How to travel to Russia with a residence permit

Before making procedure of the Russian Federation, you should determine the place of residence on the territory of this country, as for registration of the view of the residence you have in statement to specify the actual place of residence, confirmed by the corresponding documents.

Foreigners should be clarified in the passport and visa service at the place of permanent residence in the home country which documents or mark in the passport should have at the time of crossing the Russian border.

When entering the territory of the Russian Federation complete the migration card should be retained since this document will be required to obtain a temporary residence permit in Russia.

Views of residence in the Russian Federation, foreign citizens can obtain only after one year of permanent residence on the basis of a temporary residence permit. Accordingly, before you get a residence, you should obtain this permission.

For obtaining of temporary residence permit please refer to the migration service according to your intended place of residence on the territory of Russia, but if you are abroad, the consular Department of the Russian Federation. In the migration office write in duplicate on the prescribed application form for temporary residence and must attach a document confirming the actual location of your stay in Russia. In addition, together with the application should submit the following documents:• passport;• birth certificate;• migration card;• a document confirming residence of a foreign national outside the territory of its nationality;• a certificate of no criminal record;• four photographs;• if necessary, marriage certificate, birth certificates of children;• a certificate of absence of HIV infection;• receipt of payment of state duty.By results of consideration of the application, you will be issued a temporary residence permit.

At the expiration of one year after the issuance of a temporary residence permit you can obtain a view on the residence. A statement on the application for residency you must apply to the Ministry of interior authorities at the place of your actual residence in the territory of the Russian Federation. The application should enclose the following documents:• notarized copy of the passport;• a notarized copy of your birth certificate;• if necessary, notarized copies of marriage certificate and children's birth;• four photographs;• reference works;• a certificate of registration by place of residence;• income statement and the absence of debts to tax inspection;• certificate of absence of HIV infection;• a certificate from the STI and tuberculosis clinics.Your application should be processed within six months from the date of submission, and the results of its review you will get a view of the residence in the Russian Federation.