Every year, thousands of people travel to the Russian Federation to work or to reunite with family. And the first step on the path to legal stay in the country is the registration of a temporary residence permit, which is a mandatory condition and should not be delayed in any case.
This is what a temporary residence permit in the Russian Federation looks like
But in order to achieve legal status and have the right to stay in the country for 3 years, there is a long road ahead, which cannot be called simple, because you will have to collect a bunch of various certificates, constantly contact various departments and, of course, stock up on patience and money.
After submitting documents for a temporary residence permit, you should not relax, since, having received the necessary documents, you must always remember about the various certificates and contact the authorities in time for renewal due to the specific validity period of each of them. Otherwise, you may lose your legal status and your stay will end in eviction from the Russian Federation. How to prevent this and what to do after receiving a temporary residence permit?
What to do next
Most people who arrived in Russia and received a temporary residence permit are faced with the question of what to do now and how to proceed. First of all, you need to confirm the presence of the document; for this you need registration after receiving the temporary residence permit. But it may take quite a long time until confirmation.
Therefore, you need to do this within the first 60 days and the sooner the better, given that the answer may come in 2 months. But there are often cases when you have to wait six months, or even longer. This is especially true for those whose Russian visa is about to expire.
Visa to enter the Russian Federation
The fact is that previously registration at the place of actual residence was simply called registration, although it is better to call it a temporary residence permit, but in cases where a migrant has left, he still needs information about where to put a stamp or even find out about a positive answer.
To do this, you need to contact the local authority of the Main Directorate for Migration Issues of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and confirm there. It should be remembered that, despite the fact that such a document allows you to live in Russia for 3 years from the date of receipt, you must contact the department for renewal once a year after receiving the temporary residence permit. The following documents will be needed for registration:
- a form confirming a sufficient amount of funds to support the individual (the amount must be no less than the minimum wage in the region of residence);
- RVP printing;
- identification document;
- declaration of payment of taxes and absence of debts;
- a document confirming your residence (can be filled out by hand or electronically).
It is important that all these papers are submitted 3 months before the end of each year of residence. The deadlines may be changed if valid reasons are proven. If there is no good reason, this will result in a fine, and in some cases the temporary residence permit may not even be extended.
Watch the video: How to correctly submit an annual notification of confirmation of residence under a temporary residence permit and temporary residence permit.
You can find out about the results of the review by receiving a response by email or by making a phone call. What to do next:
- For citizens arriving from countries with which the Russian Federation has visa-free entry, you need to apply for a stamp to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
- Persons arriving from countries with a visa regime, if their visa is about to expire, must expect a response from their country. If it is positive, then you can leave Russia, after which you can enter back without a visa; a stamp will be placed on your foreign passport at the border.
The stamp itself is a round, red seal with Russian symbols. After this, your actions look like this:
- Within a week you will need to register at the specified address.
Sample registration at place of residence
- Take a fingerprint scan (a required registration element).
- It is necessary to register for health insurance.
- After receiving the RVP stamp, a TIN is issued within a year.
Certificate of assignment of an individual identification number of the Russian Federation
- Every year, go through the procedure of confirming your presence in Russia.
Only when everything is done can you look for a job. This plays an important role, since you will have to prove the availability of funds on which the migrant lives in the country.
List of documents for temporary residence permit:
- 4 photographs 35 x 45 mm on matte paper;
- document proving identity and citizenship - a notarized translation of a passport (validity period - at least 6 months);
- copy of birth certificate
- a copy of the migration card with a border control mark on the entry of this foreign citizen into the Russian Federation or with a mark from the territorial body of the federal executive body in the field of migration on the issue of the specified migration card to this foreign citizen;
- a copy of the notice of migration registration;
- document on education (copy);
- copy of work permit and/or patent (if available)
Additionally required:
- if married – marriage certificate (notarized translation) + photocopy of spouse’s passport
- if there are children – children’s birth certificate (notarized translation)
- if the last name or first name has been changed, documents are required that trace such changes from the birth certificate (for example, a marriage certificate; if the last name or first name has been changed several times, then a certificate from the state civil registration authority or the police about the name change is required). If your surname has changed several times, you must additionally inform our specialists.
Based on these documents, you need to fill out an application , which is the main document when submitting. This application consists of 4 pages, which describes in detail all your data, information about your close relatives, work activity over the last 5 years, level of education, etc.
Filling out an application for a temporary residence permit is a very responsible process that requires a reverent attitude and great care. If you fill out the application incorrectly, they will not accept your documents and will send you to correct them, setting the next submission date not in the most timely manner. An error in the application can be either perjury in any paragraph or a seemingly insignificant nuance: the absence of a comma, a dash, or incorrect formatting of any of the paragraphs.
To avoid such unpleasant situations, we are happy to offer the services of our specialist who will fill out the application at the proper level and you will not have to worry about filing.
The application is filled out in front of you and takes 30-40 minutes. You must have with you a complete list of the documents listed above (either originals or copies). The cost of our service is 1500 rubles. We provide the questionnaire in printed form, and we can also send it to you by email or download it to a flash drive. The application must be submitted to the FMS in 2 copies.
Migration registration
After approval for a temporary residence permit has been received, you must contact the Main Department of Migration and Register. To do this, you must indicate the residential address where you are going to register.
The Federal Law of the Russian Federation on migration registration states that foreigners who live in Russia, on the basis of a temporary residence permit in Russia, must register at their place of residence within the first 7 days after receiving a satisfactory response.
