Registration or registration of a citizen at the place of residence in 2021

Differences between registration by place of residence and place of stay

Registration at the place of residence is often called “propiska”, but this is a relatively outdated term that is no longer used in many places. It is definitely not in the 2021 regulations. But “permanent registration” is common. Permanent registration is confirmed by a special mark that is placed in the passport. Thus, permanent registration at the place of residence is usually carried out in relation to real estate that is owned by a person.

Where you stay is a little different. Typically, a citizen registered here is not the owner of the property, but is in it on a temporary basis. For example, he rents a house. Moreover, you can register at your place of residence regardless of what type of permanent registration a person has at your place of residence. They run parallel and independently of each other.

Registration at the place of stay is not recorded in the passport with a special stamp, but the person who receives it is issued a certificate. Temporary registration allows you to quickly find a citizen if for some reason he does not live in his home. For example, he left to work or study in another city.

Place of residence is the place where a citizen of the Russian Federation is actually located. It may be identical to the place of registration or stay. The Main Directorate for Migration Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs must be notified that the place of residence has changed. A week is given for this after the move. If a citizen will live here for more than 90 days, then registration should be completed. You can register at your place of stay or residence in 3-8 days. The exact timing will depend on how the documents were submitted.

Procedure for de-registration

The grounds for deregistration at the place of residence are:

• purchasing a new apartment and moving, terminating a social tenancy agreement;
• recognition of a person as missing by court, death, declaration of death;
• forced eviction from social housing or loss of property rights on legal grounds;
• illegality of registration at the current address on the basis of forged documents, provision of false information and other falsifications.

The procedure for terminating registration on your own initiative is as follows:

• the citizen presents a passport and an application in the prescribed form;
• a departure slip is issued;
• The passport officer requests information about the new place of residence. It is enough to name the expected address “offhand”, even if in fact you are not going to live there;
• after 3 days the person is deregistered and a stamp is placed in the passport.

According to the current situation, by 2021 registration is a constitutional right and at the same time an obligation of citizens of the Russian Federation. If you believe that a government agency or commercial institution is illegally denying a right, you need to defend your interests through the court.

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Discussion: 3 comments

1. Nikolay says:
   09/30/2018 at 00:34

   A passport specialist worked at our dorm headquarters. And when one year, there were very few residents, she was transferred to part-time. I don’t remember the exact standard, but it directly depends on the number of residents.

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2. Nikolay says:

   03/10/2019 at 07:46

   It’s one thing when a large management company has a passport specialist on its staff. I took her passport and a few days later everything was ready. And another thing is when the residential building has not decided on the form of government. So to speak, it is self-service.

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3. Arkady M. says:

   08/06/2019 at 16:23

   I have always envied those who live in apartment buildings. They have a passport attendant. I gave her my passport and picked it up a week later. But those living in a private house have to do everything themselves. And how many pitfalls appear in this case.

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Consent of other residents for registration at the place of residence

How easy it is to obtain registration in an apartment at your place of residence depends on whether it is your apartment or not. If a person cannot even claim a share in an apartment, he will be able to register in it only after permission has been received from all owners. Moreover, consent must be formalized. The owner and other people registered in the apartment must personally attend the reception at the registration authorities, or give someone else a notarized consent to the procedure in question.

Sometimes a citizen rents housing in a state or municipal fund and has a child. In this case, a rental agreement, social lease, use (free of charge) is concluded. If this is your case, there is no need to take permission from other employers. It’s another matter if the name of the employer does not appear in the contract. Then registration will be possible only in a number of cases:

• registration of the employer's child is required (provided that the child is under 14 years of age);
• another member of the tenant’s family must be registered, and there are no objections from other parties to the rental agreement and the landlord.

It is important that during registration, the consent of the landlord and his family members is expressed in personal presence. This applies even to a child who is 14 years old. Sometimes it may be necessary to draw up an additional agreement to the rental agreement if a child under 14 years of age is registered.

There is no registration in the passport: what the law says

Many citizens, including foreigners who wish to live in Russia for any reason, are wondering whether registration in the passport is required and, if so, how long one can legally live without it.

First of all, it is necessary to determine what Russian legislation says about this. The main regulations that citizens or stateless persons need to rely on or navigate in matters related to registration and passport regime are:

• Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 232 of March 13, 1997;
• Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 828 of 07/08/1997 (“Regulations on the Passport of the Russian Federation”);
• Administrative regulations on the issuance and replacement of passports (annex to the order of the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation No. 391 of November 30, 2012);
• Administrative regulations on registration of Russian citizens (appendix to FMS order No. 288 of September 11, 2012);
• Law of the Russian Federation No. 5242-I of June 25, 1993 on freedom of movement, choice of place of residence in the Russian Federation;
• Rules for registration of citizens of the Russian Federation at the place of residence and stay (Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 713 of July 17, 1995);
• Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (Article 19.15.1).

