The social process of population migration never stops - people change their place of residence, change cities or even countries in search of work or family happiness. In order to ensure control and supervision over the movement of citizens of the Russian Federation, as well as foreign citizens and stateless persons within the country, there is a department for migration issues. This is a centralized apparatus, which has its own local divisions in the form of departments. The GUVM of Russia is an executive body that carries out its functions in a designated territory.
Official website of the Main Directorate for Migration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation
Officials of the Main Directorate for Migration Issues have a wide range of powers, which can be combined into the following main areas of activity:
- Registration of citizens;
- Passport control;
- Visa activities;
- Registration of citizenship;
- Control of migration flow;
- Work migration;
- Implementation of state policy in the field of migration;
- Participation in the development of regulations;
- Cooperation with foreign organizations on the problems of suppressing illegal migration;
- Assistance in the voluntary resettlement of former compatriots from the CIS and Baltic countries.
The functions of the GUVM are implemented through scheduled documentary checks, supervisory checks as part of received information about violations, as well as by accepting documents from citizens and legal entities.
This government agency is often called the “Passport Office”
Mobile application of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia
Mobile application
The mobile application of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs is a very useful thing. This application has a lot of advantages:
- emergency contact with police
- the ability to quickly contact the nearest police department and find out its address
- current contact details of your local police officer and the address of the control point
- possibility of submitting applications online
- information about fines
A quick call to the police will be made to the telephone number of the internal affairs department closest to your location. If the number is busy, your call will be automatically forwarded to phone 102. If it is impossible to determine the location or there is no access to the Internet, the application will make a call to a single number 112.
The mobile application can be downloaded on Android and IOS.
Here are the download links:
Mobile application for IOS Mobile application for Android
Powers of the GUVM of Russia
To carry out activities within the framework of these areas, employees of the Main Directorate for Migration Issues are granted the following powers:
- Development of draft federal laws and municipal regulations on issues related to migration;
- Participation in the implementation of state target programs;
- Development of forms for the provision of services;
- Organization of issuance and replacement of passports;
- Determination of citizenship and consideration of applications and documents on citizenship issues;
- Migration registration of foreign citizens and control over compliance with the period of their stay;
- Proceedings in administrative cases within its competence;
- Carrying out fingerprint registration;
- Monitoring compliance with registration rules, including by foreign persons who have a temporary stay permit or residence permit;
- Control over labor migration;
- Making a decision on the cancellation of visas of foreign citizens, their deportation or expulsion;
- Recognition of applicant foreign citizens or stateless persons as refugees or forced migrants;
- Conducting address and reference activities;
- Ensuring interdepartmental electronic interaction.
Secrets of the Russian passport: what the Federal Migration Service department code hides
Does the Federal Migration Service (GUVM RF) code contain valuable information for the passport holder? It can be argued that the digital value does not contain secret information about the identity of the person holding the ID card. However, today there are several reference books with decoding of digital values created by citizens themselves.
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The code consists of 6 digits, three separated by a dash; other characters, including letters, are not allowed. The first three numbers indicate a subject of the Russian Federation: a republic, a region, a region, a city of federal significance - Moscow or St. Petersburg. The remaining three digits indicate the status of the GUVM unit responsible for processing the document.
What documents can be issued at the Main Directorate for Migration of the Russian Federation?
The most popular services of the main department are: issuing and replacing a passport, as well as registration at the place of residence or stay. In the departments of the migration department, you can issue both a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation and a foreign passport.
The issuance and replacement of an internal Russian document is carried out in the following cases:
- The onset of 14 years of age;
- Reaching 20 or 45 years of age;
- Change of surname, name, patronymic; gender; strong change in appearance;
- Damage or loss of passport;
- Correction of previously made mistakes.
You can receive a Russian passport for the first time or replace it in any department of the Main Directorate for Migration Affairs, regardless of your place of residence, within 30 calendar days from the date of the occurrence of a legally significant event.
The General Directorate also issues and replaces international passports due to expiration. You can issue an old-style document at any department of the Main Directorate for Migration. A new format international passport with biometric data is currently being issued in individual territorial divisions, a list of which can be viewed on the official website.
