Temporary registration in Moscow for citizens of the Russian Federation and foreigners

Who needs Moscow temporary registration?

Not only guests from foreign countries or the CIS must register. Citizens of the Russian Federation who plan to move to the capital or live there for more than 90 days must also obtain a certificate.

The necessity of the document is established by law, therefore its absence is also punishable by law. Therefore, everyone who wants to live legally in Moscow and does not want to have problems with the law must register.

Temporary registration in Moscow is needed:

• planning to work in the capital. Labor relations can be formalized only if there is registration;
• those who need to register their child for kindergarten or school;
• those who need to obtain a driver's license in Moscow;
• out-of-town or foreign university students;
• those who plan to open their own business in the city;
• for those who do not want to spend money on paid medicine, but want to visit a regular clinic;
• for those who want to take out a loan from one of the capital's banks.

If you want to enjoy all the rights of Moscow residents, you need to register temporarily in the region. You will be able to receive all the benefits and allowances, you will be able to arrange regular payments that are due to you, and also not have to pay for housing and communal services at your place of permanent residence.

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Author of the article: Klavdiya Treskova

Consultant, author Popovich Anna

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1. Vladimir
   10/11/2021 at 19:06 I am the owner of half the apartment. Can I make a temporary registration on my half without the participation of the second owner?
   Reply ↓ Anna Popovich
   10/11/2021 at 19:50

   Dear Vladimir, when registering at the place of residence of persons who are not the owners of residential premises, the will of all co-owners of the residential premises is required, that is, their written consent to register a citizen.

   Reply ↓

Where is temporary registration of citizens of Russia, the CIS and other countries processed?

You can go through the procedure in Moscow yourself or with the help of a lawyer. You can do this in several ways:

• independently contact the required department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with all the documents and an application;
• write an application through the State Services portal;
• contact the MFC;
• send documents by mail.

It is important to note that you will be allowed into the Ministry of Internal Affairs only if you have previously registered through State Services. To do this, you need an activated account on the portal. The portal also offers temporary registration services. To do this, you can fill out an application directly on the website and enter all your data, and bring the original documents during your personal visit. In order to provide a package of documents, an appointment is not required; admission is carried out on a first-come, first-served basis. To register foreign citizens, as well as citizens of the Russian Federation or the CIS, they will have to go to the registration authorities with the owner of the property, from whom documents will also be required.

To process documents through the MFC, you do not need to register in advance. You can see a specialist every day from 8 to 20.00. And the department requests many certificates on its own. The main disadvantage is the timing. If you are in a hurry to obtain a certificate, this method of registration will not work. Please note that the department must be selected in accordance with the region where you are going to register; institutions from other regions are not allowed to accept applications.

Rights and obligations of the registered and owner

A registered minor has rights and obligations similar to a person with full legal capacity.
Registration gives the right to use living space in compliance with sanitary standards and timely payment of utilities. The registered person does not have any property rights and cannot dispose of the property at his own discretion. The owner of a residential premises is given the right to register citizens and foreigners at his own discretion, as well as to cancel registration in the prescribed manner. But when trying to evict a minor, you should take into account that the proceedings may drag on indefinitely.

Why do you need temporary registration in Moscow?

Registration of temporary registration does not imply deregistration at the place of permanent residence. That is, your registration remains the same as it was up to this point, and in Moscow you are registered. This procedure allows you to assign a citizen of the Russian Federation, the CIS or any other foreign state to a specific address for the period for which an official certificate will be issued. All this time, the person will have the right to live in the house or apartment whose address is included in the document.

However, you should not worry that temporary registration will be without permanent registration in Moscow. According to the law, these forms of registering the legality of residence in the capital are no different from each other; they provide the same rights and opportunities. With a certificate in hand, a person becomes a full-fledged Muscovite.

It is necessary to obtain temporary registration in Moscow if you did not come to the capital as a tourist. If you want to live here for a long time, and specifically, more than 3 months for visitors from other cities and more than 7 days for visitors from other countries, then you cannot avoid official registration.

Why exactly do you need to obtain temporary registration? There are several reasons to take this step. But the main thing is the possibility of legal residence and obtaining full rights and opportunities.

