The program of resettlement of compatriots and obtaining citizenship of the Russian Federation

The state program to facilitate the voluntary resettlement of compatriots who have been abroad has been operating since 2006. At first it was planned that its action will be completed in 2012, but it took advantage of such a number of people that it was decided to extend the action of the program, not to establish specific deadlines. Over the past years, the resettlement of compatriots allowed thousands of Russian families, which for various reasons were abroad of the Russian Federation, return to their homeland.

This program allows you to take competent people, carriers of the Russian language and traditions, and send permanent residence in the regions of Russia, especially those that need development.

If you become a member of the resettlement program, it is much easier for you to issue the necessary paper, get a residence permit and work. The deadline for issuing citizenship of the Russian Federation is reduced. In addition, migrants receive other benefits and benefits. Consider more.

People belonging to historically to the nation living in Russia or the USSR, the carriers of the Russian language and culture, while it does not matter whether they are currently the citizens of another country or citizenship do not. If you have Russian roots and want to move for permanent residence to the homeland of your ancestors, you are also entitled to take advantage of the benefits for the participants of this program.

  • Citizens of Russia, living constantly abroad, who want to move to the Russian Federation to permanent residence.
  • Russian-speaking families historically related to peoples who have always lived in Russia, ready to adopt customs and culture of the country, as well as their descendants in a straight upward line
  • Former citizens of the USSR, now living in states formed as a result of the collapse of the Great Power, or abroad.
  • Persons emigrated from Russia and the USSR during the years of wars and revolutions and have become the citizens of another state, and their descendants.

The conditions that the applicant must satisfy

In order to take part in the state program, you must comply with a number of requirements:

  • Age older than 18 years old.
  • Be capable and ready for work.
  • Own the Russian language and basics of professional activities.

Since 2014, the rules have tightened a bit. Now in order to qualify for participation in the state program, a candidate, especially a foreign citizen, should live for some time on the territory of the Russian Federation with a permit for temporary accommodation or get a temporary refuge in Russia.

It is obliged to work and submit information about income into the tax inspection. According to new conditions, citizenship is granted to the one who lives in this region, so you will not change the place of residence soon.

How to get a certificate of a member of the state program

Register for participation in the program can also be in the territory of the Russian Federation, and abroad. To do this, please contact the migration service or consulate of the Russian Federation in the country where you live.

This looks like a certificate of the participant of the program

Package Dopuchekntov

If you are in the Russian Federation:

  • Original and a copy of documents certifying the identity of the migrant and members of his family.
  • Original and a copy of marriage certificate, for children - birth certificates.
  • Copies of diplomas, certificates confirming the level of education and training, work experience, characteristic from the place of work, the workbook (optional).
  • Copy and original permission for temporary accommodation or residence permit. If a person has received the right to temporary asylum, you should provide the original and a copy of the appropriate certificate.

General rules for filing papers require that the applicant makes the originals of evidence and other papers, and handed over copies to work. In addition, all documents drawn up in a foreign language must be translated into Russian.

Translation and signature of the translator are notarized. It may be necessary to legalize some papers with an apostille. The time that is required to process documents, on average and a half - two and a half months. Then you will be known about the decision taken by writing.

If you are on the territory of another country and want to participate in the state program of resettlement of compatriots:

  • You must personally come to the reception to an authorized organization in the country where you live, and there is a statement of the established sample.
  • It is necessary to provide originals and copies of documents certifying the identity confirming the marital status and level of education and training, as in the first version.

What advantages gives the state program

The immigrants participating in the program and his family members have the right to take advantage of the following benefits:

  • Get compensation for moving expenses to the future place of residence, including transportation of property, visa costs and submitting an application for resettlement.
  • Import personal property to the territory of the Russian Federation and existing vehicles (car for personal use).
  • Do not pay customs duties, taxes and fees for imported property, including a car, for one and a half years from the date of arrival at permanent residence.
  • From the federal budget are compensated for the costs of paperwork necessary for residence in Russia (residence permit, RVP, a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation).
  • Get lifting to the arrangement at a new place of residence, the amount of cash payments depends on the priority of the chosen region.
  • Receive a monthly allowance from the federal budget if it is not possible to earn independently, but not more than six months. The amount of benefits is tied to the subsistence minimum in this particular region and is regularly recalculated.

