contractual obligations that prevent travel abroad.
In this paragraph, at the request of the applicant, the data of children under 14 years of age is entered: last name, first name, patronymic, date of birth, gender, country of birth, place of birth.
The system will prompt the citizen to select a unit to submit documents (the list of units is determined based on the address specified in paragraph 3. It is possible to enter the unit independently). Filling out the form is not difficult, since each step is accompanied by system prompts.

New generation biometric passport

The undoubted advantage of the new passport over the old one is its maximum security against counterfeiting and comprehensive information about the owner.

So, on the first page, which, unlike the old passport, is not paper, but is made of special plastic, there is a contactless RFID microcircuit (chip), which contains the following information about its owner:

Last name, first name and patronymic
Digital photography,
Date of birth and gender.

Also, the chip contains information about the foreign passport number, the date of issue and the expiration date of the document. On the cover of a new type of foreign passport there is a note that this document stores a database of biometric data about the owner.

* New generation foreign passport (foreign passport)

— The main advantage of a biometric passport is that employees of passport and visa services of various countries treat them more confidentially. Therefore, check-in at airports that have such equipment (in all developed countries) is much faster. And in some countries there are even “special checkpoints” that allow you to independently register passengers.

In addition, when applying for a visa to any country, visa services treat biometric passports more loyally and carry out all the necessary procedures faster.

Differences of the new generation passport:

Will I need to collect papers in non-electronic form?

If a positive decision is made on the registration and issuance of a foreign passport, the applicant receives in his personal account on the State Services portal a notification about the decision and about the migration department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, where he must personally contact within 15 days to submit the original documents.

If you fail to appear within the established period, the procedure for obtaining a foreign passport is suspended . If within the next six months the applicant does not submit documents to the migration department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the registration process is terminated.

Of the three possible methods, issuing an old-style international passport through the State Services portal is the most convenient. Visits to government agencies are reduced to a minimum: you will need to bring the original documents to the migration department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and visit it again on the appointed date to receive the completed document.

An old-style international passport can be obtained not only through State Services, but also through the MFC. Find out:

How to obtain an old-style international passport?
How to fill out an application for an old-style international passport?
About the production time for an old-style international passport.

Features of a foreign biometric passport

In Russia, foreign passports are issued not only of the old, but also of the new type. Biometric. They are issued for ten years. Contains about forty-six pages. To obtain a biometric passport, you will have to pay several thousand rubles in state fees.

It will not be possible to include children in such a document. They will have to apply for a biometric passport separately. Fortunately, this is available even for minor children.

If you use a traditional passport without biometrics, it will be valid for only five years. It will contain thirty-six pages. The state fee is two times less than when issuing a foreign passport.

To apply for a passport, you need to go to the State Services portal. Then fill out a specialized application and go to the nearest migration department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. All required documents must be submitted there. You can also submit an application at the Multifunctional Services Center.

The time it takes for a foreign passport to be ready may vary. If you are applying for it at your place of registration, the document will be completed in one month. If at the place of actual residence (which differs from the place of registration), then four months. It is better to check more precise deadlines at the place where you are submitting documents.