Adding children to parents' passports

Everyone is well aware that the law of the Russian Federation obliges its citizens, starting from the age of 14, to obtain a general passport. This document is essentially the main identification document of its owner. We all know very well what this document looks like, but not all of us looked beyond the second spread, and it was completely in vain. It would be quite useful to know which pages of the passport are at our disposal and what they are intended for.

Basic information in the passport

To begin with, we note that the document we are interested in is produced according to a single standard and has absolutely the same appearance in all regions of the Russian Federation. All information contained in it relates mainly to the identity of the Russian citizen to whom it belongs, which fully corresponds to the function of an identity card.

It is best to begin the description of the Russian passport with information about the individual:

1. Surname.
2. Citizen's name.
3. Surname.
4. Gender (sex).
5. Place where the passport holder was born.
6. Date when the owner of the passport was born.

In addition to personal data, the main document of a Russian citizen contains special marks:

1. Registration at the place of residence and removal from it.
2. Military duties (for persons who have reached the age of majority).
3. Conclusion of a marriage and its dissolution.
4. Presence of children whose age does not exceed 14 years.
5. About previously issued documents that can confirm identity within the Russian Federation.
6. About documents that perform this function abroad.

At the personal request of the owner, the document may indicate his blood type and Rh factor, as well as his tax identification number.

It is important to remember that it is not allowed to make entries on the identity card that are not provided for by the Regulations on the Russian Passport: if there are such notes, the document will be considered invalid.

The validity period of the passport is strictly limited:

• 14-20 years old;
• 20-45 years.

A document received at age 45 becomes indefinite.

Why children are not included in the passport: reasons for refusal

In most applications, entering information into the passport does not cause any difficulties. But there are situations in which the migration service refuses:

• parent is not a citizen of the Russian Federation;

• an incomplete list of documents is provided;

• the child is 14 years old: he receives a passport independently;

• documents provided by parents are invalid.

IMPORTANT: the illegality of the refusal can be appealed to the higher authorities of the migration service.

What is a passport form?

What a Russian general passport looks like is regulated by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of 07/08/1997 No. 828. Later, however, some changes were made to the decree. Today, the certificate has a unified form, and information is entered into it exclusively in Russian.

The size of the Russian Federation passport is 88 by 125 cm, and the number of pages is 20. All of them are stitched along the entire fold line with a thread of two colors, equipped with a dotted backlight, which appears when viewing the document in UF radiation. In addition, 14 of the available pages contain ornamental numbering, which is duplicated in the center of the sheet in the background grid.

Serial number

Each passport has an individual serial number. It includes three groups of numbers. Of these, the first two (4 digits in total) are the series of the form. The third set of digital characters (6 digits) is its number.

The numbering in the document is applied using a special letterpress method at the top of the page under numbers 2 and 3, and since 2007 also using laser perforation at the bottom on pages 5-20. At the same time, you can see the numbers on each even sheet thanks to end-to-end burning in a mirror image.

We recommend that you understand more precisely what information this set of numbers contains, and why the series and passport number are needed.

Cover

The appearance of the document is also of interest. The outside of the passport is covered with dark red material. At the top of the cover there is the inscription “Russian Federation” in two lines.

In the very center you can see the golden embossed coat of arms of the Russian Federation (without a shield). Beneath it, in the same golden letters, is the word “passport.” If you open the cover, on the back you will find a photograph of the Moscow Kremlin with a typographic “rosette” design underneath it.

Purpose of passport pages

The main Russian document for internal use has a strictly established scope, and this is not at all accidental. All pages of the passport have their own purpose.

Pages 1, 2, 3 and 20

When you open the document, you will immediately see an image at the top - Russian heraldry (coat of arms) in color. Below it, in the center of the sheet, decorated with ornaments, in three lines are the words “Passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation.” Below them you will see a typographic “rosette”. Thus, we can say that the first page of the passport is the title page, containing only the title of the document.

On the next page, number 2, there is information:

• inscription “Russian Federation”;
• Below it on the left side is the phrase “Passport issued.”

After this comes the following information:

• the date the document was issued;
• code of the issuing unit;
• personal code (not currently used);
• signature.

At the bottom in the left corner there is a subscript for the signature of the head of the migration service department where the identity card was issued. Here you will also find a place for printing, marked with the letters M.P. The text on this spread is parallel to the fold line, and the line spacing is 6.5 mm.

