⁃ stay in Russia for the entire period of study and 180 days after graduation;

⁃ getting free medical care;

⁃ registration of permanent registration;

official employment without obtaining a patent and work permit.

- the opportunity to apply for a residence permit in a simplified manner within three years after completing his studies at the university.

Foreign full-time students and postgraduates of state Russian universities and scientific organizations have the right to apply for a RVP in certain educational programs.

If you transfer to another state university or to another full-time educational program, the RVP will continue to operate.

A labor patent is issued by foreigners from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Moldova, Azerbaijan, as well as non-citizens of Lithuania and Estonia. Citizens of Ukraine are also included in this list, but due to temporary exemptions they can work in the Russian Federation without it. The condition for this right is a medical examination completed on time and a green card issued (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 585 dated 08/27/2022).

An employer will violate the law if he allows a temporarily staying foreigner from one of these countries to work without a valid patent. As punishment, a legal entity or sole proprietor may receive a fine of up to 1 million rubles, or their activities will be temporarily suspended for a period of 14 to 90 days (Part 1, Part 4 of Article 18.15 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation). Therefore, it is important for the employer to control the validity of patents of foreign employees independently.

The work patent is issued for 12 months, and the end date is indicated in the document itself. But it is not only this date that affects the validity of the permit document. In order for the patent to continue to be valid, it must be paid for. And the patent is paid for monthly with the help of a tax advance payment.

registration on Public Services, have the opportunity to remotely receive registration (migration registration), submit notices of employment, applications for a residence permit and other applications and documents.

A confirmed account can be obtained at any MFC by contacting it with a passport and SNILS

The Government has introduced additional restrictions in the field of migration. From February 5, 2025, foreigners temporarily staying in Russia will be registered at their place of residence for no more than a year, even if the temporary residence permit is valid for longer (Government Decree No. 1715 dated 12/04/2024).

The Government has made appropriate changes to paragraph 32 of the Rules for Migration Registration of Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons in the Russian Federation, approved by the Government of the Russian Federation. By Government Resolution No. 9 dated 01/15/2007.

The Russian government has approved the rules for publishing information on migrants who are in the country illegally on the Internet. The corresponding decree was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, it will come into force on February 5.

We are talking about data from the register of controlled entities. It will be launched on February 5 to combat illegal migration. According to the decree, the registry operator will be the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The information will be updated on the Ministry's website within 24 hours after they are entered into the register (or excluded from it).

It will be possible to check the foreigner by surname, first name, patronymic, date of birth, and identification document data. Access to this information will be provided only upon request. You cannot view the entire list of illegal migrants, but you can check the presence or absence of a specific person if you enter his data.

Requests are processed for free, and the result is displayed in real time. The information received is valid at the time of the request and can be used by government agencies and other users without restrictions.

On August 8, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that introduced a migration regime for the expulsion of foreigners or stateless persons who are illegally in the country or have violated the law. Certain rights and freedoms are restricted for them, and federal state control measures in the field of migration are also applied.


Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 06.12.2024 No. 1732
"On approval of the Rules for posting information about a foreign citizen or a stateless person in the Register of Controlled Persons on the Internet information and telecommunications network, including the composition of the posted information"

The Ministry of Labor of Russia has approved a list of professions for which it will be possible to attract foreign workers arriving on visas in 2025. Important note: the document was signed record early!

This means that employers can already start attracting foreign specialists for the next year. The list is available on the official website of the Ministry of Labor.

The power of attorney must be notarized.
The power of attorney itself must specify:
the authority of the person to sign and submit such an application, submit and receive documents necessary for registration of citizens of the Russian Federation at the place of residence or place of stay.


The representative must have with him the originals of all documents, including the applicant's passport, in order to mark the registration.

Be extremely careful when drawing up a power of attorney that allows you to receive public services related to residential property.

For registration of such a document, contact an authorized notary. Also, make sure that the authorized person will only have the right to perform registration actions and exclude abuse of your rights.

Due to the growing interest in the topic of moving foreign citizens from unfriendly countries, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia informs about what needs to be done for those wishing to obtain a temporary residence permit (RVP) on the territory of our state.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 702 dated August 19, 2024 "On the provision of humanitarian support to persons sharing traditional Russian Spiritual and moral values" established a simplified regime for entry into the Russian Federation and stay on its territory of foreign citizens.

