Registration of a newborn child: deadlines, procedure, package of documents, fines

The birth of a baby brings with it not only simple human joys and concerns, but also includes a number of bureaucratic processes. Because the sniffling pink baby is not just your son or daughter, but also a new member of society with all human rights, the state wants to include him in the list of new citizens for recording and issuing various benefits: medical care, social payments and guarantees, places in kindergarten and so on. And one of the bureaucratic processes is the registration of the baby at the place of residence, or in ordinary language - registration. We will consider this issue from all sides.

Rules for registering a newborn child

Registration of a newborn is an inevitable and integral procedure that all parents must carry out as soon as possible after discharge from the maternity hospital. In order to understand the essence of the process, you should know and understand the following rules:

Registration takes place at the child’s place of residence, or where his parents or official representatives are registered.
Migration department employees do not have the right to demand permission from persons living in the residential premises in which the child is registered.
From the moment they receive the birth certificate, parents have 7 days to register their newborn. Otherwise, they may be held liable.
If the parties do not live together, they can decide for themselves where the minor is registered and with whom he will live in the future.
To submit documents, you do not need to pay a state duty or other fee or tax.
Registration is possible in any room, regardless of the size of the area and the number of registered persons. The main condition is that it must be residential.

The above rules are general. All the details of the process will be disclosed below, including the procedure, nuances, package of documents and other information.

A newborn citizen must have registration of place of residence

general information

It is mandatory to register a newborn child at the place of registration. This point is enshrined in federal legislation. When a child is born, he almost always receives citizenship in Russia automatically.

He has certain rights. And also, with age, certain responsibilities apply to him. The first of these is the preparation of the necessary documentation.

This responsibility is ensured by the father and mother of the newborn. It is advisable to do this in the first few weeks after a child appears in the family.

Registration is required even when the parameters of the apartment do not allow it. The form of real estate does not matter. The premises can be communal or privatized. The type of real estate also does not matter.

Registration in premises not intended for residence is not possible.

The procedure is carried out in a certain order. Queues for registration can be very long.

Where to apply and when?

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation dated December 31, 2017 No. 984 regulates that citizens who want to register themselves or register a newborn must contact:

Territorial branch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation - passport office. It is necessary to determine which unit “serves” a specific address; as a rule, these are district police departments.
MFC Department - you can submit documents according to the general rules, but you must obtain registration at the passport office.
Public services portal - the application is submitted in electronic form, but all originals are provided upon receipt at the migration division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

If the parents live in the apartment and want to register the baby there, you can go to the passport office of the management company. There, employees will give advice, accept documents and arrange registration. Registration deadlines as a general rule are 7 days; for newborns there is no specific period, because you must first obtain a birth certificate. However, you should not delay the process, because otherwise it will be impossible to receive help from the state.

Why register your child?

A registration certificate is an important document in a child’s life. Parents will need it when contacting government authorities in the following cases:

registration of child benefits and maternity capital;
obtaining a compulsory health insurance policy to receive services at the clinic;
waiting in line and entering educational institutions (kindergartens, schools);

Thus, if a child is not registered anywhere, he will not be able to fully exercise his rights as a citizen of the state and simply will not receive the services described.

Since most services are provided to the family from the first day of the baby’s life, it is useful for parents to familiarize themselves with the material “Registration of a newborn child.”

Where can a newborn be registered?

Practice shows that the most common option is an apartment. However, at the legislative level it is not prohibited to register a baby in the following facilities:

A house owned by parents or other relatives.
Residential premises rented from the municipality under social rent.
Office space issued on duty.
Dorm room.
Apartment rented from a third party.

As a general rule, you can register a child in any room with a completely different area, the main thing is that it is residential. This means it must be suitable for human habitation, including children.

A newborn can be registered in any residential premises

Results

Russian legislation protects the interests of the child, giving parents the right to live with him in the same living space. This could result in the appearance of an unwanted tenant in your apartment for many years.
Non-privatized square meters are allocated to a newborn on a general basis, even if the child is a stranger to the main tenant.
Temporary registration terminates automatically, so there is no danger. When renting out an apartment, the main thing is to correctly draw up the lease agreement.
It is impossible to evict a child “on the street” even in court if this child is a grandson. Divorce of parents does not end the blood relationship between grandparents and grandchildren.