Next comes the main page of the passport, which contains information directly about the owner of the document. It consists of two sections: the upper part is a 35 by 45 mm photo on the right and personal data (full name, date and place of birth, gender), the lower part is an area for records that are read by special equipment. In passports that were issued before 2011, this zone was not filled in. The location for the photograph is marked with corners.

To protect personal information, the home page is laminated with a film onto which a hologram is applied. If you look closely, you will see a 16-pointed star, in which the letters RF are inscribed, and a coat of arms with the word “Russia” written in the form of an arc.

In each column, between the rows, you will also see the inscriptions RUSSIA and “Russia”. You will also find an element with the letters RF in the right corner of the page at the very top. If you change the angle of viewing this circular symbol, you can see how it changes color, ranging from purple to green. Thus, pages 2 and 3 of the passport are the most important spread in the entire document.

As for page number 20, it contains information about the document itself, the so-called extract from the relevant Regulations on the Russian passport. It talks about what this document is, when it is subject to replacement and what rights and obligations its owner has.

Registration

No entries are made on page 4 of the Russian ID. But page 5 of the passport is already intended for marking registration at the place of residence of citizens. A total of 8 blank pages are provided for registration data. The symbol for these purposes is the heading “Place of Residence”.

All free space up to the 12th page can be used for registration stamps. Until 2004, photos of children under 14 years old were posted on page 12, which allowed them to travel to the Kaliningrad region without a personal passport.

Special marks

Since the identity card contains basic information about its owner, we must not forget about the special marks that must be indicated in the document. These include information about military duties.

In the passport, this data is indicated on page 13 under the heading “Military duty.” Usually this stamp is given to men who have reached the age of 18. The stamp indicates the date when it was placed in the document and the signature of the responsible person.

Marital status information

The next spread of the document is intended to mark the marriage and its dissolution, if this fact took place. The pages of the passport about marital status are numbered 14 and 15. It is quite difficult to confuse them with others, since the heading at the very top of this spread tells us this.

It is worth recalling that the passport must reflect all changes in marital status that occurred in the citizen’s life. This is especially important to consider when complying with all sorts of formalities related to other documents.

Children

Information about children is entered on a spread, which consists of pages 16 and 17. The entry in this section is made parallel to the fold. Thus, the passport in its expanded form in this part is a completely systematized source of information. At the top of page 17, in the central part, the heading “Children” is indicated. The table begins here and goes to page 16.

The table contains 18 rows and 4 columns:

• gender of the child
• FULL NAME,
• date of birth of the child,
• personal code.

The last column is currently not filled in. Sometimes a red round seal of the Main Directorate of Migration Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is placed on it, which confirms the Russian citizenship of the minor citizen. The spacing between lines is 6.6 mm.

Blood type and tax identification number

The next page - page 18 of the passport - is intended for the following marks:

• blood type of the document owner,
• Rh factor,
• an identification number.

This information can also be considered personal, and therefore mandatory for inclusion in the passport.

Foreign and previously issued internal passports

No less important is information about what personal documents were issued to this citizen previously. Moreover, in this case we are talking about internal passports as well. The data is entered into a special stamp, which is placed by the migration service on page 19: the series and number of the document, the date of its issue are indicated.

Exactly the same algorithm is used to enter information about foreign passports. This information also facilitates many important procedures and formalities.

What is the length of the fields in the passport?

A description of a document will not be complete without information about how many numbers, for example, its series contains or how exactly the date of birth is recorded. For convenience, we present all this data in the table:

PropsValue Mandatory or not What symbols can be used

Series	4 characters	Yes	Numbers and space
Number	6 characters	Yes	Only numbers
Date it was issued	10 characters	Yes	Numbers and period [dd.mm.yyyy]
Where was it issued?	—	No	Letters only
Authorized body	—	Yes	Letters
Department code	7	Yes	123456789
Citizen's last name	—	Yes	Letters
Name	—	Yes	Letters
Surname	—	Yes or no	Letters
Date of Birth	10	Yes	Numbers and dots [dd.mm.yyyy]
Country and region where you were born	—	Yes	Letters
City of birth	—	Yes	Letters
Place of birth	—	No	Letters
Registration	—	Yes	—
Date of registration	10	Yes	Numbers and dots [dd.mm.yyyy]
Region where registered	—	Yes	—
City/district where registered	—	Yes	Letters
Place of registration	—	No	Letters
Street	—	No	Letters
House	—	No	Numbers and letters
Structure/building	—	No	Numbers and letters
Apartment	—	No	Only numbers
Registration authority	—	Yes	Letters

Print text

All entries in the passport are typewritten in Russian. The presence of marks in a document (other than those provided for by the rules) made by hand makes it invalid.