An application for a temporary residence permit can be submitted by a foreign citizen both outside of Russia and on its territory.



To apply for a temporary residence permit, you must provide the following documents:
-application in two copies;
-two personal photos;
-passport or other document certifying the identity of a foreign citizen;
-a document issued by the competent authority of the state of permanent residence not earlier than 3 months before the date of filing the application, indicating the presence (absence) of a criminal record of the applicant.

Documents drawn up in a foreign language are subject to translation, certified by a notary or a consul.

For the period of consideration of the application for persons staying in Russia, the validity period of the visa or temporary stay will be extended.

Get a job within 2 months;
To conclude an employment contract or a civil law contract with an employer;
To submit a notice of employment to the territorial body of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation at the place of actual employment. A foreign citizen is obliged to send this notification both on the basis of concluding an employment contract with a legal entity and in the case of concluding a civil contract with an individual ORALLY. In case of failure to provide notification, your patent will be revoked.
🔻Make monthly advance payments.

After completing these points, you will be able to live and work in Russia without fear of deportation or any penalties.

The stay of foreign citizens for more than 90 days may be extended if there are the following grounds:

an application has been submitted for a temporary residence permit or a residence permit in the Russian Federation;
employment under a patent; training in an educational or scientific organization for full-time or part-time education;
The employment of a foreign citizen who is a worker of a member State of the Eurasian Economic Union also applies to family members of such a migrant worker;
the presence of a family member of a citizen of the Russian Federation or a foreign citizen permanently residing in the territory of the Russian Federation who has a place of residence in the Russian Federation for a foreigner who arrived in the Russian Federation in a manner that does not require a visa;
whether a foreign citizen has the status of a participant in a State program to assist the voluntary resettlement of compatriots living abroad to the Russian Federation, or the status of a family member of a participant in this program.

Have a registration at the place of residence (the place where you live in Russia), a patent, an employment or civil law contract, and a timely (within two months) notification of employment.

Citizens of the EurAsEC member states can work without patents, on the basis of an employment or civil law contract.

On 10.12.2024, the State Duma will consider a bill prohibiting the admission of migrant children who do not know Russian to schools.

This bill will allow you to check:

The legality of the child and his parents' stay in the territory of the Russian Federation (In schools, children can be given questionnaires where they will need to write where his parents work and at what address they stay);

📌 The level of knowledge of the Russian language when enrolling children of foreign citizens in schools of the Russian Federation

📚📈It is believed that this bill will ensure the implementation of state guarantees for the quality of education, the development of general education programs by students in the state language of the Russian Federation, as well as the harmonization of the rights and obligations of all participants in the educational process.

From 01.12.2024, checks on foreigners will be strengthened, and the procedure for photo and fingerprint identification will be introduced. It will be held as an experiment.

Where?
📍At Moscow airports (Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo and Zhukovsky)
📍In the Orenburg region on the border with Kazakhstan - CHECKPOINT Mashtakovo

The changes will not affect citizens of the Republic of Belarus, children under 6 years old, diplomats, employees of diplomatic missions and consulates, employees of international organizations and their representative offices accredited in Russia, as well as their family members.

"After testing the algorithm, the government, together with colleagues from the FSB, will consider scaling it to all border crossings," the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation said.

We remind you that according to the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated 12/18/2023 No. 962, citizens of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Moldova permanently residing in Russia, who have reached the age of 18 and have legal capacity, have the right to apply for citizenship of the Russian Federation in a simplified manner.

A prerequisite for submitting documents for the acquisition of citizenship of the Russian Federation is the presence of a residence permit.

Citizens of Kazakhstan and Moldova need to confirm their knowledge of the Russian language (knowledge of the history of Russia and the basics of the legislation of the Russian Federation is not required to confirm). Citizens of Belarus are exempt from such necessity.

The application for admission to citizenship of the Russian Federation is submitted in the general form established by the Regulation on the procedure for considering issues of citizenship of the Russian Federation approved. By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 889 dated 11/22/2023 (Appendix No. 1).