Procedure for registering a newborn

How can parents register a newborn? The sequence of actions is quite simple; you do not need to collect a huge number of documents or visit many authorities. You just need to do the following:

Obtaining a birth certificate from the maternity hospital - if there are no difficulties, it will be issued upon discharge. If there are pathologies, you can request a certificate without an extract upon request.
Based on the certificate, obtain a birth certificate, which is issued by the registry office employees.
Prepare the necessary package of documents.
Go to the passport office or MFC during office hours and hand in all documents. At the appointed time, receive a birth certificate with registration.

In order to obtain a birth certificate, you need to contact the registry office with a certificate and application. Within 30 days, specialists will issue a certificate with which you can go to the passport office.

If parents are married

The simplest and most indisputable situation is if the spouses are officially married and after the birth of a child the need for registration arises. In such a situation, the sequence of actions is simple, it consists of the steps indicated earlier. There are no discrepancies or peculiarities of the process; both parents do not have to appear at the passport office; separate consent from each of them is not required.

The easiest option is if mom and dad live together

Registration with mother

If the spouses divorced or cohabited without official registration, the child may be registered at the place of registration of the mother. In this situation, the sequence of actions generally remains the same, but you need to collect a certain package of documents. First of all, this:

Completed application form No. 6.
Mother's passport and its copy.
Birth certificate and its copy.
A document for an apartment, this could be a lease agreement, certificates confirming ownership, etc.
An extract from the house register or a certificate from the housing office indicating the composition of the family.
Certificate of absence of debts to banks and other organizations.
Dad's consent to registration.

If the mother approaches the passport office alone, it is recommended to have several copies in addition to the originals. Then you won’t need to urgently look for places that provide photocopying services, because employees will pick up the copies.

Registration of a newborn with the mother is possible with the consent of the father

Registration with father

Registration at the father's place of residence is accompanied by special features in the package of documents. Otherwise, the procedure remains the same. Dad must collect the following papers:

Application on form No. 6.
Dad's passport and copies of the main pages.
Child's birth certificate with a copy.
Documents confirming a man’s right to real estate are a gift agreement, lease agreement, purchase and sale agreement, certificate of inheritance, etc.
An extract from the house register or a certificate from the housing office.
Statements and certificates of absence of debts.
Mother's consent to perform registration actions.

Note! In the event that the man is not listed as the father on the birth certificate and paternity has not been proven in any other way, the staff will refuse the request to register the newborn.

What does the law say?

The procedure for registering minor citizens is determined by Article 20 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation. The law clearly states that up to the age of 14, children can only be registered where either one parent or both have a residence permit. After 14 years of age, a child can be registered in another place, but this will still require the written consent of his parents or legal guardians.

Grandparents and other relatives, even the closest ones, cannot register a child with them until the child turns 14 years old, except in cases where they are full guardians, for example, in the absence of parents or when their parental rights are deprived.

Registration of a minor child without parents under 14 years of age is possible only if one of them has issued a temporary registration at this address, and both conditions are formally met: the child is simultaneously registered both with and without parents; there is nothing in the law about this duality reservations At the same time, an employee of the Federal Migration Service will require paper from the guardianship authorities allowing such a procedure to be completed, and in the future the FMS will control the registration process.

Package of documents

The required package of documents was described earlier, but you should determine the general package that needs to be collected according to the general rule:

A completed application in Form No. 6. As a general rule, it is issued by passport service employees.
Birth certificate of the newborn.
Passports of parents or one of them.
Marriage or divorce certificate.
Certificate of paternity.
An extract from the house register describing the composition of the family.
Certificate from personal account.
Consent of one of the parents if necessary.

This is a general list that may vary depending on the situation. To receive advice and assistance, you need to contact the passport office. As a rule, an extract from a personal account is not required in practice; employees of the authorized body do not request it.

Application form No. 6 for registration can be downloaded from the link:

As a rule, you do not have to fill out the document in advance; employees will issue the form during your personal appointment.

Temporary registration of a newborn

Temporary registration differs from permanent registration in terms of validity, but the registration procedure generally remains the same. You can register a newborn at the place of registration of one of the parents, guardian, trustee or adoptive parent. For registration, you must provide the following documents to the migration department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation:

Birth certificate.
Completed application form.