Migration point of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Prionezhsky district
Organization
| Name of institution | Migration point of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Prionezhsky district |
| In what area | |
| In what region | Karelia (republic) |
| When it works | Monday, Wednesday, Friday: from 09:00 to 17:00, break: from 13:00 to 14:00 Tuesday, Thursday: from 09:00 to 20:00, break: from 13:00 to 14:00 Saturday: from 09:00 to 13:00 |
| Phone number | +7 |
| [email protected] | |
| Site | https://guvm.mvd.ru |
| Organization address | Republic of Karelia, Petrozavodsk, Onega flotilla street, 24 |
The procedure for obtaining a temporary identity card for a citizen of the Russian Federation in Petrozavodsk in 2021
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Registration accounting
The service includes several sections:
- Registration at the place of residence by putting a registration mark in the passport or issuing a certificate for minors;
- Issuance of a temporary residence certificate;
- Deregistration at the place of residence or place of stay.
You can submit documents to receive GUVM services through your personal account on the State Services portal, as well as through multifunctional ones.
Citizens are responsible for compliance with registration rules. If you change your permanent place of residence, you must affix a stamp indicating your new address within 7 calendar days. Temporary stay without registration and issuance of a certificate is allowed for 3 months, after which the citizen is required to undergo registration.
Obtaining citizenship
Citizenship is also issued at the migration departments. The reasons for obtaining it are:
- Birth on the territory of the Russian Federation;
- Application from a citizen who has renounced the citizenship of another state, has a residence permit, complies with the laws of the country and has a permanent source of income;
- Participation in the resettlement program.
Registration of citizenship of a newborn is carried out on the basis of an application from the parents and the provision of the original birth certificate. A general and simplified procedure has been developed for foreigners to obtain citizenship. In the second case, restrictions on the minimum period of residence in the Russian Federation are lifted. Simplification of the procedure is allowed if a person speaks and writes Russian well, has close relatives or parents who are citizens of our country.
Registration of temporary residence permit
A temporary residence permit (TRP) secures the right of a foreigner or stateless person to reside in our country until receiving a residence permit. It is issued on a special form, or by putting a mark on an identity document. Persons over 18 years of age living on the territory of the Russian Federation can apply for a permit, and outside its borders the service is available at consulates and diplomatic missions of the Russian Federation. Their legal representatives will act on behalf of minors. The document is issued for a period of 3 years.
Resident card
A residence permit can be issued to foreign citizens and stateless persons who have lived in our country for at least one year on the basis of a temporary residence permit. Moreover, documents to obtain it must be submitted to the Department of Migration Affairs at the authorized place of residence no later than 6 months before the expiration of the temporary residence permit, and if the person participates in the resettlement program, then no later than 2 months.
A residence permit allows you to move freely around the country, including regular exit/entry. It is issued as a separate identity document for a period of 5 years with the possibility of unlimited extension. A residence permit can be granted without a temporary residence permit to the following categories of persons:
- Citizens of Belarus, Turkmenistan and persons moving from the territory of Turkmenistan;
- Highly qualified foreign specialists and members of their families.
After receiving a residence permit, you must submit a notification of your location to the GUVM department every year.
Checking the readiness of a foreign passport
Information about the readiness of a foreign passport is not legally significant. The source of this kind of information is regularly updated databases of territorial authorities.
You can get an answer to your question about the readiness of your international passport either by contacting the department in person or on the Internet.
To check the readiness status of the document on the organization’s website, you will need to indicate the number of an ordinary passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation.
If we are talking about the production of an old-style international passport (which does not have a chip), then you can use a birth certificate (indicate its number) or another document that was presented when filling out the application for an international passport.
Russian Federation citizenship
Checking the readiness of Russian citizenship requires that the citizen indicate on the appropriate page of the website of the Main Directorate for Migration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in specially designated columns:
- required region;
- your date of birth;
- document number that was presented when filling out the application.
Then all you have to do is click “Send request” and wait for the result.
Residence permit
You can find out about the readiness status of a residence permit in the same way as about citizenship. The only difference is that you need to visit another section of the same information resource.
Temporary residence permits
An application for a TRP (temporary residence permit) can be considered from 2 months to six months.
For this reason, you can begin independently checking the readiness of the document no earlier than 5 months later (from the moment all necessary documentation is provided).
If you address this issue personally to the Main Department of Migration Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, you should take with you the form that was provided when submitting documents. It contains all the information necessary to carry out the procedure.
You can also contact the organization’s branch by phone, or visit the online service and make an online request.
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Receipts for payment of state fees
The production and provision of receipts for payment of state fees is also among the services available from the Main Directorate for Migration Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
You can pay for such a receipt through the official website of the institution. The detailed procedure is indicated in the special section of the resource “Receiving and paying state fees.”
Online appointment booking
To make an appointment with the right specialist using the online service, you just need to follow a number of simple steps:
- open the main page of the site https://guvm.mvd.ru;
- click on the “Online appointment booking” tab;
- indicate the territorial authority;
- indicate the type of service required;
- select the desired type of operation.
