Registration of Legal Entities with the RF FMS (Federal Migration Service)

The right to issue invitations serving a ground for obtaining by foreign citizens of visas for entry into the RF territory, is only granted to the legal entities registered (accredited) with the RF UFMS (Directorate of the Federal Migration Service) of the RF territorial entities.

A legal entity can be registered with the RF UFMS at the initial submission of the petition to issue an invitation.

Documents necessary for registration of a legal entity with the RF UFMS:

– request on registration of the legal entity with UFMS for the City of Moscow as an organization soliciting to issue the invitations;

– copy of the passport of the head of the organization;

– copy of the certificate of state registration of the legal entity (attested by the seal of the organization);

– copies of the certificate on registration of the organization with a tax authority (one notarized copy and one copy attested by the seal of the organization);

– excerpt from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (with the period of limitation not exceeding 1 month).

By request of the UFMS officials (shall be mainly referred to the organizations inviting foreign citizens from migrationally dangerous countries), when posting the organization to the accounts, the personal presence of the General Director of the organization can be necessary.

Upon registration of the organization with UFMS, the representative of the organization will receive a legal entity’s record card, the validity term of which shall be one year from the receipt day. The accreditation can be extended an unlimited number of times for a term of up to one year.