What to do after receiving a temporary residence permit in 2021: procedure

What is RVP?

TRP literally stands for “temporary residence permit.” A mark on the presence of a temporary residence permit is affixed to the internal passport of a citizen of a foreign state or a stateless person and confirms his legal residence in the territory of the Russian Federation.

What rights does this permission give:

Legally reside in the Russian Federation for three years. You can freely leave and enter the country for an unlimited time, but within the validity period of the permit;
Right to employment. If you do not have a temporary residence permit, you will have to buy a patent for the work or apply for a special permit. There is no need to do this with RVP;
The right to run your own business. To do this, it is not necessary to have Russian citizenship, but a temporary residence permit for living in the Russian Federation and engaging in entrepreneurial activity will be needed in any case.

Don’t forget about some restrictions that still apply to citizens with temporary residence permits:

Employment region	You will be able to get a job only in the region where the TRP was marked
Proof of stay and income	No later than 2 months before the date of issue of the temporary residence permit, you must annually provide information to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs about your residence in the region and the presence of a permanent source of income
Region of residence	As in the case of employment, you can live with a temporary residence permit only where it was received. If you want to move to another region, you will need good reasons: for example, buying real estate there, etc.
Registration	Immediately after receiving the temporary residence permit, you need to register at your place of residence. This must be done no later than 7 days after the permit is issued.

Is it possible to extend the temporary residence permit?

The standard validity period of a temporary residence permit is 3 years, and it cannot be extended.

Note! According to Article 5.1 of the Federal Law “On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation,” extension of the temporary residence permit in exceptional cases is still allowed for 180 days, but only at the discretion of the migration authority.

Six months before the expiration date of the temporary residence permit, you need to apply to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to obtain a residence permit. If you do not do this, you may be deported from the country after your permit is revoked.

Next steps: step-by-step instructions

The state authorities of our country exercise careful control over migration processes on the territory of the Russian Federation. The main legislative framework regulating this process is Federal Law-115 “On the legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation.” This regulatory act imposes quite high requirements on persons of foreign nationality who wish to legalize themselves.

The goals of legalizing a foreigner in our country can be for various reasons. Some decided to improve their financial condition a little and stay on Russian territory for a short time, while others set out to stay here forever and obtain Russian citizenship. For those who need three years (the maximum period of temporary residence permit) to improve their financial situation, it is not necessary to apply for a residence permit. But the category of foreigners who decide to stay in Russia forever is worth thinking about further actions.

Taking into account the goals of “staying” in our country, the actions of migrants after receiving permission may vary. However, there are a number of nuances, the implementation of which is carried out in a general manner, and which are mandatory for any category of foreigners, regardless of their goals and intentions to stay in our country.

All foreigners who have been legalized, as well as stateless persons, will have to register at their place of residence, annually confirm their temporary resident status and official employment.

Procedure after registration of a temporary residence permit

To make it easier for you to navigate the procedure after registering a temporary residence permit, we have prepared a step-by-step algorithm for you, thanks to which you can do everything as quickly and competently as possible.

Registration

The first and most important thing you need to do after receiving a temporary residence permit is to register at your place of residence. You should apply for registration within 7 days after putting the mark, but it is best to apply for everything at once on the same day.

Important! For lack of registration, a foreign citizen with a temporary residence permit in the Russian Federation is subject to a fine of 7,000 rubles. If within 1 year you are brought to administrative responsibility twice on the same grounds, your permit will be revoked and you will be forcibly deported from the country.

How to register:

If you are renting a home, you will have to negotiate with the owner. Apply for registration in another place, because Government employees occasionally check the residence of foreigners at their registration address, coming to “visit” them.
Make an appointment at the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at your place of residence. You can do this on the department’s website or through State Services.
Come on the appointed day with the owner of the property and submit documents for registration at your place of residence.

The validity period of the registration is equal to the period of temporary residence permit – 3 years. It is automatically canceled upon termination of the permit.

Documentation

When visiting the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to register, you will need:

Document's name	Where to get	Validity
Statement	Download on the Internet	Before actual submission
Passport	Government agency in a foreign country	Before receiving a Russian passport
Owner's passport	MARRIAGE REGISTRY	Before scheduled replacement
Certificate of ownership or USRN extract for housing	MFC	1 month
Receipt for payment of state duty	Bank or service through which payment is made	Unlimited

In 2021, the state fee for registration at the place of residence is 350 rubles. You can pay it through a Sberbank branch or ATM. If you have a personal account in any other bank, money can be transferred through it.

Obtaining a TIN

If you plan to get a job in the Russian Federation, you will have to issue a TIN - taxpayer identification number. The document is issued in the form of a certificate by the tax service at the place of registration. It's very easy to get it:

We submit documents to the Federal Tax Service.
We pay the state fee.
We receive a completed certificate.

You only need to have your passport with you. A Federal Tax Service specialist will verify all the data and issue you a completed certificate.

Registration of compulsory medical insurance policy

To receive medical care in Russia for free, it is recommended to take out a compulsory medical insurance policy - almost every citizen of the Russian Federation has one. According to it, you will be able to receive services in clinics and hospitals, but some services will still be provided for a fee.