Among the main advantages of having a document:

• you can find a good job in the capital. For illegal immigrants - the position of a laborer or loader. If you came to get a good position and want to earn a decent salary, then legalization of residence is your path. In addition, until you have temporary registration in Moscow in hand, it is simply dangerous to formalize an employment relationship with you - the employer will have to pay a fine, just like you, and this is too high a price to pay for breaking the law;
• you can register your child for kindergarten or school. The fact is that educational institutions accept children in a strict order of priority, and the first in this queue are those registered in the area. Therefore, you may be left either without a place at all in the garden or school, or get it in an inconvenient place where it will be difficult to get to;
• you can open your own business in the capital. Registration of LLC, JSC, individual entrepreneur and other forms of entrepreneurship is possible only if you have a registration document. If you want to start your own business, start by registering;
• you will be able to receive benefits, benefits, social benefits;
• you will be able to take out a loan. The possibility of obtaining a mortgage increases especially significantly, which you should not count on without registration;
• You will be able to undergo medical examinations and visit doctors. This is very convenient and saves you money on paid doctors and tests;
• you can get your license. You will not be issued a driver's license in the capital if you are not registered there, even if you completed training in Moscow;
• you will be able to enter a university;
• you will be able to apply for a visa and Schengen. If you do not register in the capital, you will have to go to your place of permanent residence and submit documents there, which is not always convenient;
• you can significantly reduce your expenses by refusing to pay for housing and communal services at your place of permanent residence, since you can officially confirm that you live in Moscow.

Temporary registration in Moscow and the Moscow region will equalize your rights with native Muscovites.

Why do you need temporary registration?

Employment

Medical services

Registration of a child for kindergarten

School and university

Visa application

Bank loans

Military registration and enlistment office

Registration of individual entrepreneur

Obtaining a driver's license

Registration of tenants' children without the owner's consent

If the owner has given permission for temporary registration to only one tenant, and he has minor children, then he will be able to register them without the separate consent of the apartment owner. But this should not scare the owner.

There is a lot of information on the Internet that it is impossible to evict a tenant with children. Because supposedly in this way minors are deprived of their “corner”. But this is not true. In any case, the child has a permanent registration, and a temporary one does not replace it. Therefore, no intimidation or exhortations in this regard have any legal basis.

In addition, judicial practice shows that judges side with the owner of the property, not temporary tenants. But in order to avoid such situations and litigation, it is better to look at the documents of the future tenant in advance and make sure that he does not have minor children. If a child is born during the rental period, the owner should monitor all stages of registering the baby and obtaining permanent registration in another place.

Documents for temporary registration

Foreign citizens, citizens of the CIS and the Russian Federation can apply for temporary registration in Moscow.

Citizens, as well as their representatives, can contact specialized bodies if the citizens themselves are children under 14 years of age or incapacitated.

The first thing you need to do is fill out an application. It can be printed on a computer or filled in by hand. Blue or black ink may be used, but may not be crossed out, corrected, erased, or corrected. The application must bear the signatures of the applicant and the owners.

You can make temporary registration in Moscow with the following package of documents:

• passport or birth certificate. If you live permanently abroad, you can provide a passport;
• statement. Its form depends on whether documents are submitted in person or via mail;
• basis for living on the premises. To obtain temporary registration, you need some kind of document that can confirm your residence;
• consent of the owner of the property or all owners, if there are several of them. The consent can be notarized, or the owners can be taken with them to the Ministry of Internal Affairs;
• if the registered citizen is under guardianship, a document about this must also be provided.

Creating a Simplified Profile

The interests of children until they reach adulthood are represented by their parents or guardians. They submit on their own behalf all documents related to receiving government services. In some cases, you may need to create a separate account for your child. For example, a student monitors his own progress through an electronic diary. To register a child for State Services using a simplified registration, you need to create a simplified profile. You will need a phone number and email address that are not yet linked to another account.

Go to the State Services website, click the “Register” button and fill out a simple form:

Enter your first and last name as they appear on the birth certificate. After clicking the “Register” button, an SMS with an activation code will be sent to the specified phone number. After entering the code, you will have to come up with a password consisting of 8 characters. If it is difficult for your child to remember the password, write it down, but explain that you cannot show the password to anyone, otherwise personal information will get to ill-wishers.

The process of creating a simplified record is complete.

Simplified profile

A simplified child profile allows parents to save time on calls to the clinic, because in this way they can make an appointment with a doctor and check their school diary electronically. All information is already contained in the profile and is automatically entered upon requests. For example, a parent wants to check their progress. To do this, go to the “Education” section and find a subsection on the progress of schoolchildren. Following the links, we reach a page where it is explained that the service is provided only by the regional version of the portal.

Follow the link to the regional State Services website. And then in the education section, according to the registered information and the child’s school number, the parent will see all the current grades for the quarter, homework and class assignments, as well as completed topics on the list of subjects. And this is just one of the services provided by the service.

How to link a child's simplified account to a parent's account

If you created a simplified account for a child, it is possible to link it to your account.

Step-by-step instructions on how to register a child’s account for government services in the parents’ account:

Step 1. Log in to the portal using your account. Log in to the “Personal Account” section.

Step 2. In your personal account, click the “My data and contacts” tab.

Step 3: Click the Children's Information tab.

Step 4. Find the very last item in the “Binding code” tab.

Copy the binding code numbers.