In addition, the process of temporary residence permit is significantly accelerated - they can be obtained in excess of the prescribed quota. You can work in Russia, without receiving a patent in obligatory.

For immigrants, a preferential income tax rate is introduced -13%, no need to pay state duty for registration. Program participants can learn free and receive medical care in budgetary organizations.

The state supports compatriots who want to return to Russia, but at the same time complies with their interests. List of regions priority for settlement changes annually. As a rule, these are remote areas of Siberia and the Far East, where there are not enough work hands, but there are exceptions to the rule. If you have already got a job and found housing, you have the right to qualify for accommodation in your city.

Stages of obtaining citizenship for program participants

If you have taken a solid decision on resettlement to the Russian Federation, you should take such steps:

  • Choose a region of the Russian Federation, where you would like to stay to reside. In 2019, you can choose from 57 regions, but the greatest payments and benefits are given when relocation to priority regions, for example, Trans-Baikal Territory, Primorye, Irkutsk region and others. The list of regions can be found on the website of the Main Department of Migration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
  • Apply for participation in the state program and provide originals and copies of the required documents. This can be done in Russia and abroad. You can sign up for the application by phone and by email. Remember that the paper is served personally, do not forget to make photocopies of all passports and diplomas. And in PDF.
  • After consideration of the application for one and a half - two months, a certificate of participation in the program of resettlement of compatriots for a period of three years is issued. You will be celebrated in writing about the availability of permission. To obtain a certificate, take the originals of all the documents that you have previously provided, and two more photos of the passport sample. Certificate is issued only personally in hand.
  • Moving to the Russian Federation if you arrive from abroad. The country's national or foreign passport will be required, from which you arrived, visa to Russia, if necessary, migration card. It is drawn up when crossing the border in the border control service.

  • The next stage is to get a temporary residence permit. We remind you that immigrants receive this document regardless of quotas. The established time of consideration of the petition for the issuance of RVP- 50 days. You can seek permission to consulate the Russian Federation abroad or in the migration service at the place of residence in Russia.
  • After receiving RVP, you can bother the provision of citizenship of the Russian Federation. The program participants receive citizenship on simplified rules, time for this is also required less. According to the rules, the entire process of registration, from the date of submission of an application for RVP before the provision of citizenship, takes from four to nine months.
    At the same time, you can immediately become a citizen of the Russian Federation without receiving a residence permit. Otherwise, it is necessary to live in Russia legally, having a job and paying taxes, at least five years.

What you need to get citizenship

If you are a participant in the resettlement program, then you will need:

  • Certificate of participation in the state program.
  • Residence permit or temporary residence permit in your area.
  • Confirmation of registration at the place of residence (registration, house book).
  • Refusal of existing citizenship and application for the assignment of citizenship of the Russian Federation. If you do not want to lose the country's citizenship where you have lived earlier, please contact your visas for a residence permit. For more information about the documents provided and the procedure for issuing citizenship, we tell us in the relevant section on our website.

Some features

There is a special preference that it turns out to be specialists of some professions. Suppose in the region you need doctors. If you have the required specialty, the process of registration of the necessary documents will be faster. Lists of preferred professions are looking for a migration service website. We advise you to start the mercy of resettlement, without postponing. Remember that in the first half of the calendar year it is easier to get payments and benefits from the federal budget, until quotas are selected.

Be careful when collecting documents and filling out the application, do not allow inaccuracies. Attempting to hide information or provide inaccurate information can lead to a refusal to issue a certificate of the participant of the Resettlement Program,