Does a child need a separate passport?

With the birth of a baby, parents expect a lot of troubles. They will be caused both by issues of the child’s health and his future life, and by the need to carry out many legal procedures. There are quite a lot of them: obtaining a birth certificate, and much more.

One of these simple but important procedures is
putting a note about the child in the parents’ passports.
This procedure is very unique, and in our article we will tell you why it is needed, whether it is needed at all and how to carry it out.

Do I even need to include my child in my passport? Many parents ask themselves this question, and it is quite logical - nothing will happen to you if you don’t have a child’s record in your passport.

However, absolutely every employee of the government service that has at least some relation to children or their parents will recommend that you enter the child into your passport as soon as possible. And there are reasons for this:

• A stamp and a note in the passport about the presence of children are required to be presented in case of applying for benefits for children
  or to confirm the fact of a large family;
• To apply for a visa for a child or to travel with him, you will also need a note in the Russian passport
  - without it, documents for an adult will not be issued;
• A stamp in the passport stating that the child is really yours may be asked for when enrolling in a school or kindergarten;
• You will need to register your child in many other cases that require confirmation that you have children. For example, when taking out a mortgage or receiving certain workplace benefits.

Thus, by following this simple procedure, you will receive a universal mark that you really have children

. Therefore, even if you do not feel an urgent need to include your child in your passport, it is still worth doing this for the future.

Please note that a child can only be included in a passport if he is under 14 years of age.

Immediately after he receives his passport, it will no longer be possible to add it to his parents’ passport. Also, marks about children are not transferred when it is replaced - they will have to be set again.

Where is the child entered in the passport?

Most parents are accustomed to the fact that they can enter their child into their passport at the registry office that issued the birth certificate. However, this procedure was abolished quite a long time ago,

and it became possible to enter a child into a passport only at the Federal Migration Service, but even then not for long - from April 5, 2016, by decree of the President,
the FMS was completely abolished.
Now its tasks have been completely transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (GUVM MVD, or just UVM).
Thus, you can enter a child into your passport only at the Department of Internal Affairs at the place of registration of one of the parents - in other places you will simply be denied this.

What documents are needed to include a child in a passport?

So, we have decided who has the right to include the child in the passport. Now let's look at the package of documents. It is very short - in order to enroll your children in your passport, you only need three documents:

• Passport of the parent registering the child;
• Passport of the second parent;

Please note that you are not required to have a marriage certificate or any other documents confirming the relationship between parents or paternity/maternity. In this case, original parents' passports and birth certificates are required - copies are not accepted.

Where is it possible to include children in passports?

To indicate the necessary information in personal documentation, citizens will need to contact employees of government bodies authorized for these purposes.

GUVM MIA

Until 2007, parents had the right to appeal to the territorial departments of internal affairs at their place of residence and to submit documents for making marks. But at present, the Main Directorate for Migration Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs does not have such powers, as do the civil registry offices. To complete this procedure, you should contact the Federal Migration Service.

MFC

The legislation requires the personal presence of applicants when submitting documentation to the Federal Migration Service, but with the emergence of multifunctional centers, documents can be transmitted remotely. The procedure includes several stages:

• first, applicants need to collect the relevant certificates;
• Next, you should take a coupon and make an appointment;
• then hand over the prepared documentation to employees;
• After the specified periods of time, it is necessary to pick up passports with the newly entered information.

Contacting the employees of multifunctional centers does not take much time. Typically, it takes 15 to 20 minutes to submit your documentation. State fees are not paid when making notes about children in passports.

Department of the Federal Migration Service

Parents who do not want to spend time visiting the MFC have the opportunity to personally visit the migration service and hand over their passports for stamping. This procedure is simple:

• it is necessary to prepare documents;
• hand them over to employees;
• wait for the relevant information to be entered.

It is not necessary to complete separate applications, as only a minimum package of documentation is required. But if guardians apply, they must confirm their own authority using separate documents. This rule also applies to representatives - they require powers of attorney that are notarized.

The legislation does not allow the Federal Migration Service to confiscate civil passports for a long time to carry out this procedure. Typically, stamps are affixed within 1 business day or applicants are denied the procedure.

Information about whether citizens have young children will be received by all government agencies that have access to this service. But in practice, it is possible to enter information into documents only through personal visits to the relevant government bodies.

How is a child registered?

