Obtaining a residence permit for foreign citizens, the amount of state duty

Services for obtaining a residence permit

In 2021, specialists of the migration center PRAVO LEG provide the following services for obtaining a residence permit:

Consultation on residence permit issues
Filling out a residence permit application form
Collection, verification and execution of documents
Lifting the ban on entry into Russia
Cancellation of deportation

Receive any service separately or as a package; for some services payment by installments is provided.

Please note: the center provides services for obtaining temporary residence permits, residence permits and citizenship strictly in accordance with current legislation.

The center’s specialists will help you obtain a temporary residence permit, citizenship or residence permit in Moscow or the Moscow region. For residents of the regions, only consulting assistance is provided on Russian residence permits.

Which organizations have the right to issue a residence permit?

The first thing you should get rid of when you start preparing documents is the myth that a residence permit can be bought, issued for a fee through a company, or transferred all responsibility for obtaining it to someone else.

The issuance of a residence permit is the exclusive prerogative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation . No other organization can issue a residence permit.

You can submit documents and pick them up only in person and only at the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The administrative regulations do not provide for any powers of attorney. The only exceptions are minors or incompetent citizens - parents or guardians submit documents for them.

Excerpt from the Regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the issuance of residence permits

Residence permit: how to order services?

Services for obtaining a residence permit can be ordered:

By phone (for residents of the Moscow region)
Through the online service order form on the website (for all regions)
By email (for all regions)

It is much easier to acquire a residence permit in Russia if you entrust the process to professional lawyers.

Complete your documents quickly, legally, without queues and endless trips to the migration service!

You can apply for a residence permit the first time!

What assistance can you get in obtaining a residence permit?

So, you will have to submit the completed documents yourself. But specialists savvy in migration issues can prepare them for you. Lawyers of private organizations or special centers can provide the following assistance in obtaining a residence permit:

consultation on required documents and submission procedure;
filling out an application;
legal analysis of documents;
translation and notarization of documents;
accompaniment of a foreign citizen to the Ministry of Internal Affairs when submitting documents.

Consultations and analysis of documents allow us to identify possible errors and violations at the preparatory stage, which will save you from having to return to the UVM several times.

The last point - accompaniment - is not found often, but is in demand. In fact, this service is useful for those who do not understand legal issues at all or, for example, do not speak Russian well enough.

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Two more services— a medical examination and a comprehensive exam —are also often found in package offers from law firms. This can be convenient, but look at the cost - the price for these services may be overpriced.

The cost of the service package varies depending on the subject of the Russian Federation and the number of procedures included in the complex offer. In Moscow, this amount averages from 15,000 to 30,000 rubles. If you wish, you can pay lawyers solely for filling out an application for a residence permit.

Free consultations

Purchasing a residence permit always involves many questions:

When can you apply for a residence permit?
Who is eligible to apply for a residence permit
What documents are needed for a residence permit?

Professional lawyers answer many questions about residence permits!

Free consultations are carried out only in the office. An appointment with a lawyer is required!

If it is impossible to come to an appointment with a lawyer in the office, consultation is also possible by e-mail or telephone. These services may be provided for a fee.

You can also order an on-site consultation.

Obtaining a residence permit in Russia: what applicants need to know

Many migrants come to Russia with the goal of starting a new life. At the same time, foreigners and stateless persons must independently understand all the nuances of the legislation of the Russian Federation in order to quickly and correctly legalize their stay without spending extra money and time.

A residence permit in Russia is a document that gives the right to live freely in the Russian Federation, enter and leave the country for 5 years. In the future it will be extended for a similar period.

Unlike a temporary residence permit, which is actually a stamp in a passport, a residence permit is a separate document of the established form. By receiving it, citizens of foreign countries legalize their permanent stay in Russia, and for stateless persons it replaces an identity card.

Only adults can apply for a residence permit, and for those under 18, the application must be submitted by parents, guardians, and trustees.

The main condition for filing an application for a residence permit in the Russian Federation is the provision of documents confirming the source of income on the territory of the Russian Federation.

After your application is accepted, you will be given a certificate confirming acceptance of the documents. By law, the period for consideration of your application should not exceed 6 months. After a positive decision is made, a residence permit is issued. It is valid for five years. In your identity documents, put the appropriate mark on the provision of a residence permit.

Save time and effort, do not stand in long queues at authorities. Contact our company for quick and timely assistance.

Documents for residence permit

Remember that the inspector receiving the papers is authorized to require any additional certificates at his discretion.

You must collect documents for a residence permit carefully and competently. Special attention should be paid to the application for a residence permit.

There is a whole set of rules, after studying which you will be able to correctly compose a questionnaire and avoid common mistakes.

If you have difficulty filling out such detailed official papers, our company’s specialists will help you with this difficult task for a small fee.

