The passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation: how to check it on reality

Many Russian travelers face an unexpected problem: when applying for a visa in one or another country, local migration authorities may refuse them due to the invalidity of the passport, although until the expiration date, which is specified in the document, may still be two or three weeks or more. In order not to be in such a situation, you should know how to check the passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation for reality, and what reasons can lead to the termination of its legitimacy in a particular case.

In which cases you need to check the validity of the passport

The inspection of the passport for reality is useful to those Russian citizens who gathered, to undergo a course of treatment in a foreign clinic. Interested in such verification and foreign employers or property owners: they want to be confident in their future workers or customers.

Causes of termination of reality of passport

There are two groups of reasons that can affect the legitimacy of an overseas passport. The first acts selectively and largely depends on the migration legislation of the state where the trip is planned. The same passport, for example, can be valid for a trip to Turkey, but unfit for.

The second group can include all that is associated with the physical condition and content of the document. These reasons lie "on the surface" and are easily recognized:

• mechanical damage - exhausted or needed pages, damaged cover, excessive contamination or result of fluid (water, gasoline, iodine, oil and other);
• non-compliance and appearance of the bearer - with serious changes as a result of injury, plastic operations, transferred diseases, age-related changes;
• typos or errors in writing data about the owner, the absence of any details (printing, signatures);
• the lack of clean pages for the suspension of visas;
• expiration of the validity of the validity of the passport;
• (for example, as a result of marriage).

All these shortcomings should control the owner of the passport, and when identifying at least one of them, respond timely.

Interesting fact. In the passports of the USSR, clips from ordinary iron were used. This was the reason for the failure of many spies and saboteurs during the Great Patriotic War - the German command provided them with passports with staples from steel, which did not rust and did not pack the pages of the document.

How to check the passport of the Russian Federation on the website of the MIUM MIA

One of the most popular ways to check the legitimacy of the passport of the Russian Federation is to use the services of the website of the MIUM MIA. It offers information services, among which there are and verify the reality of the passport of the Russian Federation.

The main disadvantage of this method is that it is possible to check whether a passport is valid only when it comes to the old specimen documents. Checking biometric passports on the site is not available.

The algorithm of action is easy. In order to make sure the legitimacy of the document should be:

1. Go to the official website of the LUCHM of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
   
2. Among the information services to choose "checking invalid passports of an old sample for a period of 5 years."
   
3. The new page will present a service on which information on the invalid passports of the old sample will be updated daily. To take advantage of them, the input features is not required. The search will occur by software.
   
4. Enter the number and series of the document to the appropriate graphs, fill in the captcha and send a request.
   
5. Information processing is very operational. A minute later, the answer is displayed on the screen. If the passport is found in the database - it is invalid.
   

Thus, it is not possible to reliably check the passport for authenticity on the website of the LUCT MIA (UFMS) is not available to everyone. In addition, the database update can delay and information will be outdated. For more accurate and complete checks, it is necessary to refer directly to the organs of the MIUM MIA.

Visit to the LUCH MVD

Personal appeal to the territorial body of the MIUM MIA, despite the costs of time and strength, remains the most common way to check. Checking the passport for reality in the LUCHM of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (UFMS) of Russia is possible and on an electronic queue - to sign an online on a convenient day and an hour can be selected on the website of the LUCT MIA: you need to choose the desired territorial body, type of service (passport), type of operation (reception), division, Day and reception time.

Submitting a written audit appeal, it should be borne in mind that the results will have to be expected within 30 days from the date of application. During this time, employees should learn if there is a passport of a person, to double-check all lists and bases of invalid passports, prepare a written response.

Another advantage of this method of verification is its official status. The resulting document will have the date of issue, the signature of the authorized person and the seal.

Interesting fact. The term "passport" comes from the Latin words of Passare (pass) and Porta (Gate). In the era of the late Middle Ages, travelers were issued documents indicating cities and towns, which he was allowed to enter. Until 1915, there were no photographs in the passports, but a complete anthropometric description of the owner was given.

How to check the passport of the Russian Federation independently

The verification of the reality of the passport of the Russian Federation can be carried out independently. A visual inspection can identify the reasons due to which the document stopped complying with the requirements.