Since 2011, a machine readable entry has been made on the third page of the document. It encrypts basic information about the owner of the document. On pages 2 and 3, the number and series of the certificate are printed with printing ink. For all remaining spreads starting from 2008, they are stamped using laser perforation.

Photo

As mentioned above, space for a photograph of the owner of the document is allocated on the third page. It should be remembered that the image must be of a strictly defined size and made in accordance with all the rules. Otherwise, the photo will simply not be accepted for work, which may cause a delay in issuing the certificate.

To prevent this detail from becoming an obstacle to your most important document, carefully study the photo requirements for a Russian passport.

In the part of the page where the photograph should be pasted in, there are special markings. Together with all the entered data, the image must be laminated. Considering the validity period of the document, you need to pay special attention to your appearance, since you will have a long period of using the received passport.

If your photo doesn't excite you at all, learn all the ins and outs of replacing your passport photo.

Protection and special characters

The passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation has several degrees of protection. All of them can be divided into several groups:

LocationDescription

Paper	“RF” watermarks (visible if you look at the light);
	Three types of fibers. When viewed with the naked eye, red ones are visible; when viewed with UV radiation, light green and yellow ones are visible.
Pages	When exposed to ultraviolet light, the phrase “Passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation” appears on page 2, on the third – “Russia”, on pages 6,8,9, 12 – “place of residence”
	The title on the title page is made using metallographic printing. You can feel the textured surface by touch.
	All pages of the passport are also equipped with a relief design in the form of a grid.
	All sheets are distinguished by an “iris print” - colors smoothly transition from one shade to another.
	On pages 2 and 3, the lines on which information is entered are filled with microtext
	On page 20, if you look at the dark stripe at an angle of 10-50 degrees, you can see the word “Russia”.
Form	Along the fold line, the document is stitched with two-color thread - red and yellow. In this case, when viewed under ultraviolet light, a yellow illumination can be seen. The distance between firmware steps is 0.5 cm
Laminating film	In the places where it fits, images are applied with a special paint, which transfers to the paper. The so-called perimeter ligature.
Series	Corresponds to the region encoding. In this case, each department of the Main Directorate for Migration and Migration can have its own stamp of numbers.

Features of stamps and seals

When examining your document, you may find that it contains a number of stamps on certain pages. They usually tell us the following information:

• registration;
• family status;
• military duty;
• about traveling to another country that allows border crossing on the basis of an internal passport.

The appearance of stamps may vary. Most often they have the shape of a square or rectangle. They usually have space for you to enter information manually. The prints included in the document are not always of high quality, which is due to the use of outdated equipment.

On the second page of the identity card you can find a round official seal, which is affixed by the authority that issued the document next to the signature of the head of this department of the Main Department of Migration Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Who has the right to mark children

Both parents have the right to record information about their children and their adopted children. If circumstances arise that do not allow them to do this themselves, the father and mother can use the services of their representative. For this purpose, a power of attorney is issued that has legal force. It confirms the rights of the authorized person to carry out this procedure.

When recording heirs in the parents' passport, their place of residence does not matter. Legal actions can be carried out based on the actual location of the newborn. To carry out the act of registration, parents and their representative must contact the local migration service. You can also enter your child into your passport at the MFC.

Making any entries by the owner of the ID is illegal. The information is considered invalid and the document loses its legal force.

Persons who have entered without permission are subject to administrative liability in the form of a warning and a fine of 300 rubles. Damaged documents in this case must be replaced.

Algorithm of actions when obtaining and replacing a civil passport

The Main Department of Migration Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is responsible for issuing personal identification cards for initial and repeated applications. Russians are required to receive their first document at the age of 14. This case is the only one when it is necessary to submit an application only in personal presence at the Migration Office. In all other situations, interaction with this body through intermediaries is allowed - the MFC or the Public Services portal. It is at the age of 14 that a passport becomes the main identification document.

