Information for international students, trainees and participants of international academic mobility programmes

Foreign citizens and stateless persons arriving in the Russian Federation to enter and study at Penza State University, including students of pre-university training courses and participants of international academic mobility programmes, must strictly abide by the migration regulations of the Russian Federation.

The legal status of a foreign citizen in the Russian Federation is mainly determined by the following laws and regulations:

•    Federal Law dated 15 August 1996 No. 114-FZ “On the Procedures to Enter and Exit the Russian Federation”
•    Federal Law dated 25 July 2002 No. 115-FZ “On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation”
•    Federal Law dated 18 July 2006 No. 109-FZ “On Migration Registration of Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons in the Russian Federation”
•    Internal rules and regulations for international students at Penza State University

If a foreign citizen stays in the Russian Federation, he or she is obliged to apply for migration registration at the place of temporary residence, i.e. to notify the Penza Region Migration Affairs Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia of his or her arrival at the place of stay. Foreign citizens should apply for migration registration at the place of temporary residence in accordance with procedures and conditions set out in the Federal Law dated 18 July 2006 No. 109-FZ “On Migration Registration of Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons in the Russian Federation” or in the international treaty of the Russian Federation.

Migration registration of foreign citizens arriving to study at Penza State University (including under the invitation of the university or direction of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation) is carried out by the Department of Migration and Visa Support.

Elena Petrik
Head of the Department of Migration and Visa Support
37 Lermontova Street, building 11, office 356
Tel: +7 (8412) 20-28-96
E-mail: vizapgu@yandex.ru