The passport is recognized as the main document of a citizen of the country. Sometimes it needs to be checked for validity in order to confirm the reliability of the partner during the transaction, as well as in solving various issues. How to check your passport? This work is carried out in several ways, you just need to choose the right one. Even if the document is issued by the Department of Internal Affairs or the FMS, you can check your passport using any of the options.
Reasons for Invalidity
Among the reasons for the invalidity of a passport are:
- refusal to issue a document after 20 or 45 years;
- damage to the passport;
- change of surname, unwillingness to release a new document;
- gender change, refusal to change a passport.
The validity period of the passport is established by law. If any of the reasons occurs, documents are submitted within 1 month. After this period, the passport is considered invalid. If he was stolen, this should be reported to the police. In case of untimely replacement of the document with a new one, a fine is imposed.
Online check
This method is the simplest. You can check your passport for validity using the official website of the FMS of Russia. Under current law, invalid documents are not protected. To perform the operation, you must visit the site, select the “Services” section, and then “Check against the list of invalid Russian passports”. Then you need to perform the following sequence of actions:
- enter a series of passports ;
- then the number;
- get captcha.
After that, you need to click "Send request". Previously, it was necessary to enter the date of issue of the passport, but now this is not. After processing the application, the system does not provide all the data, it will only indicate whether the document is invalid or not.
The site has a list of invalid documents by which you can check the available information. Based on the data of the FMS, the lists are updated every day automatically, but the absence of a passport in the list of invalid offers no full guarantee.
In addition to this site, there are many resources on the Web suitable for verifying the validity of a document. But information is transferred from official sources and may not be constantly updated, so there can be no complete trust in it.
Statement
You can personally contact the FMS authority. How to check your passport in this way? It is necessary to write a statement, which indicates such data as:
- name of the authority to which the passport is required;
- information about the applicant;
- in the main part of the application you need to write about the requirement to provide information regarding the verification of the passport;
- at the end the date and signature are indicated.
There are no additional requirements for the preparation of the application. It should be written in the usual form. Samples of filling are on the Internet, as well as in the FMS. The application is processed within a month, and then the requested information is provided. Please note that the absence of a document in the database does not provide an absolute guarantee.
Self check
There are signs by which it will be possible to distinguish a valid document from an invalid one. How to check your passport yourself? It is necessary to examine the external parameters of the document. All pages should be created on paper with a state sign. You also need to focus on the following parameters:
- through ultraviolet light wavy inscriptions should be visible: along all the sheets is the FMS of Russia, if the passport was issued before 2006, then the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia;
- the phrase "FMS of Russia" goes to the photo, but with the second one this may not be;
- on the 3rd page, through the ultraviolet, the inscriptions “Passport” and “Russia” are visible, as well as the coat of arms;
- all data is entered in a typewritten manner, a record of registration and a issued passport can be entered manually by the FMS;
- a pattern is visible through the ultraviolet near the photograph;
- pages are stitched with the help of special threads, because of which it is impossible to change pages without visible signs;
- sheets should be of the same key;
- paint in a valid passport cannot fade or smear.
It is on these grounds that you can confirm whether the document is valid or not. By several criteria, you can immediately identify a fake.
Verification of Information
In addition to visible signs, the document must be identified for data authenticity. Now they issue Russian passports in 1997. Until 2006, they were provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then by the FMS of the Russian Federation. There are no differences in the visible characteristics, therefore, according to the document, you can check the passport number, as well as other parameters:
- the main spread contains the number, place of issue of the document, the age of the citizen;
- there will be no important information on the registration sheet, as a person can be registered at a place that differs from the actual one;
- you need to look at the page with marriage and children: even if the document is valid, the FMS agency may not put a stamp;
- the last leaflet includes information about the issued document: you need to look at the passport code that was issued before.
Verification of information can be carried out by various authorities upon request. This will determine the validity of the document.
Checking the passport of a non-resident
A common question is how to check the passport of a citizen of another country. There is no such information in the FMS, therefore this information is not available to citizens, even if the foreigner has been living in Russia for some time. But many countries have their own online resources through which documents are checked.
Passports of people from other states can also have similar security features, for example, watermarks, inscriptions, stamps. Some countries practice issuing electronic passports, which makes counterfeiting impossible.
international passport
There is a document that is intended for travel to other countries. How to check the passport for validity? The Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation allows you to find information on your old passport It will be possible to determine the validity of new documents only when contacting the FMS.
In addition to the passport, other documents are checked on the website of this service. Among them are working patents, permission to enter different countries, licenses. Anyone can use the service.