International students and trainees are obliged to apply for migration registration in the Department of Migration and Visa Support each time when they:

•    Cross the border, i.e. leave and enter the Russian Federation and receive new migration cards

Foreign citizens and stateless persons should keep in mind that every time the cross the border, their previous registration becomes invalid.

•    Stay in a hospital / hotel / hostel

In this case, the host party is the administration of the hospital / hotel / hostel that within 24 hours initiates the procedure of migration registration for foreign citizens. Foreign citizens and stateless persons have to take tear-off registration cards filled in by the administration of the host institution.

•    Visit other cities of the Russian Federation (moving throughout the Russian Federation and staying in another city for more than 7 days)

If international students or trainees apply for migration registration in other cities of the Russian Federation, they have to take tear-off registration cards from these cities.

•    Change the place of stay (moving from one residence hall to another, from a residence hall to a flat, from one flat to another)

•    Amend personal details (receiving a new passport)

•    Modify the migration status (obtaining a residence permit (regardless of its kind))

IMPORTANT! The Department of Migration Control and Visa Support should be informed of all of the above within one working day.

•    Change the mode of study

If an international student changes the mode of study, i.e. transfers from full-time study to part-time study, he or she loses the grounds in the context of studying to extend the period of temporary stay in the Russian Federation. A student is obliged to leave the territory of the Russian Federation, if he or she does not have other grounds for staying in the Russian Federation (e.g. residence permit).

•    Renew a passport due to its expiry

In case of the expiry of a passport, a foreign citizen must take measures for its timely renewal or replacement. After extending the validity of a passport or obtaining a new one, a foreign citizen is obliged to submit it to the Department of Migration Control and Visa Support.

IMPORTANT! The validity of a last multiple entry student visa is extended for a period up to 6 months before the expiry of a foreign citizen’s passport.

•    Lose (damage) documents

A foreign citizen must be careful with his or her identification document giving the right to enter, stay and leave the Russian Federation (passport), as well as documents confirming the legality of foreign citizen’s stay in the Russian Federation (migration card, tear-off card).

In case of damage, loss or theft of a passport, migration card, tear-off card, a foreign citizen must immediately (within one day) notify the Department of Migration Control and Visa Support in order to consider further actions and take urgent and exhaustive measures to restore his or her documents.

•    Change the migration status

Upon receiving a residence permit in the Russian Federation or Russian citizenship, a foreign citizen is obliged to inform the Department of Migration Control and Visa and submit relevant documents within one working day.

Contacts:

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