На сегодня граждане Великобритании, Турции, Танзании и Швейцарии, а также лица, имеющих вид на жительство либо иной документ, подтверждающий право на постоянное проживание в этих странах вправе въезжать в Россию без специального разрешения на въезд

As the ban on entry to Russia has been eased, more foreign nationals have arrived in the country, so in view of this greater flow of people arriving from abroad, the Chief Medical Officer of Russia issued Order No. 22 on July 27, 2020.

The President of Russia signed on June 15, 2020 a decree that extends until September 15, 2020 the validity term of temporary stay or permanent residence of foreign nationals and stateless persons in Russia if they expire before that date.

On April 18, 2020, the President signed decree No. 274 which suspends the deadlines for temporary stay, temporary and permanent residence from March 15 to June 15, as well as the deadlines for registration at the place of residence if these deadlines expire in this period.

The World Health Organization (WHO) described on March 12, 2020 the rapid spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) around the world as a pandemic. We have prepared for you an overview of the main legal aspects and difficulties that businesses face in the current situation.

A joint meeting of the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce and the Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce was held last Friday on October 11, 2019 to discuss migration regulation. Julia Talagaeva, senior associate at Forte Tax & Law, made a presentation at this meeting and shared with the audience some nuances and lifehacks for migration registration.

We would like to remind you that notices of salary payment to highly qualified specialists for the third quarter of 2018 must be submitted to the local office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs dealing with migration matters no later than October 31, 2018.

Amendments to Federal Law N 115-FZ dated July 25, 2002 On the Legal Status of Foreign Nationals in the Russian Federation will enter into force on January 16, 2019.

As you may recall, we wrote earlier about the roundtable in which participated representatives of the Migration Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs as well as representatives of the business community, including Julia Talagaeva, Senior Associate at Forte Tax & Law.

We reported earlier on that major changes were due to be made soon to the procedure for migration registration. The new changes essentially provide that it will be possible to register foreign nationals working on Russia only with the address at which they live (rather than the address of their employer’s office as previously).