Validity period of temporary registration (minimum and maximum): for how long is registration at the place of stay granted, that is, for what period can it be done, how is an extension done for citizens of the Russian Federation and how much

The legislative framework

In 2007, a new registration system for foreigners was introduced. It is called migration registration. Features of the procedure, concepts, and validity period of temporary registration are set out in several acts:

Law No. 109-FZ “On Migration Registration”;
Government Decree No. 9;
Administrative Regulation No. 364;
Housing Code.

These acts regulate the procedure. All persons who are in the country and have not been registered face a fine and deportation. Registration is free.

Time Frame Differences

The main question that interests foreign guests is: “How long can temporary registration be made?” The law states that if a person registers in an apartment, the duration of his stay is set by the owner of the property. Usually the parties resolve this issue independently.

The law sets a limit and no one has the right to violate the established limits. Registration is not carried out for less than 6 months, the maximum permissible period is 5 years. There are no exceptions. If circumstances require you to stay in Russia for a longer period of time, the issued certificate will be extended.

List of required documents

It was already mentioned above that in order to obtain permanent registration in another city, you need to collect the entire package of necessary papers. This is exactly the problem for many people. It is important here what kind of real estate the person in question will register in.

If the living space is municipal, both the tenant himself and his relatives can be registered in it. They will need to present the following documents to the migration service officers:

passport;
consent in writing from an authorized employee of the local administration;
consent from residents registered in the territory of the proposed place of registration. The document must be handwritten;
a social tenancy agreement drawn up in the prescribed form.

If a person registers in someone else’s apartment, he must bring the following documents to the migration service.

passport;
any document serving as the basis for registration in the territory of residence;
consent from each of the owners of this apartment.

The easiest way is to apply for temporary registration in your own apartment, because in this case the citizen will need to bring only two documents: a personal passport and a certificate that the apartment belongs to him. Then a military ID or an extract from the house register may be required.

Help The process of registration and paperwork lasts 8-10 days.

What should you do first?

Before you apply for a new registration, you should decide what to do with the old one. There are options

Write an application to be deregistered where you were previously registered. Then the applicant will receive a departure sheet, which will need to be provided when registering at a new place.
Upon arrival in another city, immediately pay a visit to the registration department, but there is no need to deregister at your previous place of residence.

It is best to go with the second option - it does not take much time, and the applicant will not be limited in terms of moving time. After all, having deregistered, you need to register in a new place within a week. Otherwise, a fine will be imposed.

Where to contact?

Registration in another region is handled by local departments of internal affairs. This means that you should contact one of the departments located in the area where the applicant will live.

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Although there is an alternative. You can contact the MFC directly or, without leaving your home, send documents online to the State Services portal. In this case, you will have to visit the Ministry of Internal Affairs department only once. And if you submit papers through the MFC, you will have to go through the entire registration procedure - first submit documents, then pick up a passport with a registration mark. You need to spend more time on this than when applying directly to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, because the MFC will transfer the documents to the department of internal affairs, where registration will be issued.

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How long does registration last?

Every person who comes to Russia is interested in how long a temporary registration is issued for. The validity period of the issued document depends on the purpose of arrival (rest, work, study), place of residence (boarding house, apartment) and from which country the guest came.

Depending on the category of citizen, the permissible period of temporary registration is established. The length of the document is decided between the guest and the owner of the house where he is staying.

By place of stay

Every person who comes to another city for an indefinite period of time must obtain a residence permit. Its validity period is limited only by two factors: articles of the law and the desire of the owner of the home with whom the guest will be registered.

The length of temporary registration depends on the type of property and the inviting party. In a municipal apartment, the period is limited to 6 months. You can live in private real estate for 5 years.

How much does temporary registration cost?

Temporary registration is issued completely free of charge. Firms offering registration act as intermediaries between home owners and persons wishing to register.

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Registration through an intermediary costs:

In St. Petersburg:

For 3 months: 600 - 800 rub.
For six months: 800 - 3 thousand rubles.
For a year: from 1 thousand to 10 thousand rubles.
For 5 years: from 3 thousand to 50 thousand rubles.