Read in more detail about what rights and responsibilities a Russian passport imposes on Russians.

The basis for replacing the document are:

• the citizen reaches the age of 20;
• reaching the age of 45 years;
• loss, damage or theft of a document;
• replacement of personal information.
• error detection.

The procedure for obtaining a new identity card is extremely simple. To do this, you only need to prepare a few documents:

1. Statement.
2. A copy of your birth certificate.
3. A passport that needs to be replaced (if it is not issued for the first time).
4. Photo.

It should be remembered that only 30 days are allotted for this procedure. Violation of deadlines entails penalties.

Our material will help you avoid misunderstandings with government agencies and comply with all requirements, explaining how a passport is replaced.

Is it possible to send a scan of your passport?

There are many stories where fraudsters, having taken possession of documents, not only take out loans, but also re-register documents for an apartment. Therefore, the answer to the question “ Is it dangerous to send a scanned photocopy of your passport?” "Obvious - definitely dangerous. But even if you did not send your passport anywhere via the Internet, this still does not provide complete protection against fraudulent activities.

Most of us have at some point dealt with banks, getting a job, issuing insurance policies, and so on, and almost always make a photocopy of our passport. Although the contracts indicate that “we undertake not to disclose your personal data anywhere,” it is not difficult to guess that an ordinary employee of the same bank can make several photocopies and then use them for their own selfish purposes.

I will say more, knowing only the data from your passport (without photocopies), “craftsmen” can make a duplicate. The Internet is simply teeming with similar programs (passport scan generators), where only by substituting the data, what comes out, in fact, is a color copy of the passport, which can later be used when registering on different sites. But despite this, I do not recommend tempting fate once again by sending scans of your passport to everyone.

What information does the insert contain?

You can often notice that some Russian passports come with an insert. Considering the fact that all passports are produced according to a single standard, namely, they have the same forms and are filled out in Russian, the question that sounds quite logical is what to do with the autonomous republics that are part of the Russian Federation?

It is for these cases that a special addition is provided, which contains information in the national language of the autonomy and an image of its coat of arms.

The appearance of the liner has a form that is established by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and local executive authorities. This form must be approved by the Heraldic Council, which functions under the Presidential Administration.

Electronic wallets

What are they used for? To cash out and accept payments from victims when carrying out fraudulent schemes.

Approximate order of prices.

• 10-30 rubles for a simple automatically registered QIWI wallet.
• 1000-3000 rubles for a WebMoney account with the “Initial” certificate or a QIWI wallet with the “Maximum” status or a Yandex.Money account with the “Identified” status.
• $120 (14,000 rubles) for a fully verified American PayPal account.

How they go on sale. They are automatically registered on the wrong SIM cards, and the user data is confirmed by fake scans of documents.

Legality. The rules of payment systems prohibit transferring your wallets to third parties. For violation, ban without refund. Depending on the situation, users of such wallets may be punished for fraud or tax evasion.

Electronic passport

Since 2015, the Russian Federation has been implementing a program to replace conventional paper passports with new electronic ID cards. Such a document looks like an ordinary plastic card with an electronic chip embedded in it. It contains all the information that can only be read using special equipment.

The front side of the card contains personal information about the citizen and his photo. But the electronic chip allows you to record information about other documents - driver’s license, SNILS and others. This makes it possible to use the new type of card as a universal ID, which can replace almost the entire set of papers that Russians own.

The mass production of ID passports was planned to begin in January 2017, but, as you know, the start of the project was postponed to March 2018. Nevertheless, you should know how many Russian passport forms are in use: today there are two of them - old and new.

We offer you to understand in more detail what opportunities a plastic ID opens up and how to apply for a new electronic passport.

Passport scans

What are they used for? For registration wherever a scan of your passport is required. For example, in payment systems, online casinos, trading platforms, Forex exchanges. To purchase domains and imitate a real identity in fraudulent transactions.

Approximate price order.

• $1 for a black and white copy of the first page.
• $3 for a color scan with registration.
• $7-$10 for a photo with a passport in hand + scans of other documents.

