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State Duma simplifies procedure for obtaining residence permit in Russian Federation

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State Duma simplifies procedure for obtaining residence permit in Russian Federation


24.07.2019

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Russian parliamentarians approved a draft law providing for the simplification of issuing permits for temporary residence in Russian Federation to certain categories of foreigners, State Duma website reports. The document was adopted in the final third reading at a meeting of the Lower House of Russian Parliament on Tuesday, July 23. The draft law has been submitted for consideration by the Government of Russian Federation. 
According to the Russkiy Mir, the period for consideration of applications for issuance of temporary residence permits, according to the draft law, is reduced from six months to four months. For certain categories of foreigners, it is possible to obtain permits without a quota. This provision will affect those who were born on the territory of our country or married Russian. It also applies to participants in the state program of resettlement of compatriots, refugees and those who received temporary asylum in Russia. 

The bill assumes the possibility of obtaining a perpetual residence permit. 

The document will increase the number of foreigners who can obtain a residence permit without a temporary residence permit. This list will include those born in the territory of the RSFSR and who had Soviet citizenship in the past, deported from the Crimean Autonomous Union Republic and their relatives in a straight line. A residence permit will also be available to children born in Russia who have been adopted by foreigners. 

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