Obviously, citizens of the Russian Federation must, and from 2 to 3 thousand rubles. (in Moscow and St. Petersburg - from 3 to 5 thousand rubles).

Art. 3 of Law No. 5242-I stipulates that the lack of registration cannot become a reason for the loss of the rights and freedoms of citizens of the Russian Federation. Clause 26.4 of the regulations requires asking applicants who have applied for or to confirm their registration at the place of residence (with the clause “if any”).

There is some duality: citizens are required to have registration, but on the other hand, it may not exist. The question of whether a passport is valid without registration worries many.

The realities of life are full of various conflicts that you should navigate well: different periods are allocated for the registration of different categories of Russian citizens, not to mention stateless persons or foreigners who live in the Russian Federation. In what cases can registration be missing?

How long can you live without registration at your new place of residence?

The sale of an apartment or your own house means the termination of the rights to use them of the previous owner and his family (Article 292 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation). This implies . The legislation does not establish within what time frame this should take place; therefore, the procedure can take a long time.

Therefore, a practice has developed when a clause is included (with the signatures of both parties) regarding the timing of the removal from the apartment of the previous owner and members of his family. If there are minor children in the family, then the situation with their discharge is different: permission from the guardianship and trusteeship authorities to sell an apartment if there are children registered in it without providing them with a new place of residence in compliance with all standards (sanitary and other) cannot be obtained. Therefore, the issue of new registration of children must be resolved before the sale of housing.

A period of three days has been established for consideration of an application for deregistration of the former owner of the apartment. After discharge, you must register at your new place of residence within a week. Before the expiration of the 7-day period, no penalties can be imposed.

How long after discharge do you need to register at your new place of residence?

The legislation clearly establishes the time frame within which it is necessary to register - no more than seven days from the date of arrival at the new place of residence. Registration authorities must review the submitted documents and register the applicant within three days.

In the event that the locality does not change, the countdown begins from the moment of deregistration. In other cases, in order to prove to migration authorities that the allotted deadlines for registration have not been exceeded, you need to have travel documents with you, as well as confirmation of residence rights (ownership or lease).

Moving to a new place of residence in another city

When changing place of residence or moving to another city, the algorithm of actions is similar: registration at the new place must occur within the same time frame, the applicant must provide the same documents to the registration authority (including travel tickets, if necessary, confirm the date of arrival).

The optimal solution for registration in another city would be automatic deregistration upon registration at a new place of residence.

To do this, you need to have an agreement with the new owner of the former apartment. While in another city, you should:

• Appear at the territorial registration authority with a passport and an extract from the Unified State Register of Registered Registration Registers for the right to own an apartment, a purchase and sale agreement or a rental agreement. In the latter case, the presence of all adult participants in the transaction is necessary;
• submit a completed application with a request to register at the specified address, documents for real estate and a tear-off coupon for deregistration from the previous place of residence, consent of the Property Management Department (if registering in municipal housing not with close relatives);
• get a passport instead (valid for 30 days) and wait for the results;

After a request for an extract has been sent, the procedures for its consideration and decision have been made, the applicant will be sent a written notification that the extract and registration are ready. After this, you need to go and exchange your temporary ID for a passport with registration.

Periods of registration at the place of stay

Russian citizens who live outside their place of permanent residence for more than 90 days must register at their place of residence (without deregistration).

Foreigners who come to the Russian Federation for one reason or another also need to register at their address. In accordance with the Law of the Russian Federation No. 109-FZ and the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 9 of January 15, 2007, foreigners who have received or issued a visa must register their residence within seven days.

For CIS citizens (for example, from Ukraine), who have the right to visa-free entry into Russia and received a migration card at the entrance, it is also advisable to register within 7 days (although they can stay in the Russian Federation for 90 days without registration), submit and then register according to place of residence.

Individual cases: birth of a child and discharge “to nowhere”

In the event that a child is born to citizens registered at the place of residence, after receiving it, he can be registered at the same address as the parents (the permission of the landlord or other residents in this case is not necessary). This will give the child the opportunity to apply for social programs, a queue for kindergarten, etc. The deadlines remain the same.

Sometimes in practice there are statements “to nowhere”. A citizen is selling an apartment, but he will have his own home in a year or two. In this case, he writes a personal application to be discharged from his old address, and will live with relatives, friends or acquaintances.

