All Russians who have left their place of permanent registration for a period longer than 90 days are required to obtain temporary registration. The same rule applies to foreigners. Ignoring such requirements is fraught with punishment, including deportation. Checking temporary registration with the Federal Migration Service online is one of the fastest ways to establish the authenticity of a registration document.
The number of organizations that offer foreigners registration is increasing every year. But not all companies do their job honestly. A situation often arises in which the temporary registration is invalid, which is a criminal offense.
Features of temporary registration in 2021
Since 2021, updated rules for population migration have been introduced, according to which the place of residence is the area where a person lives on a permanent basis, and the place of residence is the territory that is a temporary location (hotel, sanatorium-resort institution, hospital, etc.).
Temporary registration also includes government agencies of the executive branch serving criminal sentences. In this case, citizens are registered according to special rules - their place of registration changes on the basis of a judicial indictment.
Foreigners arriving in Russia must register if they reside in Russia on a permanent or temporary basis for more than 7 working days at a specific address. There is no need to register temporarily in the following cases:
- no official place of residence;
- if you work in the Russian Federation on a rotational basis;
- the person lives in a hotel or similar establishment;
- if a citizen is in an institution for social rehabilitation of persons without a specific place of residence;
- he resides in an institution that is intended for the execution of administrative punishment.
The process of registering a migrant is carried out entirely by the receiving country. A foreigner must present a passport and a migration card, which is filled out when entering Russia. After a citizen of another country has arrived in the Russian Federation, the responsible person of the receiving state fills out a form for temporary registration for migrants and sends it with copies of the listed documents to the department of the Federal Migration Service (GUVM MIA) directly or by mail.
How to verify the authenticity of your temporary registration is described below.
Why are they needed?
It is impossible in a short article to list all areas of human activity where registration information may be needed.
Let's list just a few of them:
- registration of loans, contracts, loans;
- receiving government subsidies and benefits;
- real estate transactions;
- registration for work;
- requests from government agencies.
As we see, information about registration is necessary for both the citizen and the state .
Order No. 422 of the Federal Migration Service of October 29, 2007 granted the right to request and receive registration information for both individuals and the following organizations:
- Ships;
- Bodies of inquiry and preliminary investigation;
- Operational and investigative activities;
- FMS and its territorial divisions;
FOR YOUR INFORMATION. The FMS, as an organization, was liquidated in 2021 by presidential decree No. 156 (April 4). The functions of the service were transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, where the Main Directorate for Migration Issues (GUVM MVD) was established. But this transformation is unlikely to be accompanied by significant changes in the provision of services for registering citizens at the place of residence or stay. - Bailiffs;
- State bodies and local government;
- Public associations (Article 14 of the said order).
Issues of registration, deregistration, registration, as well as provision of registration information are regulated in the FMS order number 422 indicated by us.
And:
- Federal Law 5242-1 from 1993 (edited in 2021);
- administrative regulations of the Federal Migration Service;
- Registration rules;
- Federal Law of June 2, 2021 N 152-FZ “On the right to freedom of movement”;
- Housing complex of the Russian Federation;
- Family Code regarding the exercise of parental rights;
- Civil Code, in particular, Article 20 (on residence);
- decisions of the Supreme and Constitutional Courts.
How to check
Many legal organizations certify the authenticity of registration for a set fee. Some suggest completing the procedure for online verification of registration of foreign citizens (and citizens of the Russian Federation) within an hour, but you need to keep in mind that this is almost impossible to do. The minimum period for providing such information by the Main Directorate for Migration Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is 1 day, provided that the application was submitted in person.
Written appeal to the FMS (GUVM MIA)
In this situation, you need to fill out an application to the GUVM authorities indicating the number of the temporary registration document that needs to be verified. This method is quite reliable, but the answer will take a long time to arrive. The period depends on the workload of the migration service workers, as well as on the efficiency of the Russian Post (if the documents were submitted using it). On average, you should expect a 3-week wait from the date the papers are sent. But for this long period the citizen may be fined or even deported.
Telephone appeal
Checking the temporary registration of CIS citizens is the most important procedure in establishing the legality of a citizen’s residence in the Russian Federation. An appointment with a FMS specialist (GUVM Ministry of Internal Affairs) can be made by telephone. In this situation, the migrant can be confident that the application will be quickly reviewed and a response will be received. The required information to verify temporary registration can also be dictated over the phone. The service is provided free of charge; control of the stay of foreigners in the country is one of the main responsibilities of the migration service. But it happens that a person receives a refusal from her employees due to the fact that a telephone check cannot be completely reliable due to the lack of opportunity to identify a person from a photograph. Therefore, personal contact with the GUVM is preferable.
Online check
We will describe a way to check temporary registration using the FMS database (GUVM MIA). Establishing the authenticity of a temporary registration certificate is also possible through the official web page of this service - https://guvm.mvd.rf, where you need to go to the “Checking a ready-made temporary residence permit” section. The system will prompt you to enter information in the fields indicating the subject of the Russian Federation, date of birth and document number. Performing an online temporary registration check through an official information source is a reliable way to find out the required information.
