In the third reading, the State Duma adopted amendments to Federal Law On Migration Registration of Foreign Nationals and Stateless Persons in the Russian Federation. These changes will affect all foreign nationals temporarily staying in Russia, including those employed and working under employment contracts as well as highly qualified specialists.

The newspaper Delovoy Peterburg held its annual round table together with the Migration Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region to discuss the latest amendments to migration laws as well as the latest practice of migration control. Julia Talagaeva, Senior Associate at Forte Tax & Law, took part in this round table discussion.

From May 25, 2018 to July 25, 2018 a special procedure for registering foreign nationals will apply in cities hosting FIFA World Cup matches, i.e. Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Nizhniy Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Saransk and Sochi.

From April 20, 2018 onwards, employers will be required to use new forms when sending to the Department of Migration Matters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, among others, the following notices regarding foreign employees

On behalf of the entire Forte Tax & Law team, I would like to wish you a happy New Year and a great start to the new business season! We hope that 2018 will be filled with success and achievements. To this end, we have put together a brief overview of the most important changes to be introduced to Russian laws so that you can be forewarned, and thereby forearmed, when they come into force in 2018.

In view of practical issues that foreign nationals have been facing recently, we would like to remind you that amendments to Federal Law N 115-FZ dated 25.07.2002 entered into force on June 30, 2015.