A number of categories - missing persons, deceased citizens, as well as those who are serving in the Armed Forces, serving a sentence or have lost the right to reside at a given address, also fall into this category.

How long can you live without registration in your passport without breaking the law?

Residence without a permanent residence stamp in the passport will be considered legal if the seven-day period for submission and documents is not exceeded. After submitting an application, it can be reviewed from three to eight days (excluding weekends and holidays).

If you move to another city, this period may be increased:

• at the time of moving from the place of previous residence;
• while waiting for a response to a request from the registration authority from the place of previous residence. The wait can last from several days to a month, and the applicant will use a temporary certificate.

Thus, the applicant can live without a residence permit without violating the law for 8 to 30 days or more, depending on the circumstances.

If there is a confirmed valid reason (purchase of housing - sales contract, business trip - travel certificate, hospital treatment - certificate), this period can be extended.

As for the period of registration at the place of stay, it is 90 days. A situation is possible when a citizen can move to another place on the 89th day and live there for another 89 days without registration, and so on.

Documents for registration at the place of residence

To obtain a permanent type of registration in an apartment or house where you have the right of residence, you will need to collect documents for registration. First of all, you must have a passport to prove your identity. Next, you need to collect papers that can be considered the basis for obtaining registration.

For example, if the applicant has an apartment, he only needs to present a certificate of ownership of the property. He will be able to obtain a permanent registration. If you are renting a home, a tenancy agreement for the right of temporary registration is sufficient. Sometimes a court decision can be used, which confirms the person's right to use the housing in question.

Also, if one of the registered persons is a citizen over whom guardianship or guardianship has been established, an act from the guardianship authority is needed stating that the guardian has been officially appointed. You will definitely need an application, which is drawn up according to Form No. 6. You can fill out this form in person when you get an appointment, or by using the State Services portal. Then the form will be filled out online.

The format for registering a minor who is not yet 14 years old is slightly different. The child's legal representative (his parent or guardian) must collect a slightly different list of documents. Including the following papers:

• Instead of a passport, you will need to prepare a birth certificate;
• parents/guardians must confirm their identity with a passport (other identical document);

If guardianship has been established over the child, you will have to present a certificate from the guardianship authorities. Also, some documents must be collected by the owners of the property (if the applicant himself is not the owner of the property and his name is not in the rental agreement). They must also provide proof of identity and ownership of the property.

Required documents

What should you take from the documents? The list of required documents is given in clause 26 of the Admin. FMS regulations, which include:

• passport;
• application in form No. 6 (both parts);
• documents for the apartment;
• written consent of the owner;
• if the housing is municipal, then the written consent of all adults.

The owner, in addition to his consent, must also present identification.

The application deserves special attention - form No. 6, on which the upper part is an application for registration, and the lower part, the so-called tear-off coupon, is for cancellation of registration at the previous address.

Both the applicant and the one who provides the roof for permanent residence sign Form No. 6 with their own hands, and then the employee has the right to certify their authenticity with his signature and the seal of the accounting authority.

Where to submit documents? Papers are submitted to a “single window”; this is specially done to ease the fate of citizens. Now there is no need to submit each paper to a separate office: all issues are resolved by a specialist who conducts the reception in a “single window” , and is also obliged not to delay the visitor for more than 15 minutes (clause 38 of the Administrative Regulations).

If the papers are not complete, then they are allowed to be delivered, and in this case the applicant will spend no more than 10 minutes communicating with a specialist (clause 38 of the Administrative Regulations).

Where to apply for registration

Place of residence and registration must be registered. Once you have collected your documents, you should submit them to the correct address. You can do this in several ways, choosing the one that is most convenient in your case:

• using the State Services portal;
• through, selecting the area where the house or apartment is located;
• by contacting the management company, having first made sure that the range of its services includes the tasks of the passport office;
• residents of Moscow, more precisely Troitsky and Novomoskovsky admin. districts can register to submit documents to the MFC through the mos.ru portal.

Usually, the virtual option of submitting residence documents is more preferable, since then you will only have to take time off from your affairs once - to pick up the documents. Another thing is personal presentation. First you go to submit documents, then to pick them up. If you are not the owner, you will have to submit documents not only yourself, but also taking with you all the owners of the property.

Online submission is more convenient in this sense because it takes less time. The application will be processed within three days after submission. Then the applicant will be invited to put a stamp stating that you have a residence permit in the house. If the registration is temporary, you need to invite not only the applicant, but also people who are ready to temporarily share with him a living space that their new neighbor has nothing to do with (does not own it).