It's very easy to do. The procedure takes place in three steps:

1. Contact the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the place of registration;
2. Provide documents;
3. Get stamps in your passports.

In addition, the procedure does not have to be carried out by parents personally - absolutely anyone can stamp their passport. However, for this he will need to have a power of attorney from one of the parents, certified by a notary.

Attention

Please note that the service is provided free of charge

regardless of who exactly draws it up and whether he provides a complete package of documents or not.

In addition, when registering, the child also receives a mark. In this case, it is set on the basis of an oral statement from the parents or

in accordance with the stamp on the child’s birth certificate. Citizenship can only be refused in two cases - when the parents do not have documents or when the child is prohibited from obtaining citizenship due to special circumstances.

How to include a child in a passport if you do not have all the necessary documents on hand?

In general, the registration issue is quite simple and does not cause problems. The only problem that may stand in your way is how to enter a child into a passport without having all the necessary documents in hand? After all, sometimes the applicant may simply not have a passport, or the spouse’s documents will be unavailable.

First, let's consider a simple situation - the passport is lost by one of the parents.

The only thing that will help with this is without which there will simply be nowhere to put this signature, and it will be inappropriate to be circumcised at the Federal Migration Service twice.

A much more difficult situation would be the death of a spouse. In this case, you will have to provide a whole package of documents, which will depend on certain circumstances. So, if the spouse really died, then in order to add children to the passport , his death certificate will be required.

If the spouse is listed as missing, then in order to add children to the passport,
a written statement stating that the spouse has disappeared will be required.
It will need to be accompanied by a court decision recording the assignment of missing person status to the spouse.
Well, the last option is to declare the missing spouse dead through the court.
In this case, the death certificate will be replaced by a court decision.

And the last thing worth mentioning is the note about children in the passport for a single mother.

For such women, the mark will become simply necessary, because it is on its basis that most of the benefits are provided.
In order for a single mother to receive a note in her passport, she will need to provide a birth certificate.
In this case, it will not matter whether the “father” field is empty or whether there is a note “recorded from the words of the mother.”

Helpful advice!

Separately, it is worth considering another rare and very specific case - the spouse is hiding along with the documents. There is no standard solution for this situation, so do not hesitate to ask the UVM office for advice.

The State Services portal has become very popular among our compatriots; millions of citizens have already solved their problems with its help. How can you use it to enter a child into a Russian passport? This issue worries not only parents, but also adoptive parents; it should be considered in more detail.

Regulatory requirements

It was easier for our parents; simultaneously with the issuance of a birth certificate at the registry office, data about the child was entered into the passport. Today this provision does not apply, it is difficult to explain why. Now a birth certificate is issued by one government agency, and another is entered into the passport. As a result, there is at least a double loss of time. Should we hope that the public services portal will speed up the procedure and save parents from visiting various organizations?

Algorithm of actions

After the birth of a child, the registry office issues a birth certificate. This document is the most important for children until they reach adulthood. Based on the certificate, it is subsequently issued to the Russian Federation.

Further actions of parents are regulated by Order of the Federal Migration Service No. 64, date of publication of the document is 03/19/2008. One or both parents should come to the local FMS office to submit an application. You can apply at the place of residence of the parents, the place where he was born or at the place of his actual location. There are situations when the official place of residence of parents is absent for some reason. In these cases, the application can be submitted at the location.

Why is information about the child included in the passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation?

Important! Please keep in mind that:

• Each case is unique and individual.
• A thorough study of the issue does not always guarantee a positive outcome. It depends on many factors.

To get the most detailed advice on your issue, you just need to choose any of the options offered:

• Use the online chat in the lower corner of the screen.
• Call: Federal number: +7 (800) 511-86-74

The need to include information about children in a passport raises a number of questions. Some citizens refuse to carry out the procedure and do not encounter any difficulties. However, usually a number of problems still arise:

• unable to take part in the state program;
• it is not possible to enter the child’s information into the international passport;
• Difficulties arise when confirming a relationship with a minor if for some reason a birth certificate is missing.

Important! Failure to comply with the rules will not result in a fine. However, a person risks encountering problems. Therefore, experts recommend contacting the authorized body in a timely manner to make an entry.

What marks are made in the Russian passport

It should be remembered that it is strictly prohibited to independently make any entries in the Russian Federation passport; such actions carry administrative liability in the form of fines. Forgery of documents entails criminal liability. Do not pay attention to the information that you can make records about your child yourself. This entry is not taken into account by government agencies.

