How to register from Ukraine

Crossing the Russian-Ukrainian border, the guest country must fill in a migration card stating the purpose of arrival in the country (in this case guest visit) and the address at which he is going to live. If the same person goes to visit, and travel for business or pleasure, it specifies the name of the hotel and the room.

Upon arrival to Russia your guest for three days you must come to the office of the Federal migration service or to the passport office in the dispensation and fill in the arrival notification of the foreign citizen. You will have to pay some state tax, for which you will be given a special receipt. Attach to the notice of the arrival of a copy of the immigration card, and your original passports and copies of them. Please note that the residence permit in your passport must match exactly with the address specified in the migration document visitor. In addition, check the number of meters of living space – not less than 12, so to add some foreign citizens in one apartment it may not happen.

Your guest will be given a tear-off portion of the form on arrival, he will have to carry with you all the time stay on the territory of Russia.

Before departure from Ukraine make a copy of the notification and not later than two days after the departure of the visitor take it to the office of the Federal migration service or to the passport office for removal of a foreign citizen with a temporary account. Usually stay residents of the CIS in Russia could not last more than three months.

There is a possibility not to come to the Federal migration service personally and send all necessary documents by mail to avoid standing in queues. But for this service you will have to pay at least two hundred rubles. In addition, a personal meeting with employees of the migration service it is safer and can help to avoid problems when returning home.