When visiting in person, you need to take all the documents listed above. In particular, a passport, certificate of ownership and other documents confirming claims for housing. An additional lease agreement may also be required for state or municipal property, even if we are talking about temporary registration.

In addition, it is important to draft the application correctly. You can fill it out according to the following example.

Register for a child

The permanent registration of children under 14 years of age corresponds to the place of registration of their parents or guardians. This is also true for incapacitated citizens. To register children and incapacitated citizens, the consent of the homeowners is not required, provided that the child’s guardians are already registered there. This eliminates the need for homeowners to visit a government agency when submitting an application.

Moreover, it is not necessary that both parents have the right of residence. But when the second parent is registered at a different address, his consent is required for the operation. When registering a child, you should not put a mark in his personal documents; in return you will receive a certificate. But for children over 14 years of age, the procedure is identical to registration for adults.

How long can you avoid registering after discharge?

The law on deregistration from an apartment, in particular government decree No. 713 as amended on May 21, 2012, establishes that without a permanent place of registration you can stay in Russia for no more than seven days without consequences.

In addition, if you do not temporarily reside at your permanent place of registration, being in another locality or region, you are required to register temporarily, but only if you stay at the same address for more than ninety days.

Apply for registration for a student and military personnel?

Temporary registration of citizens of the Russian Federation may be required for military personnel and students. Military personnel can be registered not only at their place of stay, but also at their place of registration. True, everyone is registered at their place of residence on a general basis, except for sailors, sergeants, conscripts and soldiers. Registration at the place of stay can be obtained by military personnel who have a vacation ticket or travel certificate. But only on condition that the business trip lasts more than 90 days. Contract servicemen, officers and conscripts can be registered on the territory of a military unit. Their family members can receive the same registration.

Full-time students of universities and vocational schools who live in a dormitory during their studies must register here. In order for temporary registration to be carried out correctly, you need to contact the official authorized to accept such applications. You must register within three days of receiving a place in the hostel.

Penalties for violating registration deadlines

The Constitution of the Russian Federation, which protects the democratic rights and freedoms of citizens, states that every person can move within the country without barriers and there is no need to obtain permits.

But here you need to know the following: if you have changed your place of stay for more than 90 days, you need to register with the migration service.

This is not just a recommendation and an order, it is the responsibility of a Russian citizen: failure to comply with regulatory requirements, according to the Code of Administrative Offenses, is punishable by penalties. In 2021 they range from 2,000 to 3,000 rubles.

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Registration documents in one package when changing place of residence

After you have changed your place, you need to mark your new residence by contacting. In this public services center you can complete the entire package of documents and receive a variety of services:

• use parking after receiving a resident residence permit;
• receive a subsidy for housing and communal services, as well as transfer recalculation of payments for housing and communal services;
• accept applications for pension delivery, pension file request, etc.;
• military personnel can receive a document about changes in military registration;
• obtaining benefits for citizens who may qualify for them.

These services can only be received after a registration mark has been placed on the document. You can find out more about what rules and features when preparing documents on the official website of government services or by making a request to the help desk of the Russian Federation. For Moscow this is the phone number +7 (495) 777-77-77.

How to get permanent registration if you have no housing

In the Russian Federation, not all citizens have permanent registration, but many need it. According to the norms prescribed in the Constitution of the Russian Federation, all citizens have the right to housing. This obliges the state to help people who do not have housing and cannot earn it themselves. Of course, no one will buy apartments for everyone. Typically, such programs are intended for citizens who are left homeless. For example, after a dilapidated house is resettled or if we are talking about a large and low-income family.

Sometimes you can take out a mortgage, pay maternity capital as a down payment on an apartment, apply for a subsidy, etc. You don't have to buy a whole apartment. You can also get a permanent registration if you only bought a room in an apartment or an inexpensive house in the village. Therefore, it is much safer for a citizen to take care of his own home, where he can obtain the right to reside. Temporary registration, of course, can help out in some situations, but it is associated with some risks. Although having temporary registration allows you to use all basic government services.

You can get legal assistance on registration or residence registration issues on our website.

Statement with debt for utility services

The Constitution of the Russian Federation guarantees citizens the right to free movement and independent choice of housing, therefore, existing debt for utility services cannot be a reason for refusing the procedure for deregistration from an apartment. At the same time, the legislation obliges residents to pay all utility bills on time and in full (Article 153 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation). This means that, regardless of the place of registration, you are in any case obliged to repay the debt either voluntarily or by a court decision, which the management company or utility service that has the right to do so will apply to.