To apply for a residence permit, you need to prepare the following list of documents:

Passport;
Its notarized translation;
Photos of the established sample;
Two copies of the application, filled out in accordance with all the requirements of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs;
Financial certificates indicating the applicant’s stable income exceeding the subsistence level, or confirmation of disability;
Certificate of knowledge of language, history and law;
Medical certificates confirming the absence of socially dangerous diseases;

Documents confirming the availability of legal housing;
RVP (original and copy);
TIN;
A certified copy of the marriage certificate + a copy of the passport of the “other half”, if the temporary residence permit was received through marriage to a citizen of the Russian Federation;
Birth certificate of the child, if the temporary residence permit was obtained on the basis of the birth of the child;
Receipt for payment of a fee of 3,500 rubles.

Methods of paying the state fee for a residence permit

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Government authorities provide foreign citizens with a fairly wide choice of payment methods. For example, you can take a receipt to your nearest bank and deposit money through a cash register, payment terminal or ATM. By the way, employees of some banks do not even need to provide details - they check them using the internal system themselves. But this does not happen in every department.

An important point: if another person pays the fee for you, he must indicate your passport information as the sender. Otherwise, the state duty will be invalid for you.

You can also pay the required amount online through a mobile banking application. For example, to pay a fee through Sberbank Online you need:

Go to "Payments".
Select the category “Taxes, fines, duties, budget payments.”
Select “Passports, visas, citizenship, civil registry office” from the catalog.
Go to the tab “Ministry of Internal Affairs - Migration Services”.
Select “Residence Permit” and deposit the amount of 5,000 rubles.

If you have the details, then in the “Payments” section you can simply select “Payment by details”.

Please note that some payment systems and banks charge a commission for paying government fees. Sometimes their size reaches 10% per operation. There is no commission when paying through Sberbank.

If you plan to pay the state fee for a residence permit through a bank branch, then carefully check the receipt you receive. Sometimes it contains errors. Make sure your full name, details and other data are correct.

Features of obtaining a residence permit

Foreign citizens applying for a residence permit after receiving a Temporary Residence Permit need to know that the opportunity to obtain a Residence Permit appears after six months from the date of receipt of the temporary residence permit and ends six months before the end of this document.

An application for status may be rejected citing reasons that are not true. You have the right to challenge the decision. To do this, prepare papers that refute the arguments of representatives of the authorized body. Sometimes it is necessary to confirm the validity of documents. In addition to challenging the decision, you can demand compensation for moral damages. The application can be sent directly to the head of the regulatory authority, the prosecutor's office or the court.

Citizens applying for a residence permit with a temporary residence permit for more than a year, in addition to the main package of documents, must provide the detachable part of the annual notification coupon. If this document is missing due to the foreign citizen’s ignorance of the obligation of annual notification, he should contact the territorial MFC.

The fine for failure to submit an annual notice is determined by the court. A foreign citizen is required to pay, as a rule, from 5,000 to 10,000 rubles for failure to file for one year. In case of a longer period of non-notification of stay, before applying, you need to check the validity of the document, since a longer period of violation of the Don Law threatens the citizen with the cancellation of a Temporary Residence Permit in the Russian Federation or a Residence Permit.

If you have missed the deadline for submitting your annual notification, please contact our migration center staff for help by calling our hotline: 8

State duty for a residence permit: the price of obtaining status

The cost of obtaining a residence permit from November 2021 is 5,000 rubles . The amount of payment for the provision of public services is established by paragraph 18 of Article 1 333.28 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation. This price for the state residence permit fee is established throughout Russia: 5 thousand is paid by both migrants from the capital or St. Petersburg, and migrants from any other regions of the country.

If we are not talking about the initial issuance of a residence permit, but about a replacement, then you will not have to pay the state fee if:

a technical defect has occurred due to which the document cannot be recognized as valid (faded seals, symbols cannot be distinguished, etc.). In this case, there is no need to re-pay the state fee for a residence permit;
important notes and entries were made improperly due to the fault of the specialist who prepared the documents for issue;
the applicant’s data in the residence permit does not correspond to his data specified in the application.

According to the regulations on the issuance of a residence permit (Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs No. 417), a foreign citizen has the right to pay the state fee both before and after submitting documents, but no later than the end of the decision-making period, that is, before the issuance of the residence permit itself. The paid fee is valid until the bank details are changed or the amount is changed, which does not happen often.

When accepting documents, the UVM inspector does not have the right to demand a receipt of payment. It is provided by the applicant solely voluntarily. So, if payment is made, but for some reason there is no receipt, representatives of government agencies are obliged to independently request information from the Federal Treasury. This is stated in the Regulations, but in fact, inspectors usually require a receipt for payment of the state fee for a residence permit at the stage of submitting documents.