If you own housing in the Russian Federation or have a rental agreement, you can register at this address. If you do not have the required document, you need to register for migration at your location and then:
- fill out the form, the form is available;
- take the RVP document with you;
- show a document that gives you the right to live in a house or apartment at your address.
Watch the video: How registration occurs after receiving a temporary residence permit.
For persons staying in the Russian state under a temporary temporary residence permit, a valid reason for changing their place of residence in the country may be:
- purchasing residential space in another region of Russia;
- the family or relatives of a person living in the Russian Federation under a temporary residence permit are in another city in the country (desire to reunite);
- taking part in the program for the resettlement of compatriots.
How to obtain a residence permit
Usually, those who moved to the Russian Federation aim to obtain a residence permit after a temporary residence permit, but for this you need to take care of this in advance and find out how to do this, because after the end of the temporary residence permit it cannot be extended, and if you do not submit the documentation for a temporary residence permit on time, all efforts will be meaningless .
In general, an application for a residence permit after a temporary residence permit can be submitted after the first year, but if done later, it must be done no later than two and a half years , since you may have to wait several months for a response and there must be enough time left for the current permit to be valid. You also need to prepare for submission to the Ministry of Internal Affairs:
- photograph (format and size will be indicated);
- identification;
- papers for the right to own living space;
Sample extract from the Unified State Register confirming the right to own living space
- document financial independence;
- medical certificates that can confirm the absence of currently dangerous diseases.
Example of a medical certificate for obtaining a residence permit
This is the main list of documents that will be needed for those who have issued a temporary residence permit outside the quota; the list may differ slightly and be simplified.
There are exceptions to the rules when you can bypass the temporary residence permit period and immediately submit documents for a residence permit. The following categories of persons have this right:
- highly qualified specialists in demand in the country;
- former citizens of the Russian Federation who changed their citizenship at their own request;
- refugees (political);
- residents of CIS countries who previously lived in Russia for at least a year (before May 22, 2002).
If you managed to obtain a residence permit, then it will be much easier to apply for Russian citizenship, but even at the stage of a residence permit, such a migrant already has almost the same rights and freedoms as Russian citizens, with the exception of the right to participate in elections and some other nuances.
You can learn more about what rights and responsibilities citizens acquire after obtaining a residence permit in the Russian Federation on the website.
Watch the video: What is needed to obtain a residence permit after a temporary residence permit.
RVP - what is it and what does it look like?
Explanation of the abbreviation “TRP” – temporary residence permit.
The permit takes the form (based on the international status of the holder):
- A stamp in a passport or a document similar from a legal point of view (for full citizens of other states);
- An independent document of the established form (for stateless persons and citizens who do not have an identity card for objective reasons).
From a legal point of view, both of these permit options are absolutely equivalent and contain the same information:
- Full name, gender, current citizenship of the owner;
- Start and end dates of the permit;
- Name of the issuing government agency.
Employment for migrants
As mentioned above, a migrant who has received a residence permit is not much different from Russians in terms of rights, so he can get a job on the same basis, but some details need to be taken into account:
- You can only work in your region of registration;
- if you need to go to another part of the country and find a job there, you need to inform the Department of Internal Affairs of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs;
- work in Russia for migrants from countries with which Russia has a visa-free regime requires a labor patent;
This is what a patent for work activity in the Russian Federation looks like
- For sought-after specialists with a high level of qualifications, a patent is not a prerequisite.
Since 2015, Russian legislation has tightened measures for the employment of foreigners; the rules now provide for the provision of a certificate confirming knowledge of the Russian language, Russian history and Russian legislation.
Type of certificate confirming knowledge of the Russian language, Russian history and Russian legislation
The following are exempt from these requirements:
- Belarusians;
- students who graduated from Russian universities;
- highly qualified personnel;
- people who received their education during Soviet times.
On the website you can learn more about work in Russia for foreign citizens with a temporary residence permit.
Possibility of refusal
Authorized government agencies will refuse to issue a temporary residence permit if a foreigner:
- Does not have the right to enter the Russian Federation on the basis of a decision made in relation to him by government agencies of the Russian Federation;
- Provided knowingly false or forged information or documents (or the submitted documents do not meet other established requirements);
- Does not have a permanent place of residence after 3 years have passed since entry into the territory of the Russian Federation;
- Submitted a repeated application earlier than 12 months from the date of receipt of the refusal to issue a temporary residence permit;
- Has not paid the state duty, suffers from drug addiction and/or has a dangerous disease (or there is no evidence to the contrary);
- By his actions, directly or indirectly threatens the security of the Russian state or people (including through terrorist or extremist activities);
- Was deported from the Russian Federation within 5 (once) or 10 (repeatedly) years preceding the day the request was submitted;
- Has an outstanding conviction for acts classified by the court as grave, especially grave, or related to the trafficking of prohibited substances;
- At least 2 times in 1 year he was brought to justice under articles of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation for violations of public order, labor or migration legislation, or for acts related to the trafficking of prohibited substances.
Due to the strictness of the established requirements, it is possible to avoid refusal to grant the permit in question only by strictly following the legislative norms in force in the Russian Federation, as well as strictly observing other requirements that apply to the registration procedure.
The function of the considered category of permits is to give foreigners (regardless of their international status) the right to stay and carry out legal activities in the Russian Federation. Before the expiration of the temporary residence permit, the foreigner is obliged to find permanent housing, officially find employment, and also take measures regarding his further naturalization, or leave the Russian Federation.