Personal visit
The fastest way to certify a temporary registration certificate is to personally contact the Migration Service. When checking a third party, there must be compelling reasons for this. For example, employment of a new employee with temporary registration in a constituent entity of the Russian Federation. A response to your request will be generated within 1-3 days. But there is also a disadvantage of this method - you often have to stand in a huge queue.
Finding an address by phone number
There are several methods to find out the place of residence of the person you are interested in. Theoretically, you can install a geolocation service on your mobile phone. Many will try to determine the address through a mobile operator using a phone number or contact the police for help. The latter option has some nuances that it is advisable to know about:
- To obtain an address and telephone number legally, you must write a statement to the police, in which you justify the reasons for your interest. Out of idle curiosity, no one will give the object data.
- We need serious motives for violating a person’s personal space.
- Obtaining information illegally is possible, but it is illegal.
Address and telephone directory of residents
Every city has an address and telephone directory of its residents. The data is easy to find on the Internet, and to find an address by phone number, you should select the name of the city and enter information known about the subscriber. There are two significant disadvantages to such a search - there are no mobile contacts in the phone book, and address data often turns out to be hopelessly outdated. However, sometimes you can count on the result of searching for a city resident by last name.
Address database by phone number
You can find out a person’s place of residence/registration through subscriber databases available on the Internet, on CDs in the form of files. The telephone database at the address is sold for money, but since the distribution of personal information is illegal, it is often blocked by Roskomnadzor, and may arouse the interest of law enforcement agencies. Don't forget that the Internet, like everywhere else, is full of scammers. At best, you'll end up with an outdated database.
Basically, scammers do not have any information at all, and after extracting money from gullible users, the attackers simply disappear. In order not to fall for a scam, before trying to get a person through an unknown site, assess the risks and do not pay large sums. Do not enter your phone number to get information from the site. It is better to try to find a person through the city telephone book, in which the surnames, place of registration and telephone numbers of residents are printed in alphabetical order.
Program to find an address by phone number
You can search for a person through special programs on the Internet. They promise the user to provide accurate data about the location and all movements of the object. Programs for searching for an address by phone number are either downloaded onto a mobile device running on Android or iPhone, or provide the opportunity to look up a person’s address information by last name online.
An excellent example is the Direction Finder program, which helps determine the location of an object with an accuracy of 10 meters. The search is carried out via satellite, and the speed depends on how fast your Internet is. Features of the paid application:
- checking the relevance of the existence of the provided object;
- displaying his movements on the map;
- location search;
- search in the databases of mobile companies Megafon, Beeline, MTS, Tele2.
Risks when using intermediaries
The complexity and length of the bureaucratic process of providing or verifying temporary registration entails the demand for the services of intermediary organizations. Therefore, migrants are often forced to turn to such companies to get help in checking their registration with the migration service. But it should be borne in mind that this option carries certain risks:
- unfair attitude towards the work of the organization's employees;
- provision of low quality services;
- the likelihood of receiving false documents;
- the cost of services is quite high;
- there is a possibility of receiving a falsified document.
If there is even the slightest suspicion about the integrity of the organization, you should use the services of official sources.
In what cases is registration considered invalid?
Temporary registration is invalid in 2 cases.
- A registration obtained on the basis of forged documents is a falsification of consent from the owner of the home or a document confirming the identity of the migrant.
- Registration without the intention of permanent residence in the specified place.
If such violations are discovered during a registration check, a foreign citizen will face administrative or even criminal punishment, depending on the severity of the crime.
Occurrence of a problem
Notification of the arrival of a foreign citizen
A person who turns to intermediary firms or individuals to prepare documents or temporary registration on a paid basis runs the risk of encountering an unscrupulous performer. It often happens that in this case we are not talking about going through an official procedure. Fraudsters simply forge documents and hand them over to the customer.
To ensure the legality of the functioning of an intermediary organization, you need to pay attention to the following factors:
- the number of years the company has been operating in the services market;
- reviews about the company;
- company documents: all official papers, details, including bank details, a permanent office, etc. must be available.
What is the penalty for false registration?
If it is discovered that the temporary registration certificate turns out to be a fake, the migrant faces a fine for fictitious registration of foreign citizens in the amount of up to 500 thousand rubles, correctional labor for up to three years, or imprisonment for the same period. Therefore, it is recommended to check your registration certificate as soon as possible.
Sending a written request by mail
The postal method of finding out information: whether temporary registration is valid or not is not the most popular. This is because it takes a very long time to receive a response.
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After drawing up a written application, the migrant sends the request by mail
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It may take several weeks for delivery to your local office
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It will take several days for FMS employees to find out the necessary information and issue an official response. And several weeks to deliver correspondence to the applicant
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What to do next
After the migration service officer puts a stamp on the registration of a foreigner, the tear-off part of the document is sent back to the government agencies of the receiving party. After this, this paper is handed over personally to the registered migrant. It will be an official document stating that a person has the right to reside in the state. After the registration certificate has expired, for further residence in the country it is necessary to have grounds for renewing the registration of a foreign citizen.