Step 5. Log into your child's account.

Step 6. Go to the “Documents” section.

Step 7: Add your birth certificate information. Save the information you entered.

Step 8. Click the “Link” button next to the birth certificate information. Paste the copied code. Ready.

How long does it take to obtain temporary registration in Moscow?

If a citizen applies in person, registration is completed within three working days. If the package of documents does not include justification for your residence in the living space or a certificate of ownership, the period will increase to 8 working days.

If you sent the documents by mail, then you first need to wait until they reach the department and a notification is sent to you, and then appear in person with the originals. The period depends on the speed of receipt of the letter.

Through State Services, registration will also take three days.

Dates for issuing certificates

At the request of a parent or guardian, up to three working days are allotted to carry out registration actions. The time for consideration of the application can be extended to 8 days, if doubts arise about the reliability of the data and documents provided. The review period applies to both registration in a privatized apartment and municipal housing. The deadlines allotted by the legislator for checking documents begin from the moment the document is accepted and the appeal is registered in the general database.

The process of processing the request can be tracked using the registration number on the State Services portal.

For how long can a temporary registration be issued?

Registration of temporary stay can be for different periods. Usually it is equal to the period of time during which you will live at a specific address. In fact, if you live somewhere for a month, then you can also draw up a document for this period of time. But usually the minimum registration is issued for three months.

If the document is made on the basis of a rental agreement, then it cannot be issued for a period exceeding the rental period. If we are talking about social hiring, then the maximum period for it is only six months.

Also, when registering for temporary registration, you need to consider why exactly you are registering it. For example, to enter a school or kindergarten, it is enough to have a valid certificate at the time of enrollment. But an employment contract cannot be valid longer than the period of registration.

Difficulties may also arise for owners of their own business. It is better for them to buy temporary registration in Moscow for the maximum period. This is 5 years.

Foreign citizens cannot obtain a certificate for such a long period of time. The maximum for them is 12 months. However, registration of temporary residence for such a period is possible only if there is an employment contract.

Where to apply?

A citizen of the Russian Federation can obtain temporary registration at the residence address in four ways:

1. By personal appeal to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (the person personally submits the documentary package to the territorial office of the department).
2. Through MFC.

• Through postal services.

1. Through a single portal of State Services.

We suggest considering each option for applying for temporary registration separately.

We submit an application by personal contact to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

When choosing this type of appeal, it is necessary to collect a documentary package, including:

• application (form No. 1). The application form can be obtained from the Office or downloaded by going to the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (it would be wise to fill it out in advance);
• identification document of the applicant;
• document serving as the basis for the VR (for example, “Share Participation Agreement” or “Social Tenancy Agreement”);
• written consent of specific persons to move in (when moving into a municipal apartment - the approval of the landlord and citizens who live in the same area as the tenant; when moving into a privatized apartment - the consent of the owner).

You should know! Temporary registration will not be issued without the personal presence of the owner of the apartment. The representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is obliged to make sure that the basis document is endorsed by the owner.

If it is impossible to be present in person, the owner of the apartment must notarize the document providing the basis for living in the apartment (or provide a notarized copy of it).

Personal appeal to the MFC

A citizen, having decided to contact the MFC, is obliged to submit the documentary package in person. What is the application process? The applicant comes with the owner of the apartment and other citizens registered in it.

After the documents are handed over to MFC employees, the papers are thoroughly checked for errors and authenticity.

Helpful information! The process of checking and issuing a registration certificate will take a maximum of three days. In case of remote submission of papers, this time period will increase to ten days.

If the applicant does not have the required registration mark on the passport page, the procedure for registering at the place of residence begins with the payment of a fine.

Previously, the body that was responsible for registering Russian citizens at their place of residence was listed as the Federal Migration Service (FMS). Now this is the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The renaming took place in 2021.

Submit your application via Russian Post

To successfully use postal services when applying for BP, you must:

• submit an application in form No. 1PR;
• provide a copy of your passport;
• provide a notarized copy of the document - consent to move in;
• provide notarized consent of the above-mentioned persons to move into the residential premises.

We submit an application through State Services

Before doing this, you must obtain a verified profile on this state portal.

After successful registration, you will need to submit the following papers:

• application for VR (form No. 1);
• photocopy of passport pages;
• photocopy of the documentary basis for the VR;
• approval in writing of the above-mentioned persons, electronic digital signature or digital signature of a notary;
• “guest” registration sheet confirming the status of arrival (it is necessary in the case when the temporary residence permit is issued for a period of validity of more than nine months).

ATC employees will need more than three working days to review the submitted documentary package. After the end of this calendar period, a person will be able to become the owner of a VR certificate.

If the applicant wishes, the registration certificate will be sent to him by mail. The owner receives information about the water produced on his territory.

