Residents of neighboring countries, that is, people from the former Soviet republics , sometimes want to move to the Russian Federation. What needs to be done to become a citizen of this country? What package of documents do you need to collect to obtain Russian citizenship?
Migration Service reports what documents are needed to obtain Russian citizenship for migrants
The Migration Service of the Russian Federation has opened a site for people about to become citizens of our country. To obtain the necessary information about what documents are needed to obtain citizenship of the Russian Federation, a migrant can contact the Office of Migration Service of his region or the official website, which details the grounds, conditions and procedure for obtaining and terminating the rights of a citizen of the Russian Federation.
On what grounds can I obtain the status of a citizen of Russia
- As a result of birth in Russia.
- Obtaining citizenship on a common basis.
- Obtaining citizenship in a simplified manner.
- When restoring the status of a citizen of the Russian Federation.
- If there are other grounds in accordance with applicable law.
How to find out what documents are needed to obtain citizenship of the Russian Federation?
The list of necessary documents is established by the current law, it is quite detailed, and no migration office has the right to demand additional information not contained in the list.
Sometimes it happens that certain migration services make illegal demands on clients to submit documents that are not listed in the statutory list. You can contact your nearest migration service and ask for a form to fill out. But it will be better if you do not rush, but take them home and in a calm atmosphere fill in all the necessary columns. Then, when you submit them, you can make the necessary additions if the employee asks you to.
What documents are needed to obtain citizenship of the Russian Federation
- Original and copy of birth certificate.
- Original and copy of a civil passport or certificate that you do not have citizenship.
- Original and copy of passport.
- Indicate the reason for your presence in Russia: you can indicate the presence of a Russian visa, a migration notice, a migration card that you received when crossing the border. All these provisions do not apply to Belarusian citizens, since Belarus and Russia have a common migration space.
- Submit a certificate stating that you were not convicted. True, this provision does not apply to citizens of the CIS.
- A copy and the original certificate of marriage or divorce, this applies to married and divorced citizens.
- In the presence of children - copied and original versions of a document confirming their birth.
- If you are the owner of a dwelling or a private house, then the originals and copies of documents confirming your ownership.
- Original and copied versions of diplomas for any education received.
- Be sure to provide medical confirmation that you are not ill with contagious and infectious diseases.
- Provide your photos in a specific format established by the regulations on the migration service.
- Application form.
- Application for citizenship of the Russian Federation.
This is the main list of what documents are needed to obtain Russian citizenship. But in order to get a positive decision in the shortest possible time, you need to provide as much information as possible about yourself. You can get official answers to your requests to the State Services and State official bodies or other important acts on the state of your citizenship, for example, it can be a work permit issued in your name.
What is the legal procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship?
The Government Decree introduced a special procedure for obtaining the status of a citizen of our country for certain categories of persons. It should be noted that there are general rules for obtaining the status of a citizen of the Russian Federation. But recently simplified acquisition of citizenship of the Russian Federation (2014) has also been introduced.
What is the difference between existing methods and what conditions are needed for ordinary and simplified obtaining the status of a citizen of Russia?
The procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship on a common basis provides:
- A citizen's residence in Russia from the moment he received a residence permit.
- Obligation of a citizen to comply with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, recognition of the laws of Russia.
- Source of permanent income.
- Refusal of a person from his former citizenship. Proficiency in Russian at a certain level.
If a citizen has high scientific achievements, or he has a special qualification that is interesting to Russia, or he seeks political asylum, or he has special merits recognized by Russia, or he lived in the former Soviet republics, then in this case a simplified system of obtaining citizenship is possible RF This is beneficial not only for entering people, but also for our country.
And what does the bill provide that simplifies obtaining Russian citizenship for migrants?
- For a candidate who intends to become a citizen of the Russian Federation, only a successful examination in the Russian oral language is provided, where the level of knowledge will be determined.
- Reducing the time for consideration of the submitted application to three months.
- Acceleration of obtaining citizenship for those people who are resettled under the state program from abroad.
- For those people who freely speak and write in Russian, the conditions for obtaining the status of a citizen of the Russian Federation are greatly simplified.
- For those foreign citizens who have close relatives in Russia, consideration of the application is provided in the shortest possible time.
- For those citizens with one of the parents having Russian citizenship, significant reductions in the terms for obtaining citizenship are provided.
The simplified system of obtaining citizenship of the Russian Federation removes all restrictions on the mandatory period of residence in Russia.
How can a Ukrainian become a citizen of the Russian Federation?
By decision of the Government, citizenship of the Russian Federation for Ukrainians takes place in a different order: they do not need to draw up documents to leave the country of residence for permanent residence in Russia. They do not need to receive permits for departure, but if Ukrainian citizens show a desire to participate in the election company, they will need this document. You can get it at the Ukrainian consulate.
To become a citizen of Russia in the usual way, you need to go through several stages:
- Ukrainian citizens can enter the territory of Russia with their civil and foreign passports without applying for a visa.
- After crossing the border, citizens of Ukraine fill out a migrant card, and this border can be sea, river or air.
- The registration procedure upon arrival in Russia. To do this, you must present your passport and migrant card. After these actions, the foreign citizen receives a notice, the date is stamped in it. The presence of a notice is a confirmation of registration for migration registration in Russia.
- It is necessary to obtain a permit for a short stay in Russia. This permission will allow citizens of Ukraine to obtain a residence permit, it is affixed in the passport.
- Registration of a residence permit in Russia occurs after a citizen has received a temporary residence permit. Its validity period is five years.
- The final stage: obtaining citizenship of the Russian Federation. This is only possible if a citizen has not left the Russian Federation for five years.
There are certain provisions on the simplification in obtaining citizenship of the Russian Federation for foreign businessmen who invested their money to open enterprises involving Russian labor. The amount of investment should exceed 10,000,000 Russian rubles.
This also applies to foreign students who graduated from Russian universities and wished to continue their careers at Russian enterprises.
Simplified registration of Russian citizenship can last about three months, but no later than this time you should be notified of the decision.
What documents are required for Russian citizenship for a child?
To determine the package of necessary documents, it is important to know some circumstances: the year of birth of the child, citizenship of parents or adoptive parents. But it is also important to know that there are distinctions in packages of necessary documentation for children born before 2002 and after.
A package of necessary documentation for establishing citizenship for children:
- Statement of established form from parents.
- Birth certificate of a child.
- Evidence of parents living in Russia at the time the baby was born.
Your application should be considered in ten days and establish citizenship for your child.
What is needed to establish the citizenship of a child born after 2002 whose parents are citizens of the Russian Federation?
This is a common situation, and there are no obstacles for Russian parents to register their child as a citizen. The list of necessary documentation for this procedure is the simplest: present your civil passports, their scanned options, a certificate of the established form for the birth of your child. Then, the data on the child is entered into a common database, and a note on the presence of the child is put down in the passports of the parents.
What needs to be submitted to establish the status of a child’s citizen if one of the parents has foreign citizenship?
In order to register a child with one of the parents with foreign citizenship, information is added to the main package of documents from the consulate of the state to which the parent belongs: that the specified parent has citizenship in this state and information about the absence of citizenship of the child in given state.