The only difference between temporary registration and permanent registration is that in this way a newborn can be registered only with his mother, father, guardian or trustee. It is not possible to register your child separately.

There will be a fine if the child has not been registered anywhere since birth

The opinion that it is not necessary to register a child is fundamentally incorrect . Every person wants his standard of living to be decent and his rights to be respected. And this is only possible if one single condition is met - the duties must also be fulfilled.

Parents are responsible for their child and their duty to the Motherland is to register the child. Whether to fulfill this condition or not is a purely individual decision. It also makes no sense to plead ignorance of the laws, since “ignorance does not relieve one from responsibility .”

Features of registration of a newborn

A newborn up to the age of 18 is recognized as a child and has a range of rights that extend to the housing sector. That is why you should understand the features of the baby’s registration:

The owner's consent is not required to carry out registration actions.
Migration department specialists cannot require consent to register a child from other persons living in the residential premises.
You cannot delay the procedure, otherwise medical, social and other assistance may be denied.
If registration is being organized at the place of residence of one of the parents, it is necessary to obtain consent from the other, or to appear at the passport office together. Otherwise there may be a refusal.
If the parents are not officially married, they can choose any place to register the baby.

Each parent must first take care of registering their newborn baby. This is an important legal action that has legal consequences.

Remote registration options

Nowadays, to register a child to submit an application, you can do without a personal visit to the passport office or multifunctional center. If you have access to the Internet, nothing prevents you from registering your baby through the government services portal. This is very convenient, since there is already a list of documents, scanned copies of which need to be uploaded, and in this case you definitely won’t have to additionally run around for missing papers.

When using this method, you first need to register on the website, wait for the activation code to arrive, and go to the Federal Migration Service tab and complete all the suggested actions. On the portal, the interface of each service has the form of a questionnaire; all you have to do is select the desired options and upload pre-made scanned copies of documents. Within three days, all information will be checked, after which the child’s legal representatives will receive an official invitation from the registration authorities.

To receive the registration document in your hands, all you have to do is put your personal signature on the application and show the original documents. Thus, only one visit to the passport officers will be enough to complete all registration formalities.

Fine for lack of registration for a newborn

Art. 19.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation provides for liability for failure to fulfill the obligation to register at a new place of residence. The law does not provide for a separate type of punishment for the lack of registration of a newborn, so in such a situation the general rules will apply.

In St. Petersburg and Moscow, the fine for lack of registration ranges from 3 to 5 thousand rubles. In other cities, fines range from 2 to 3 thousand. No other punishment is established by law.

FAQ

Question: Can the owner or main tenant be an applicant to register a child who is not his own in his own apartment (for example, grandmother, aunt, uncle, etc.)?

No, you cannot, even if the child’s parents live in this apartment. Only the mother or father can be an applicant for registration. This is one of the significant differences between registering a child and an adult.

Question: Can the owner or main tenant register someone else’s child in his own apartment?

Maybe if the mother or father is registered in this apartment, but only the child’s parents can act as an applicant for registration.

Question: If the parents moved to a new address without registering the child from the old one, is it necessary to register the child at the new place of registration of the parents?

Yes, definitely within 7 days

Legislative framework on the topic

Registration issues have a serious impact on the lives of citizens, therefore the legislator clearly regulated not only the procedure, but also its features in the following acts:

Federal Law of June 25, 1993 No. 5242-1 “On the right of citizens of the Russian Federation to freedom of movement, choice of place of stay and residence in the Russian Federation.”
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated July 17, 1995 No. 713, dedicated to the rules for registering and deregistering citizens at their place of stay.
Code of Administrative Offences.
Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation dated December 31, 2017 No. 984 “On approval of the regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the provision of public services for registration of citizens of the Russian Federation at the place of stay and place of residence within the Russian Federation.”

Each of these regulations affects certain aspects of registration of citizens of the Russian Federation, including newborns. There is no separate law dedicated to infants; they are subject to general provisions and principles.

Registration of a newborn is the responsibility of every parent, which must be completed shortly after receiving the birth certificate from the registry office.
It is registration that gives the right to receive medical, social and material assistance from the state. To receive it, parents must contact any department of the MFC, use the government services portal, or go to the migration department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. In addition, you should take into account all the features, rules and procedures described in this article. Order a free legal consultation