Temporary registration of CIS citizens

For non-residents of the Russian Federation there are special requirements for registration at the place of temporary residence. Foreign citizens must fill out a notification form and provide a migration card.

The document can only be issued if the foreigner permanently lives in our country, has a temporary residence permit or even a residence permit. A certificate for him is issued at the migration service, where he must register. The registration period is only 7 working days, after which the foreign citizen will become an illegal immigrant.

In all other respects, the registration process is similar. To launch it, you need to have an owner who agrees to register it on their territory and submit an application to the appropriate authorities. You can fill out the application by hand or type it on a computer. It is important not to make mistakes, otherwise it will be returned back. As for citizens of the Russian Federation, visitors from the CIS need to renew their temporary registration in Moscow as soon as its term comes to an end.

For foreigners, the issue of registration is more acute, since in case of non-compliance with the law, they face not the usual fine, but deportation, which for many means the lack of decent earnings and the closure of good prospects.

To register or not?

Above in the text, we found out that VR provides Russians with a number of undeniable advantages, thanks to which citizens do not ignore its registration in the event of a temporary move.

Among the primary benefits of obtaining temporary registration, it would be fair to highlight the following opportunities:

• official employment and education;
• obtaining a place for a child, both in a preschool institution and in a school one;
• registration of a personal “iron horse” and obtaining a driving license;
• free medical care at the location of the district clinic;
• registration as an individual entrepreneur.

Good to remember! Today, all holders of temporary registration are given the right to receive a bank loan.

The presence of VR allows Russians to fully realize their civil rights. There are practically no obvious disadvantages to temporary registration. The only disadvantages include:

• the presence of time restrictions (framework) established when moving into municipal apartments;
• increased utility bills due to the registration of a new tenant in the apartment.

Fines for lack of registration

If you are afraid of the cost of temporary registration, you need to know that its price is not comparable to the fines that you have to pay due to its absence. Moreover, not only those who do not have a certificate are fined equally, but also those who did not have time to renew it.

For citizens of the Russian Federation, the fine amounts to 2000-7000 rubles. This is a small amount, but if the violator is caught, both the person who rents him the house and the employer will be checked. For these people, fines amount to tens or even hundreds of thousands.

Without official temporary registration in Moscow, fines are also imposed on foreigners. For them, the likelihood of punishment is higher, since the documents must be completed within a week. The amount of fines is small, the worst thing is deportation without the right to return to the Russian Federation.

In order not to let yourself down, as well as those who will hire you and rent you housing, you need to buy temporary registration in Moscow. It will allow you not only to avoid fines and punishments, but also to receive equal rights with Muscovites.

If you can’t do it yourself, contact a lawyer for help.

Rights of citizens of Belarus on the territory of the Russian Federation

Citizens of Belarus who are legally on Russian territory enjoy the same rights as Russians. However, there are some restrictions for foreigners, unlike residents. Thus, migrants are prohibited from taking part in elections or taking up jobs that require access to secrets of state importance.

In addition, foreigners are prohibited from employment in senior positions in government agencies. Otherwise, Belarusians in Russia are no different from citizens who have permanent residence permits in the country.

Questions and answers

Where to register, in Moscow or in the Moscow region?

Depends on what you need registration for. If for work, then there is no difference. And if to enroll in a school, kindergarten or for service in a clinic, you need to be assigned to a specific region.

Is personal attendance required?

A citizen’s employer can draw up documents for a citizen. Also, the issue of registration can be handled by the university, if you are studying there full-time, or the institution where you live (hotel, sanatorium). In all other cases, personal presence is required.

What is the difference between registration in Moscow for a foreigner and a Russian?

The difference is in the time frame (7 days for a foreigner and 90 days for a Russian) during which the document must be issued, as well as in the period of its validity (1 year maximum for foreigners and 5 years maximum for citizens of the Russian Federation). Foreigners will also need additional documents.

When should the procedure be initiated?

Attention: documents must be submitted along with an application to extend your registration no later than 3 days before the expiration date of the existing certificate. This is the minimum period for registration and issuance of a registration certificate.

If registration has expired, you will need to obtain a new certificate. From a legal point of view, a citizen is obliged to do this within 90 days from the date of expiration of the previous registration. This requirement is formulated in Art. 5 of Federal Law number 5242-1, issued on May 25, 1993. If you make a new registration later, law enforcement officers will have every right to issue a fine to the citizen.

However, you need to understand that legal requirements and the real state of affairs often do not coincide. For example, it is almost impossible to prove that 90 days have passed since the end of the previous certificate.

In fact, in Russia they practically do not monitor the timing of temporary registration , so you can cheat. For example, if you violate the law, you can always say that you went to your subject of the Russian Federation and then returned back. It is impossible to quickly prove the absence of a trip, so they will simply issue you a new certificate.

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