In Moscow:

For 3 months: 600 - 800 rub.
For 6 months: 800 – 3 thousand rubles.
For a year: 1 thousand - 12 thousand rubles.
For 5 years: from 3 thousand to 50 thousand rubles.

In Ekaterinburg:

For 3 months: 3 thousand rubles.
For 6 months: 5500 rub.
For 12 months: 9900 rub.

In Volgograd:

For 3 months: 3 thousand rubles.
For six months: 6 thousand rubles.
For a year: 10 thousand rubles.

The price range is due to the following factors:

registration address (private house, apartment or dormitory);
the amount requested for intermediary services;
prices for utilities;
payment for the residential premises provided for registration is the personal benefit of the owner.

Maximum term

For citizens of the Russian Federation and foreigners, the maximum period of temporary registration is established by legislative act No. 5242-1. Exceeding the specified time frame may result in administrative penalties. The deadline varies:

for Russians maximum 5 years;
for foreigners who do not have special circumstances for coming to the country – 90 days;
for foreigners who have a good reason to be in Russia (treatment, work) – no more than 1 year.

Any citizen can extend the registration period. But you must submit documents in advance, and, of course, you must follow the rules and deadlines for writing an application and collecting the necessary papers.

Validity period of temporary registration

Registration at the place of residence is carried out for the duration of your stay at the designated address. There are no minimum registration periods established by law. Therefore, you can apply for temporary registration for 1 month. Although in some structural units of the migration service, employees believe that the minimum period is 3 months. This opinion is not based on legislation. Therefore, you can safely require registration for a period of 1 month.

In other cases, the time of temporary registration is determined by agreement of the parties if the housing is provided for free use or by a commercial lease agreement. You can register for social rent for a period not exceeding six months. The registration is then extended with the consent of the residents and the landlord.

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If there is a concluded commercial lease of housing, registration is issued for the duration of the contract. It can be 6 months, a year or any other period not exceeding five years. Most often, the contract is concluded for 11 months or a year.

Deregistration can be done at any time. To do this, you must write an application to the authority that issued the registration. This can be done by either the landlord or the registered person.

Citizens of the Russian Federation

For persons with Russian citizenship, general registration rules apply. A citizen must register in the provided housing if the period of his stay is more than 90 days and there is the consent of the owner. The minimum term is not established by law, the maximum is 5 years.

Foreigners

Registration is carried out by the receiving party, and in rare cases the burden of registration falls on the arriving foreigner. Registration must be done within a week from the date of arrival in the country. Seven days can also be counted from the moment of receipt of a temporary residence permit or temporary residence permit.

To register you need:

passport;
residence permit or temporary residence permit in the country;
document confirming the right of residence at a specific address (deed of gift, lease, etc.)

Registration is issued for:

the duration of the visa if the foreigner arrived from a visa country;
90 days if the foreign citizen arrived from a visa-free state.

After the specified time has expired, the foreign citizen is obliged to leave the Russian Federation or renew registration in the presence of compelling circumstances. An application for extension of stay in the country is submitted to the Main Department of Migration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs 2 weeks before the expiration of the temporary registration. Evidence must be provided to support your application. For example, extension of an employment contract. The application is reviewed within a week, then the decision is communicated to the applicant. If the answer is yes, then a registration with a new deadline is issued. If the decision is negative, then during the remaining 7 days of legal stay the foreigner is obliged to leave the territory of Russia.

In some situations, the period of temporary registration is reduced. This happens if:

Stay in the Russian Federation exceeded 3 months within six months.
There is a ban on crossing the Russian border.
The training was completed ahead of schedule.
The purpose of the visit does not correspond to the activity.
There are offenses.

Minimum term

In accordance with the current Resolution No. 713, the certificate is issued for a period of 30 days. Almost always, authorities provide temporary registration for a minimum period of 90 days.

