Procedure of Posting to the Accounts of Foreign Citizens at the Place of Stay and Removal of Them from the Accounts

Foreign citizens when located at the place of stay not being their place of residence shall be registered at the place of stay.

Foreign citizens temporarily staying in the Russian Federation shall be registered at the place of stay upon expiration of 7 business days from the day of arrival to the place of stay.

The ground for posting to the accounts at the place of stay of a foreign citizen shall be receipt by the territorial branch of the Federal Migration Service of a notice of the established form on arrival of the foreign citizen or a person destitute of nationality to the place of stay to be presented by the host party.

The host party shall enclose, to the notice on arrival to be submitted to the territorial body of the Federal Migration Service, directly or as a postal item, a copy of the document certifying the identity of the foreign citizen, a copy of the migration card (for the temporarily staying foreign citizen).

Upon arrival of the foreign citizen to the hotel or to any other organization providing hotel services, to a sanatorium,  holiday home, recreation center, camping, to a tourist center, children’s recreation camp, hospital or to any other health care or social service institution, as well as to a special social rehabilitation institution for persons without definite place of residence, the administration of the related organization or institution shall inform, within one day, the territorial UFMS of Russia of the arrival of the foreign citizen by forwarding a notice.

The ground for posting to the migration accounts shall be as follows:

– actual entry of a foreign citizen to RF;

– actual registration of the birth in the RF territory of a foreign citizen or another person not acquiring the RF citizenship as of the birth day;

– actual loss of the RF citizenship by the person located in RF.

The ground for removal from the migration accounts shall be as follows:

– posting of the foreign citizen to the accounts at the new place of stay;

– departure of the foreign citizen from RF;

– death of the foreign citizen in RF;

– entry into the legal force of the court judgment on acknowledgement of the foreign citizen, who stayed in RF, as missing or on a declaring him to be deceased;

– actual acquisition of the RF citizenship by a foreign citizen located in RF.

Obligations of foreign citizens when being posted to the migration accounts

When being posted to the migration accounts, foreign citizens shall provide authentic information and commit other legally relevant acts established by the Federal Law dated 18.07.2006 “On migration registration of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation”, other federal laws and other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation to be adopted in accordance with the mentioned regulatory legal acts.

Foreign citizens permanently or temporarily residing in the Russian Federation shall be registered at the place of residence and shall be posted to the accounts at the place of stay.

Foreign citizens temporarily staying in the Russian Federation shall be posted to the accounts at the place of stay.

Foreign citizens serving criminal or administrative punishment shall be posted to the accounts at the place of stay at the institution implementing the related punishment, in accordance with the procedure established by the Russian Federation Government.

Foreign citizens, as well as foreign legal entities and other foreign organizations located beyond the boundaries of the RF territory and possessing residential and other premises situated in the RF territory, shall fulfill, in case if such premises are made available for foreign citizens for their temporary stay, the duties of the host party on posting of the persons, for whom the premises are provided, to the accounts at the place of stay.