You can expand your health insurance options and buy a voluntary insurance policy. According to it, you will have the right to receive assistance in private clinics and hospitals, which provide the widest range of services. It costs around 7-10,000 rubles. in a year. The compulsory medical insurance policy is issued absolutely free of charge.

To take advantage of compulsory insurance, just do the following:

Choose a suitable insurance company. Under compulsory medical insurance, everyone has approximately the same conditions, so it is better to read the reviews and take out a policy with the most popular insurance company, so that there are no problems with medical services: some institutions often refuse assistance in violation of the law if the patient has a policy from the “wrong” insurance company.
Make an appointment and submit an application. You only need to have your passport with you.

Compulsory medical insurance is issued free of charge 30 days after application.

Annual confirmation of temporary residence permit

If you live in the Russian Federation on the basis of a temporary residence permit, you will have to report annually to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and provide information about your financial solvency. This must be done within two months from the date the permit was issued. If you violate this rule, you will be subject to a fine of 5,000 rubles, for a double violation - cancellation of the temporary residence permit.

Example No. 1: confirmation of stay at the place of registration

The foreign citizen received a temporary residence permit on February 10, 2021. This means he needs to reaffirm it next year between February 10th and April 10th.

Carrying out registration accounting

In accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 7 of Federal Law-109, nationals of a foreign state temporarily or permanently residing in the territory of our country are required to undergo registration, both at the place of stay and at the place of residence.

Avoiding this procedure means violating Russian migration legislation. And this is fraught with consequences, including deportation from the territory of our country and a ban on entry for a long period.

Foreign nationals must register within a week. To do this, you need to contact the GUMV department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and submit, in addition to the application, some more documents:

your civil passport;
and documents confirming the address of residence (hiring agreement, social employment agreement, consent to registration from relatives, where the foreigner is going to register, etc.).

It is also possible that a foreigner still has his own housing (from the times of the Soviet Union), then it is necessary to submit documents for the property.

How to obtain a residence permit for a foreign citizen in Russia: step-by-step instructions

The next and most important stage after obtaining a temporary residence permit is obtaining a residence permit. This should be done six months before the permit expires. A residence permit is the penultimate step on the path to Russian citizenship.

A residence permit is issued for a period of up to 5 years, but, unlike a temporary residence permit, you can renew it several times. If you are a native Russian speaker and have successfully confirmed this status, you will be able to obtain a residence permit for a period of 3 years. This is necessary for the speedy registration of Russian citizenship.

What does a residence permit give you:

The opportunity to live in Russia legally and move freely to any region;
The right to leave and enter the Russian Federation at any time and an unlimited number of times without obstacles;
Employment in any region;
You can easily issue invitations for your relatives from another state, if required by Russian legislation.

A residence permit is visually a document in the form of a book; it resembles a passport. Having it in your hands, you, unlike citizens of the Russian Federation, will not be able to take part in elections, serve in the army under a contract or in any other law enforcement agencies, or work as an aviation pilot. If you have such plans, it is better to get your citizenship processed as soon as possible.

Who can apply for a residence permit without a temporary residence permit?

Several years ago, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, the procedure for obtaining a residence permit was simplified. Now certain categories of citizens can apply for it, bypassing the temporary residence permit:

Why is it necessary to confirm the status of a temporary residence permit?

In order for a foreign citizen to move and settle in our country, after receiving a temporary residence permit, a two-month period is given. During this period, he must not only settle in a new place, but also find an official place of work and register with the tax authority (obtain a tax identification number). The Migration Control Service will check all this data. In order to confirm the temporary residence permit, you must provide a separate package of documents to the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs:

completed notification form (form 21);
a photocopy of the foreigner’s passport of all pages (with all movements over the past period);
official confirmation from the place of work that the non-resident continues to work;
a document confirming income and payment of relevant tax deductions (2-NDFL).

Thus, the foreigner confirms his official stay on the territory of our country. This procedure is carried out annually for three years (validity period of the temporary residence permit).

Important! Absence of a foreign national for six months (continuously) will result in his permit being revoked.

Confirmation of temporary residence permit: where to go and what to take with you

So, exactly one year has passed since you received your temporary residence permit . Now you have exactly 2 months during which you must submit a notification to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the place of your permanent registration. Although the regulations include a note that documents can be submitted electronically, in practice this is not yet possible. Documents must be brought in person, after checking with the visiting days and hours of your Ministry of Internal Affairs department.

Please note that the number of these same hours allocated for receiving notifications from temporary residence permits can be extremely limited, and the queues can be large.

The correct name of the procedure is “Notification of confirmation of residence in the Russian Federation” . In everyday life, such “terms” as “re-registration of temporary residence permit” or “confirmation of temporary residence permit” are common, but only one correct name is fixed in official regulations.

On the day of submission, you must have the following documents with you:

passport with RVP stamp and registration;
completed notification form (can be downloaded in the forms and samples section;
a document confirming the amount and source of income for the past year (not lower than the subsistence level of your region).