Basically, such a document is issued for those guests who will stay in a hotel or sanatorium. If the arrival is checking in on a voucher, then the issued document will be valid until the voucher expires.

If for all foreigners the period of stay is within 3-12 months, then the minimum period of registration at the place of residence for a Russian is six months.

Possible fines

The current laws of the Russian Federation provide for the imposition of large fines if a person does not have temporary registration. The reason for this is the fact that Russian legislation is changing all the time, various kinds of adjustments are made to it, making the registration procedure simpler and it is completely free.

Based on the above, a person who has not issued a temporary registration within the established time frame and has not completed the registration procedure will be fined 1,500-2,000 rubles. The same amount is provided in the event that the parents did not obtain a temporary registration for the child within the time period specified by law.

It is worth saying right away that the amounts mentioned above are valid exclusively in the regions of the Russian Federation. Those same people who live in Moscow or St. Petersburg will be forced to pay more serious fines. In both capitals, their range varies between 3-5 thousand rubles.

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It is also worth remembering that the same sanctions apply to the receiving party - the homeowner who provided living space for the violators. It must be said that the fines imposed on the owner are more severe than on the person who lives in his apartment.

Attention! The above basic information is individual and depends on a large number of factors. Therefore, you should not hope that getting to know her will help solve all your problems.

How long does it take to register?

The legislation clearly establishes the time that is given to a person to complete the registration procedure. When a guest crosses the border, he is given a week to process the visa.

Unlike citizens of other states, persons from Kazakhstan and Belarus have more time to complete the procedure. If other foreigners must register within a week, then for citizens of these countries the period has been increased to 30 days.

How long does registration take? When all the papers and provided data are verified, the certificate is issued within 7 days. If you need to additionally send requests to other authorities for verification, the waiting period may increase.

Registration procedure

The specifics of the procedure depend on your place of residence. If a foreigner lives in a hotel or boarding house, then all stages of registration are taken over by its manager. If a person comes to visit relatives or rents housing on his own, then the registration stages are as follows:

obtain consent from the owner of the house in which the citizen will be registered;
collect the necessary documents;
come to an appointment at the Main Migration Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and submit the collected papers for verification;
if there are no reasons for refusal, then a repeat visit is scheduled;
come at the specified time and receive a certificate.

The procedure itself is free, the guest pays only for renting the apartment, and, depending on the agreement, pays part (or all) of utilities.

List of required documents

Papers need to be prepared not only for the guest of the country, but also for the person with whom he will live. What documents are needed for temporary registration:

arrival form;
photocopy of passport;
migration card (except for residents of the Republic of Belarus);
photocopy of the visa.

The inviting party must take with him a copy of his passport and paper confirming that the housing where the foreigner will be registered belongs to him by law.

Procedure for obtaining temporary registration

The first thing to do is to obtain the consent of the homeowner. The second is to collect documents. The only authority responsible for processing temporary registration is the Department of Migration Issues.

Important: legal entities offering registration without entering into the database are carrying out illegal actions.

Papers are provided to the migration department in the following ways:

On a personal visit. The owner of the property must also appear with the person registering.
Via postal service. The papers and consent of the homeowner must be certified by a notary. A valuable registered letter with notification is sent. The notification is a document confirming receipt of the message, and the specified date of delivery determines the period for preparing the registration.
Through the Multifunctional Center. In this case, the personal presence of the owner or his notarized consent to registration is required. The preparation time for registration will take longer than with a personal visit to the Main Department of Migration Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, since it is necessary to take into account 1-2 days for the transfer of papers to the authorized body.
Homeowners' associations and housing cooperatives have the right to accept documentation. The representative of the institution submits the papers himself to the Main Directorate for Migration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

After the allotted time has passed, you must pick up the documents. Receipt is carried out at the place indicated in the application. For example, if documents were submitted in person to the Main Migration Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, then receipt is carried out there.

A certificate of temporary registration at the place of stay is issued. The document indicates the details of the registered person, address and time of residence, and the date of the procedure. The form is stamped with the words “GUVM MVD” or the old-style “FMS”.