Criminal record and passport: features of obtaining a document

For traveling abroad regardless of the purpose, be itthen a business trip or a vacation, a Russian citizen must receive a "foreign passport" - a foreign passport. It is a document proving the identity of its owner when leaving the country, entering it, and also while staying abroad. Getting a foreign passport. Passport is often associated with various problems: it takes time to collect documents, visit the necessary authorities. In addition, the complexity can deliver and such a fact as the existence of a criminal record.

What is a criminal record?

A conviction is a condition of a citizen recognized injudicial procedure for those guilty of committing a crime if criminal-corrective measures (punishment) are applied to it. In other words, if the punishment against a person is abolished, it is considered to be invisible.

A conviction entails certain legallimitations. This is the prohibition to engage in certain activities, and occupy certain positions, and travel abroad. However, even if a person has a criminal record and a passport can not be obtained, do not get upset, because the phenomenon is not permanent: the law provides for a mechanism for repaying criminal records.

Withdrawal and repayment of criminal record

Погашение судимости – это прекращение ее действия and cancellation of legal consequences, carried out automatically. Different crimes have different terms of repayment with respect to the termination of execution of punishment:

• in the case of a conditional sentence, a previous conviction is paid immediately;
• with softer punishment than imprisonment (for example, fines) - after one year;
• when convicted for crimes of minor severity - in three years;
• when committing a serious crime - after six years;
• if the crime was particularly serious - after 8 years.

Among other things, the conviction can be redeemed before the expiration of these periods in court in the case of the immaculate behavior of the convict, as well as as a result of amnesty.

It is enough to remove a conviction, and a passport canbe received in the usual manner. However, a citizen must take a certificate to the Department of Internal Affairs at the place of residence that his conviction has been canceled (canceled). You can apply for it in person (through a representative) or through a written statement (by mail). The certificate must then be submitted to the city police department to correct the data on the conviction.

Where to draw up a passport, what documents are needed to obtain it

Passport can be issued in the FMSplace of residence or actual residence, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its representative offices, in consular offices and diplomatic missions. In addition, you can submit an online application on the Single Portal to provide state and municipal services.

"Zagranka" for people who have a criminal record, and a passport for other citizens of the Russian Federation practically do not differ in the set of necessary documents. You will need to provide:

• Russian passport;
• originals and copies of birth certificates of children under the age of 14;
• application for the "zagranki";
• receipt of payment of duties and forms;
• 4 photos (the necessary parameters of the photo need to know in advance at the place of registration of the passport);
• certified copy or the original workbook;
• men of military age - a certificate from the military office;
• a certificate stating that the previous conviction has been redeemed;
• and a passport issued earlier (expired).

Deadline for issuing passport when applyingat the place of registration does not exceed one month; at the place of stay (when registration is temporary) - four months. If there is a documented need to obtain a document due to the urgent need for treatment, as well as the death of a close relative abroad, the dates for issuing a passport should not exceed three days.