Together with the application for admission to citizenship of the Russian Federation, it is necessary to submit:
- residence permit;
-an identity document;
-birth certificate and change of surname;
-3 3x4 cm photos;
-receipt of payment of the state fee (4,200 rubles)
- one of the documents confirming the proficiency in the Russian language (provided by citizens of Kazakhstan and Moldova)

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia has prepared a draft legal act of the Head of State, providing for amendments to Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 307 dated April 27, 2023 "On the peculiarities of the legal status of certain categories of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Russian Federation", as well as the recognition of certain acts of the President of the Russian Federation as invalid.

Due to the active involvement of foreign citizens in the work to restore the infrastructure of new regions, it is proposed to extend until December 31, 2025, inclusive, the period during which foreign citizens have the right to work in the territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions without a patent and work permit, subject to fingerprint registration and photographing.

Employers who employ such employees will also not need to obtain permits, but they will remain obliged to send notifications to the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia on the conclusion (termination) of employment and civil law contracts with foreign citizens.

Starting from February 5, 2025, a register of controlled persons will be introduced, which will include foreign citizens who are in the Russian Federation and do not have legal grounds to stay (reside) in the Russian Federation. The expulsion regime will be applied to foreign citizens included in such a register.

In this regard, for citizens of Ukraine who have not settled their legal situation in the Russian Federation in accordance with the established procedure, it is proposed to establish a "grace period" (three months) during which they will be able to apply to the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for obtaining migration status without applying administrative measures to them.

A transitional period is in effect in the territories of the new subjects until January 1, 2026, during which issues of their integration into the economic, financial, credit and legal systems of the Russian Federation, into the system of state authorities of the Russian Federation must be settled.

With this in mind, the draft decree provides that the provision of public services in the field of migration in full in the territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions will be carried out from January 1, 2026.

At the same time, we draw attention to the completion of the period of replacement of documents confirming the right to permanent residence in the territories of new regions issued by the authorized bodies of the Donetsk People's Republic, Luhansk People's Republic or Ukraine (including expired ones).

Foreign citizens who have such documents and wish to retain the right to permanent residence must apply to the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia with an application for a residence permit in the Russian Federation by December 31, 2024.

In order not to leave Russia after the expiration of the patent (12 months from the date of issue), the patent can be reissued.

It is recommended to apply to the migration center for reissue of the patent no later than 20 days before the expiration of the period of 12 months from the date of issue specified in the previously issued patent.

To reissue a patent, it is necessary to submit:
1) Application for renewal of the patent;
2) Passport of a foreign citizen;
3) Migration card marked "work";
4) Valid notification of migration registration;
5) Valid patent;
6) VMI policy;
7) Documents confirming payment of personal income tax (all receipts for the entire term of the patent);
8) Certificate of passing the exam on knowledge of Russian as a foreign language, the history of Russia and the basics of the legislation of the Russian Federation;
9) Medical report;
10) The petition of the employer, the customer of works (services) for the renewal of the patent of a foreign citizen;
11) A copy of the employment contract or a copy of the civil contract for the performance of work (provision of services).

Answer: No, you do not need to pay extra.
If the patent is received in the current calendar year, and its validity period ends in the next calendar year, then by the end of the current calendar year the patent can be paid at the current rates, while in the next calendar year you will not have to pay extra to the advance payments made.

Accordingly, for example, if a foreign citizen in November 2024 made an advance payment for a patent of 7,500 rubles for 6 months in advance until April 2025, then from January 2025 there is no need to make an additional payment. In this case, only from May 2025, the monthly advance payment for the patent will amount to 8,900 rubles.

Which is the foundation of your legal stay and work in Russia. Without it, you will not be able to apply for a patent and stay in Russia for more than 90 days. You need to register for migration within 7 days from the moment of arrival. Your receiving party, the owner of the apartment you rent, is OBLIGED to issue migration registration. The first registration period is 90 days. To extend it, you need to sign a written employment or civil law contract. For citizens who are not members of the EAEU, it is necessary to issue a patent before doing so.

From December 1, 2024, foreign citizens and stateless persons entering Russia will submit photos of their faces and fingerprints at checkpoints across the state border. The experiment on the submission of biometric data by migrants will take place in two stages:

From December 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026 — in Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo, Zhukovsky, if technically possible, and the Mashtakovo automobile cargo and passenger point (Orenburg region);
From June 30, 2025 to June 30, 2026 — at other checkpoints across the state border.

