Residents of the near abroad, that is, people from the formerSoviet republics, sometimes they want to move to the Russian Federation. What should be done to become a citizen of this country? What package of documents do I need to collect for obtaining Russian citizenship?
The Russian Migration Service has opened a website for people,going to become citizens of our country. To obtain the necessary information on what documents are needed to obtain Russian citizenship, the migrant can apply to the Migration Service of his region or to the official website, which details the grounds, conditions and procedure for obtaining and terminating the rights of a citizen of the Russian Federation.
The list of necessary documents is established by the current law, it is quite detailed, and no migration department has the right to demand additional information not contained in the list.
Sometimes it happens that individual servicesmigration makes to clients illegal demands for submission of documents not specified in the list established by law. You can contact the nearest migration service and ask you to fill out the forms for filling in. But it will be better if you do not rush, but take them home and in a calm environment, fill in all the necessary boxes. Then, when you submit them, you can make the necessary additions if the employee asks you about it.
This is a basic list of what documents forcitizenship is needed. But in order to get a positive decision in the shortest possible time, you need to provide as much information about yourself as possible. You can obtain official replies to the inquiries you sent to the Public Services and Public Officials or other important acts about the status of your citizenship, for example, it may be a work permit issued in your name.
The government decree introduced a specialthe 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 more recently, a simplified acquisition of Russian citizenship (2014) has been introduced.
The procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship on general grounds provides for:
If a citizen has high scientific achievements,or he has a special qualification that is interesting to Russia, or he asks for 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 Russian citizenship is possible. This is beneficial not only for people who come in, but also for our country.
The simplified system of obtaining Russian citizenship removes all restrictions on the mandatory period of residence in Russia.
According to the resolution of the Government,citizenship of the Russian Federation for Ukrainians passes in a different order: they do not need to make out the documents for leaving the country of residence for permanent residence in Russia. They do not need to receive permits to leave, but if Ukrainian citizens show a desire to participate in an elected company, they will need this document. You can get it in the Ukrainian consulate.
To become a citizen of Russia in the usual way, you need to go through several stages:
There are certain provisions on simplification inthe acquisition of Russian citizenship for foreign businessmen who invested their money to open enterprises with the involvement of the Russian labor force. The amount of investments 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 for about three months, but not later than this date you must be notified of the decision.
To determine the package of required documentsit is important to know some circumstances: the year of the birth of the child, the citizenship of the parents or adoptive parents. But it is also important to know that there are delimitations in packages of necessary documentation for children born before and after 2002.
A package of necessary documentation for establishing citizenship for children:
Your application must be considered within ten days and establish a nationality for your child.
This is a common situation, and there are no obstaclesfor Russian parents to formalize their child's citizenship status. The list of necessary documentation for this procedure is the simplest: present your civil passports, their scanned options, the certificate of the established form about the birth of your child. Then the data about the child are entered in the general database, and in the parents' passports a note on the child's presence is marked.
What do you need to submit to establish the status of a child's national if one parent has a foreign nationality?
For the implementation of civil registrationa child whose parent has a foreign nationality, the main package of documents adds information from the consulate of the state to which the parent belongs: that the said parent has citizenship in that state and information on the lack of citizenship of the child in the state.