As practice shows, problems arise precisely with the last point. According to Law N 115-FZ, Article 6, such documents mean income certificates, copies of tax returns and other documents confirming the amount and source of income . The Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 21 also does not specify the specific forms of papers suitable for these purposes. Thus, the law leaves the decision about which certificates are suitable and which are not to representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs . Therefore, different regions and branches may or may not accept different supporting documents.

How to fill out a notification for a temporary residence permit

In the annual notice of temporary residence permit, a foreign citizen must enter his personal data:

Last name, first name, patronymic
Residence address according to temporary residence permit
Employers and period of work for each over the last year
Countries and periods of departure from Russia (this information is entered only if the foreign citizen traveled outside the Russian Federation)

Important!

When residing on the territory of the Russian Federation under a temporary residence permit, a foreigner has the right to travel outside Russia for no more than 180 days per year. If a foreign citizen stays outside the Russian Federation for more than six months, his temporary residence permit will be cancelled.

Rights of foreigners with temporary residence permit

RRVP

What rights do foreign citizens with a temporary residence permit receive?

Elena Voropaeva
23.01.2020

First, let's understand the phenomenon of RVP itself. A temporary residence permit is the first stage of the standard naturalization procedure in Russia. It looks like a stamp in a passport and allows you to live in Russia for 3 years. The validity of the temporary residence permit is limited to the region of issue and is not extended after the expiration date.

A temporary residence permit is available under a quota, and if there are certain grounds, outside it. From November 1, 2021, these grounds are:

age under 18 years , if the parent already has a temporary residence permit, or the mother/father is in the process of obtaining status;
incapacity when registering a temporary residence permit by parents, guardians or trustees;
marriage with a Russian citizen;
for citizens of Ukraine - refugee status or temporary asylum ;
for citizens of the former USSR - graduation from an accredited Russian university ;
participation in resettlement programs;
service in the Russian army;
investing in the economy of the Russian Federation.

From November of this year, you can refuse a temporary residence permit by writing an application to the Department of Internal Affairs. A temporary residence permit can be canceled for a number of reasons:

actions that pose a threat to the security of the Russian Federation or its citizens;
support for extremist and terrorist activities;
history of administrative expulsion or deportation from the Russian Federation;
an outstanding or unexpunged conviction for a serious or especially serious crime;
falsification of documents, provision of false information about oneself;
bringing to administrative responsibility at least 2 times a year;
inability to legally support yourself and your family within the subsistence level;
after three years, lack of rights to use residential premises;
stay outside Russia for more than 6 months in total;
departure for permanent residence in another country;
drug addiction, positive HIV status (not in all cases), the presence of an infectious disease dangerous to others.

A temporary residence permit gives the right to apply for a residence permit. Paragraph 1 of Article 8 of Federal Law N115-FZ tells us this:

However, in some cases, a residence permit can be obtained without a temporary residence permit. You can read more about this here.

In most cases, a residence permit is a necessary condition for acquiring Russian citizenship. But, as you know, there are exceptions to the rules.

The final stage: obtaining a residence permit

If a foreigner plans to stay in Russia for a longer period than three years or forever, he must obtain a residence permit. What is not possible without a temporary residence permit (if he is not from the preferential category of foreigners (a resident of the post-Soviet space, born on the territory of the Soviet Union, a WWII veteran, a person whose specialty is of strategic importance for Russia, etc.)).

But the permit is valid only for a certain period (three years) and cannot be extended. Therefore, a residence permit is required, which is issued for a period of five years, and can then be extended a certain number of times. This is what makes this document useful. And to obtain citizenship of our country, the presence of such a document is simply necessary.

A residence permit is issued within six months, that is, after submitting documents, government authorities will consider the application and check the documents during this period. Therefore, a foreigner who has a temporary residence permit should worry about this in advance, before the expiration of the permit. A foreign citizen can begin this procedure a year after receiving permission.

Important! If a citizen of another state lives in the territory of the post-Soviet space and decides to move to our country under the “Compatriots” state program, then the consideration period will be reduced to two months.

Some nuances

If the regulatory authorities notice that a foreign citizen in any way (or actions) threatens the interests or safety of Russian citizens or the state itself, deliberately provided fictitious information about himself when applying for a temporary residence permit, or violated the law within a six-month period, the permit will be revoked. And it will not be issued again for ten years.

Having a permit in hand, a foreigner is allowed to work in our country and hold any position, if this does not contradict regional regulations, but only in the region where he received this permit.

Also, a foreign citizen with a permit in hand and having a permanent official place of work can apply for any credit products. You can apply for a loan at the bank whose terms and conditions stipulate such grounds for concluding a loan agreement, but the decision to issue a loan remains with the credit institution.

Having received a temporary residence permit, a foreigner has the right to obtain compulsory medical insurance, which gives him the opportunity to receive social insurance payments (sick leave).

As you can see, a temporary residence permit provides many opportunities and benefits for foreign nationals. The procedure for registering, confirming a temporary residence permit and then obtaining a residence permit is quite labor-intensive. The only thing a foreigner needs to remember is the mandatory adherence to deadlines and strict adherence to the norms of Russian legislation.