It's so cheap because one document can be sold an unlimited number of times. In addition, scans of other people’s passports and photos of the owners holding them in their hands are very easy to obtain.

How they go on sale. A search for the word “passport” on vk.com/docs clearly shows that many people themselves post them on the Internet. Regular browsing of social networks, file hosting sites and new images in Google search results gives scammers a good harvest.

There are also various schemes where people are deceived into sending scans of their passports. For example, a “playful girl,” aka ninth-grader Fedor from Ishimbay, writes to a man on a dating site: “Come and visit me right now, but first send me a scan of your passport so that I can trust you” or “You have been hired as a content manager, payment 10 thousand per day, send documents for registration to the state.”

Of course, you can simply draw a scan of your passport. About 10 years ago they made a special program for this, RF SCreater. If you enter the data of a real person into a fake document, it will be checked against the database.

Legality. If the fact of registering a domain/account in an online casino with a fake passport is revealed, the service will block you and other users who used the same scan. If your document is used for fraud and a criminal case is opened, you may have to prove in court that you are not involved in the crime.

In what cases does a passport become invalid?

The most unpleasant thing that can happen to a passport holder is a situation when his document is declared invalid due to illegal acquisition of Russian citizenship. In this case, the violator may not only lose his acquired civil status, but also be deported from Russia.

Other reasons why a personal ID may be delegitimized include:

• The end of the period allotted for the exchange of a document (upon reaching the ages of 20 and 45 years).
• Change of personal data.
• Change in appearance as a result of plastic surgery.
• Damage to the form.
• Errors in information and in their writing.
• Inability to read information.
• The presence of records that are not provided for by the regulations.
• Missing pages.
• Visible mechanical damage.

We recommend that you find out in more detail when a passport is considered invalid.

As for erroneous information, it is most often entered into the document due to the fault of employees of the Main Department of Migration Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is for this reason that immediately after receiving the document, you must carefully study it for errors. If any inaccuracies are found, the passport must be replaced again.

Penalties

If for some reason your passport is no longer valid, it means that you simply don’t have one. This state of affairs falls under Article 19.15 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Violations.

In other words, a Russian citizen who lives without an identity card will face a fine as soon as the 30-day period allotted for replacement expires. Today, the fine is 2-3 thousand rubles, and for residents of Moscow, St. Petersburg and the corresponding regions - 3-5 thousand.

And don’t forget that you have exactly 60 days to pay the fine. If the funds do not reach the treasury during this period, you will face a new sanction for failure to fulfill obligations to the state.

As a penalty, a monetary penalty in the amount of two times the first amount, or community service for 50 hours, or arrest for up to 15 days, can be applied. In a word, it is cheaper and more profitable to comply with the laws.

How to scan a passport?

The concept of “passport scan” (scanned copy, scanned copy) is currently of a conditional nature, because With the development of technology, the scanner is often replaced by a conventional digital camera or a modern phone camera.

Often, for identification on different sites, it is enough just to take a photo of the required document . Before sending scanned copies, I recommend using the tips above.

Use these tips and most importantly, be vigilant, because... We are talking about your personal data. If you have your own ways of protecting copies of documents or just want to share your opinion, I will be glad to see your comments (without registration).

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How to enter a child born abroad into a passport

It is possible to enter data into the Russian passport of a child born abroad only if he is a citizen of our country. To obtain this status, the following conditions must be met:

• both parents are Russian citizens
• one of the parents has Russian citizenship
• a situation where a child may remain stateless

The actions of parents in this situation should consist of several stages.

1. Obtaining from local authorities an official document indicating the fact of birth and obtaining the birth certificate itself. At the same time, documents received abroad have legal force in Russia.
2. Carrying out legalization to certify the authenticity of issued documents. It is allowed to use an apostille.
3. Translation of documents into Russian by an accredited translator or translator of the consular department.
4. Contact the department of the Russian Embassy and submit an application for citizenship.

Within two months, parents will receive a birth certificate for the baby with a stamp confirming citizenship. Before leaving a foreign country, parents are required to clarify whether it is possible for the child to leave the country without one of them.

The final stage of complying with all formalities is arriving at home, where the child is registered in the parents’ passport. When contacting the appropriate authority at your place of residence, make sure that you have collected all the necessary documents.

Further steps for registering a child who arrived from abroad are similar to those for registering a child born in our country.