All incoming foreigners and stateless persons will take biometrics, except:

- citizens of the Republic of Belarus;
- Heads and employees of diplomatic missions and their family members;
- Officials of international organizations and their families;
- heads and employees of consular offices of foreign states and their family members;
- holders of diplomatic and service passports and their family members;
- foreign citizens with a diplomatic or official visa;
- foreign citizens and stateless persons under the age of 6.

Photos and fingerprints will be used to form a digital profile of the migrant. That will give you the opportunity to receive various services on the territory of Russia — for example, to get medical insurance.

An application for a residence permit can also be submitted in the form of an electronic document using the Unified Portal of Public Services. If an application is submitted in the form of an electronic document, an additional application in any other form is not required.

To be able to apply for a residence permit through the Unified Portal of Public Services, the applicant must have a verified account in the personal account of the portal.

Obtaining a verified account takes place in three stages:
1. Registration on the Public Services portal https://esia.gosuslugi.ru/login/
2. Filling in personal data
3. Proof of identity (you can confirm your identity online through a bank, you need a Russian bank card for this, or in person at the service center)
Step-by-step instructions for registration in the unified portal are available at the link: https://www.gosuslugi.ru/help/faq/login/0006

Common mistakes when filling out an application form in electronic form:

The application for a residence permit must be completed in the attached form. You do not need to attach a copy or scan of the application.

❗️Non-compliance with the requirements for the photo. A common
mistake is to reinforce a low-quality photo taken with a phone camera. It is necessary to provide photos only in electronic form. You can get an electronic version of the photo at any photo salon.
The main requirements for photography:
The photo should include a close - up of the applicant 's head and upper shoulders;
🚩The background is strictly white;
🚩without a headdress (except in cases where it is not allowed by religious canons);
🚩glasses without tinted glasses;
🚩without artistic processing;
🚩 Photography in outerwear or uniforms is not allowed.

The passport data (series and number) are filled in incorrectly. If there is no series, only the column "number" is filled in, the date of issue in the format 00.00.2024, the issuing authority (as in the passport).
For example: number A1234567, date of issue 01.01.2022, issuing authority GMST

In case of refusal to accept an application for a residence permit submitted in the form of an electronic document, an electronic message is sent to the applicant about the refusal to accept such an application, indicating the grounds for refusal.

Please note that there are no groundless refusals, in order to be able to re-submit an application, it is necessary to eliminate these comments.

In order to work in Russia, foreign citizens who arrived on a visa-free basis must not only issue a patent, but also conclude an employment contract with an employer within 2 months from the date of issue of the patent, as well as submit a notice of employment to the migration departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the district level at the place of employment.

❗️It is necessary to send a notification, including in the case of concluding a civil contract, even if such an agreement was concluded ORALLY with an individual.

If a foreign citizen fails to submit a notification and a copy of the contract within 2 months from the date of issue of the patent, the granted patent is canceled.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, since the beginning of 2024, almost 10 thousand patents issued to foreign citizens who did not submit a timely notice of employment have been canceled in the Moscow Region. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia notifies a foreign citizen about the cancellation of a patent at the place of his migration registration. If a foreign citizen lives at a different address, he may not know that his patent has been revoked and continue to pay for an invalid patent.


Information about such foreign citizens is transmitted to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. In order to avoid revocation of the patent and shortening the period of stay in the Russian Federation, foreign citizens must provide a notification and a copy of the employment contract or civil law contract to the territorial body of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia within the period specified by law.

A law has been adopted that establishes increased fines for the manufacture or trafficking of forged documents for the purpose of organizing illegal migration with confiscation of the instruments of committing an offense for legal entities — from 5 to 10 million rubles, for repeated commission — from 10 to 60 million rubles.

The law also increases the fine for forgery of documents, stamps, seals or letterheads, their use, transfer or sale to 80 thousand rubles, and for repeated offenses — up to 200 thousand rubles.

This will help to prevent the issuance of false forms of notification of the arrival of a foreign citizen — one of the most common crimes in the field of organizing illegal migration.

We tell you in more detail! 📃The appointment of a pension taking into account the periods of work in the states of the Eurasian Economic Union (Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan) is regulated by an international agreement effective from January 1, 2021.