As a result, a list of suitable addresses and telephone numbers will appear on the screen, as well as a column indicating the specialist’s working hours. The registration is made after specifying contact and passport details (the operation is free of charge).
If you are more than 10 minutes late for the appointed time, the reservation is canceled. If the employees themselves are delayed, they are still obliged to accept the registered citizen within the next half hour.
Video: Making an appointment
Verification of invalid old-style foreign passports valid for 5 years
Online verification is applicable only to old-style international passports that do not have electronic media.
On the organization’s website you will need to look in the “Services” section, where (at the end of the list) the required item is indicated.
Once you open it, you just need to indicate the series and document number, as well as enter the verification code. After sending the request, all the necessary information will be displayed on the screen, including whether the passport is invalid or has expired.
The inscription “Nothing found” indicates that there is no cause for concern.
When contacting the GUVM in person, information can only be obtained in the general manner and only 30 days after submitting the application.
Refugee ID
Employees of the Main Directorate for Migration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation carry out identification and consider applications for recognition of a foreign citizen or stateless person as a refugee, based on the results of which a certificate of confirmation of status is issued. It recognizes the right to reside in the territory of the Russian Federation, but is not the basis for obtaining citizenship. The document is issued for a period of 3 years with the possibility of extension for one year.
The migration service that issued the permit has the right to cancel it if the refugee makes unauthorized corrections or changes to the photograph. If a document is lost, a citizen has the right to contact the migration department at the place of residence with a request for its restoration.
Powers and responsibilities of the Main Directorate for Migration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia
Ensuring regulatory and legal control in the migration sphere, employees carry out a number of actions. The list is quite large and each item has its own rules and exceptions. The tasks of the Department include:
- proceedings related to citizenship and its acquisition;
- issuance and registration of passports and other identity documents;
- entering information about subjects of citizenship of the Russian Federation and other countries into a closed database;
- control of migration activities;
- control of citizens within the country;
- control of constituent entities of the Russian Federation and other powers when crossing state borders;
- issuance and processing of papers to persons without citizenship, as well as foreigners, including temporary residence permits and residence permits;
- control of external and internal labor migration.
In addition to these main tasks, GUVM employees carry out Federal supervision of migration, including visa and visa-free entry and exit into the country. Employees also work together to develop common rules that will be followed by both parties. The second party to the agreement is meant to be another country whose borders citizens of the Russian Federation can cross, and we are also talking about the rules for foreign citizens staying on Russian territory.
Official website of the GUVM.MVD. The Russian Federation suggests familiarizing yourself with the main provisions in more detail on the specific issue of interest to the person.
What functions does the GUVM perform?
Powers
The Main Directorate carries out various tasks related to migration issues of citizens of the Russian Federation, as well as citizens of other countries. The concept of migration in this case includes emigration and immigration, which are carried out for tourism, business and private purposes. In addition to implementing the above-mentioned tasks, employees also monitor violations of migration policy and prevent acts of illegal entry into the territory of the state. Violation of the passport regime by citizens of the Russian Federation is punishable in accordance with the established provisions of the law, in particular, administrative fines and correctional labor are provided.
The database that existed in the FMS came completely into the possession of the Main Directorate for Migration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. It has become an invaluable help, since it already contains information about more than 150 million citizens of other countries and Russia. It should be noted that the emergence of a new body instead of the abolished one did not entail serious changes. This means that the sentences, fines, as well as all current provisions remain valid and do not cancel the verdicts issued by the FMS.
If the Federal Migration Service had to resort to the services of the police, then for the Main Directorate there is no such need, since the structure has an already formed apparatus authorized to carry out operational investigative activities. This undoubtedly makes the work of the GUVM much more efficient.
Like the FMS, the Main Directorate has its own website guvm.mvd.rf, which offers some services online, without the need to personally visit a branch of the organization.
Work permit
Foreign citizens have the right to official employment in our country on the basis of two documents: a patent and a work permit in Russia. Patents are provided to migrants from the CIS countries, and permits are provided to visa foreigners.
Visitors from Belarus and Kazakhstan are employed with the same rights as Russians.
Work permits in Russia are issued for one year and are valid only in one subject of the Russian Federation and with a specific employer. The number of visiting workers is limited due to a quota system. The employer is responsible for preparing the document, so he submits to the Russian Main Directorate for Migration and Migration an application for a permit for a specific employee, as well as an application from the foreigner himself, attaching documents proving his identity, education, and absence of serious infectious diseases.