What information should be in a general passport?

The current passport regulations for citizens of the Russian Federation require a mandatory mark on minor children (under 14 years of age). But the absence of such a record does not entail legal liability. Problems may arise during the registration of maternity capital. placement on a preferential housing queue, etc.

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Why are marks needed in passports about children?

As a rule, parents make such applications in order for the documents to contain notes about the citizenship of their children. In accordance with the law, information about the citizenship of minors, in addition to their parents’ passports, may be provided on their birth certificates. Passports of citizens of the Russian Federation can only contain information about children under 14 years of age.

The place provided for stamps with information about minor children of passport holders is determined in paragraph 90.4 of the Administrative Regulations. This is page No. 17 in civil passports. Stamps are placed in the upper left corners of the pages. The information includes the gender of minors, last names, first names, patronymics, dates of birth, etc.

How does a child fit into a civil passport?

The procedure is simplified as much as possible; no packages of documents or applications are required. In addition, there is no need to be personally present; you can trust legal representatives to visit the FMS. According to the order, the recording is made based on an oral request.

When visiting the institution you must have with you:

• passports of the child’s mother and father; if the father is absent, then the mother’s passport is sufficient;
• birth certificate of the enrolled child.

As practice shows, some FMS employees exceed their authority and violate the requirements of higher-level organizations. In particular, they require photocopies of documents. If you wish, you can assert your rights, but it is much easier to make such copies and provide them to the institution. Even if you are lucky and such copies are not required, they will be useful in the future when preparing other documents.

The registration process consists of several stages.

Visit to the registry office.

You need to visit the territorial department, take with you a certificate from the maternity hospital and the passport of the woman in labor.

Practical advice. Carefully check the accuracy of all entries made on the birth certificate. The slightest inaccuracy or mistake can cause big troubles in the future. Most often, registry office employees make mistakes in spelling the surname and first name of a newborn, especially if the parents have them that are unusual for Russians. A change in one letter can be detected after decades, and it is very difficult to make the necessary clarifications later. In some cases, you have to go to court; this is not only time-consuming, but also expensive. And if corrections need to be made urgently, then you can’t even hope for a positive result.

You should take one or two parents' passports and the child's birth certificate. The number of passports depends on the individual family situation. An entry in the passport is made on the basis of an oral request to the responsible employee. It should be remembered that the child receives citizenship automatically. The basis for the occurrence of the case is that both or one parent is such.

The whole procedure takes only a few minutes; an entry is made on the appropriate page and sealed with the official seal and signature of an employee of the institution.

Actions by a FMS employee are regulated by order. The official will check the availability of documents and their correctness. If there are no comments, information about the child is recorded in the civil passport. A record of citizenship is made on the birth certificate.

Children are entered on page 17 of the document, indicating their gender, last name, first name and patronymic, date of birth and date of acquisition of citizenship. A special stamp on the birth certificate is placed in the left corner of the document. The note must indicate the date and name of the government agency that carried out this legal action.

Important. Some regions of the Russian Federation have two official languages. In this case, the entry in the second language is made separately on a sheet of A5 paper. The document separately states the number and date of issue of the birth certificate. As in all cases, the entry must have a date, the employee’s signature and a red official seal.

Should children be included in passports?

In accordance with domestic laws, information about young children is not required to be included in parents’ passports. This is only a right, but not an obligation, of mothers and fathers. But no one can prohibit them from performing this procedure.

This procedure has its advantages. These include the following:

• evidence of citizenship of minors for the purpose of processing social benefits;
• use of a simplified procedure for checking information about children when making expenses using maternity capital;
• entering information into international passports (in cases where the relevant information is not available in civil passports, this service may be refused).

Many citizens do not want to indicate such information in personal documentation in order to conceal it when applying for loans. For banks, the presence of minor children may be a decisive reason for refusal.

If parents have old-style foreign passports, then it is also possible to put stamps there indicating the presence of children. But in cases where new biometric documents have been issued, this should not be done. Such a procedure is not provided for in regulations. In addition, biometrics can be issued for minor children.

Why include children in the Russian passport?

Despite the requirements of the regulations, not everyone enrolls their children. There are two reasons for this behavior: the lack of any responsibility for violating the provisions and the parents’ lack of understanding of the importance of these records. Young mothers are especially careful about this action. Why are some of our fellow citizens in no hurry to enroll their children?

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What are the arguments for including a child in a passport?

1. Restoring a birth certificate in case of its loss is greatly simplified.
   Such cases are not uncommon; the loss of time for entry is much less than the loss of time for restoring the certificate. Especially if the current place of residence is located very far from the place of birth of the child.
2. If necessary, the child can confirm his nationality.
   A passport entry in is a sufficient fact for issuing the following documents to citizens of the Russian Federation.
3. The process of obtaining maternity capital is simplified.
   Most government agencies do not require additional documents and issue permission based on the mark in the passport.
4. It makes it easier to register your child for kindergarten.
   To calculate the required financial compensation, a photocopy of the page on which the child is registered is sufficient.
5. When registering, information about children may be required.
   FMS employees can copy them from the passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation. If such records are missing, then the foreign applicant will have to waste time collecting documents confirming family composition.

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We have already mentioned that you cannot enter it yourself; this is considered deliberate damage to a government document with all the negative consequences. There is no state fee for the provision of services. When a passport is replaced or has become unusable, the records must be restored.

What is needed to include children in passports?

When contacting migration service employees, fathers and mothers must confirm their own parental rights. In this regard, to include children in parental passports, the following documents will be required:

• passports of parents who wish to include information about the presence of children in them;
• birth documents of children;
• certificates of marriage between parents;
• divorce certificates (if families have broken up);
• extracts from house books that confirm the registration of minor children at specific addresses.

Additional certificates will be required from representatives and guardians.

Failure Cases

The specific place where the applicant is registered or lives cannot be considered a valid reason for refusing to include children in the Russian passport. Some, not entirely literate, FMS employees refuse the application on the grounds that the child does not have citizenship. It should be explained to such inexperienced representatives that citizenship is given to children automatically immediately after birth and no additional paperwork is needed.

There are only two good reasons for refusal: there is no birth certificate or the parents are foreigners.

If the refusal is based on the fact that only one parent has a passport, then such actions by employees are also illegal. It must be remembered that an entry can only be made to one parent. The second option is filing an application with the court. The optimal method of dealing with unqualified FMS employees is to find it on the Internet, print out FMS Order No. 64 and draw their attention to clause 21.3 of this regulatory act. And they are obliged to strictly comply with the decisions of higher organizations.

Rules for registering a child by one parent

Such cases are not uncommon. If the second one is missing or is in an unknown place, then the applicant will have to prepare additional documents.

Important. Remember that it is impossible to change a child’s middle name; this requires the consent of the other parent.

When replacing a passport upon reaching 45 years of age, information about minors is not restored if they are over 14 years old.

Conclusion

To register children in a general passport, you will have to visit the local FMS office in person. On the State Services portal, you can only register to include a child in a foreign passport, and not in an ordinary one.

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This can only be done remotely in developed countries. For example, in Estonia, 99% of services are provided electronically, more than 90% of citizens have an ID card that proves their identity and has an electronic signature. Since the end of 1990, all schools in the country have had access to the Internet, and programming is required to be taught in classes. And for pensioners, the state has organized free training courses and gives them significant subsidies for the purchase of personal computers. The government services portal allows you not only to enter a child into a passport, but also to register his birth, obtain a license, pay taxes, open a company, take part in elections, etc.

Who can enroll a child

The regulations allow a minor offspring to be included in the passport document of either parent. An important point to note is that who the child lives with does not matter. Until what age is information about children entered into a passport? At the age of 14, a child receives his own passport document, and upon reaching this age, information about him is included in the main document of a citizen of the Russian Federation of his parents. The last day on which you can still put a mark is the teenager’s birthday, on which he turns 14. According to the law, a person becomes of a certain age (in our case, fourteen years old) on the day following his birthday.

Another question of interest to mothers and fathers concerns where children are included in their parents’ passports. Such powers are vested in the Department of Internal Affairs of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. More details about the procedure for making an entry a little later, but for now a few words about when the introduction of a digital identity card will begin in the Russian Federation.

Electronic passport document

In March 2021, the Russian Federation will begin issuing an electronic passport for a citizen of the Russian Federation. This type of ID is a plastic card on which all information is digitally encrypted, including information about the representatives and guardians of a child under 14 years of age. The electronic ID can also be used as a means of payment. The validity period of such a passport is 10 years.

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