Based on the terms of the agreement, Russia guarantees the payment of pensions outside the Russian Federation, and also takes into account the work experience acquired on the territory of any of the EAEU countries when assigning a pension.

How is it taken into account?

✔️ Work experience until March 13, 1992

The Social Fund will take it into account without any confirmation. But if there is no corresponding entry in the workbook, or there are corrections or inaccuracies, clarification will be required.

✔️ Work experience from March 13, 1992 to January 1, 2021

It must be confirmed without fail. The Social Fund will apply for confirmation of this information to the relevant competent authority of the state party to the EAEU Agreement. The confirmed experience during this period is combined with the Russian experience.

✔️ Work experience after January 1, 2021

From this moment on, each country independently ensures pension rights acquired on its territory. The pensioner receives payments simultaneously from all the EAEU states where his work was carried out.

How is the length of service confirmed?

To confirm the length of service, the State party to the EAEU Agreement provides another country with an appropriate form. If the information is presented incorrectly in response, the agency awarding the pension will not be able to accept and use such confirmation. Also, certificates and documents submitted by the citizen himself cannot be accepted for consideration.

Read more about the agreement, as well as pension provision for persons living abroad, on the website of the Social Fund of the Russian Federation

On January 25, 2025, Federal Law No. 358-FZ "On Amendments to Article 25.6 of the Federal Law "On the Procedure for Leaving the Russian Federation and Entering the Russian Federation" and the Federal Law "On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation", signed by the President of the Russian Federation on October 26, 2024, will enter into force. This normative legal act is aimed at preventing the facts of the use of family law relations by foreign citizens in order to regulate their legal situation on the territory of the Russian Federation contrary to the national interests of our country.

In case of divorce, annulment of marriage, deprivation of parental rights and cancellation of the record of establishing paternity, the temporary residence permit and residence permit will be canceled, and the foreign citizen will have to leave the territory of the Russian Federation.

On November 22, 2024, the deadline for swearing in a citizen of the Russian Federation by persons in respect of whom decisions on admission to Russian citizenship have been made in accordance with the previously valid Federal Law No. 62-FZ of May 31, 2002 "On Citizenship of the Russian Federation" expires. From November 23, 2024, such persons will be considered not to have acquired Russian citizenship, and decisions on their admission to Russian citizenship will be invalid. The relevant norms are fixed in paragraph 3 of Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 889 dated November 22, 2023 "Issues of citizenship of the Russian Federation".These provisions do not apply to persons who acquired citizenship of the Russian Federation before the introduction of the obligation to take the Oath of a citizen of the Russian Federation (September 1, 2017) or were exempted from taking it on the date of admission to Russian citizenship.

persons who applied for citizenship of the Russian Federation in the period from mid-2017 to November 2023, but did not appear for the swearing-in procedure of a citizen of the Russian Federation, are considered persons who have not acquired citizenship of the Russian Federation.

These conditions will not apply to foreigners who have arrived for the purpose of studying, have issued a patent, have an employment relationship with an employer or other legal status.

Previously, foreigners without long-term legal status could stay in the territory of the Russian Federation for no more than 90 days within 180 days.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia informs that a foreign citizen is obliged to apply in advance for migration documents for legal stay in the territory of the Russian Federation and carefully monitor the validity of the patent and the payment of advance payments.

a mandatory procedure for photo and fingerprint identification of foreign citizens or stateless persons directly upon entry into the Russian Federation.

The procedure will not affect citizens of Belarus, children under 6 years old and diplomats.

Please note that during the experiment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, control measures are being strengthened at other checkpoints to prevent unreliable persons from entering the country, including those who have changed their personal data, whose entry is prohibited.

In case of a change in the surname, first name or patronymic, it is necessary to specify this information in the application for registration / reissue of the patent, including the reason and date of the change.

Please note that providing false information may result in a refusal to grant a patent.

exclusion of the use of fictitious marriages and fictitious establishment of paternity for obtaining temporary residence permits and residence permits by foreign citizens or stateless persons. Federal Law No. 358-FZ dated 10/26/2024 "On Amendments to Article 25-6 of the Federal Law "On the Procedure for Leaving the Russian Federation and Entering the Russian Federation" and the Federal Law "On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation"