Read about what documents are needed for Russian citizenship after a residence permit and how to fill out an application correctly

Consider, what papers do you need to provide a migrant in order to become the owner of Russian citizenship:

After obtaining a residence permit, any foreign citizen has the right to apply for citizenship of the Russian Federation.

It should be noted that in order to submit an application, you must provide the originals (they are returned to the applicant after receiving the package of papers) and copies of documents certified by a notary. In addition, in order to successfully obtain citizenship, all papers from this list, made in a foreign language, must be translated into Russian and certified by a notary.

Confirmation of the right to a simplified scheme

In order to confirm the basis for obtaining citizenship under a simplified scheme, the following documents will be required:

Filling out an application

In the process of filling out the application, it is important to remember that this is done on a special form, by hand or printed on a PC, in Russian, without abbreviations and abbreviations, in clear handwriting.

All answers must be complete. First, you will need to indicate the motives that prompted you to obtain Russian citizenship.

If the applicant has minor children and wants to apply for citizenship for them, then in the application in the column “At the same time I ask to accept citizenship”, information about them (full name, place and date of birth, citizenship) is entered.


    Full name (if there was a change in data - indicate which ones and the reason for the changes), date and place of birth, gender.


    Paragraphs 4-5 indicate which citizenship of which foreign state you have at the time of application (or had in the past) and which document confirms your right to reside in the territory of this state.


    In 6-7 paragraphs, you must indicate whether you were previously a citizen of the Russian Federation or the USSR, and also whether you previously applied for Russian citizenship.


    P. 9-10 are filled in at your request. You have the right not to indicate information about your faith and nationality, in these columns you can simply write "I do not wish."


    Paragraphs 11-12 indicate information about education: profession, specialty, diploma data, academic degree.


    In paragraph 13, you must provide information about your marital status. If you are married (married) or divorced, please provide details of supporting documents.


    In paragraph 14, you must specify information about all close relatives - full name, degree of relationship, date and place of birth, citizenship, place of residence and field of activity.


    Clause 15 indicates information about your work activity, study, military service for the last 5 years.

    Firms and companies must be called as they were called at the time of employment of the applicant on them. If now the applicant is an individual entrepreneur, then you need to indicate the number of the registration certificate, the name of the authority that issued it and the place of issue.

    If the applicant has been in military service for 5 years prior to the application, it is required to indicate the position, unit number, its location.


    In the process of filling out clause 16, all sources of income that were during your residence in the Russian Federation are indicated, and in clause 17, you must indicate all the income received by you during the period of residence in the territory of the Russian Federation from January 1 to December 31 of the year preceding the date of applying with statement.


    If you received a TIN, indicate its number in clause 18, as well as where, when and by whom the certificate was issued.


    In paragraph 19, you need to indicate whether you speak Russian. If you have the status of NOR - indicate the details of the supporting document.


    Information about whether you have any relation to military service must be indicated in paragraph 20.

    In paragraph 21, you must specify the data of the document that regulates your residence in the territory of the Russian Federation at the time of application.

    Here, you must also indicate which trips abroad you had during your stay in the Russian Federation: information about when, where and for what purpose you went is entered in a special table.


    Clause 22 of the questionnaire is filled out only by those who apply for citizenship of the Russian Federation on the basis of Article 41.3 of Federal Law No. 62 “On Citizenship of the Russian Federation”.


    In paragraph 23, you must indicate whether you have a special status that gives you the right to reside in Russia. If yes, please provide details of the document confirming this status.

    In paragraph 24, you must write whether you were expelled from the territory of the Russian Federation during the last 5 years.


    From paragraphs 25 to 27, it is necessary to indicate whether you are in the service of special agencies, whether you have been prosecuted and whether you are being prosecuted by the competent authorities of a foreign state in criminal proceedings.


    In paragraph 28, you must indicate the address of the place of residence at registration. If, in fact, you live elsewhere, indicate this in paragraph 29.


    Submission procedure

    The entire package of papers is submitted to the Migration Service Department (GUVM) at the place of residence.

    Consideration of an application under a simplified scheme takes no more than 6 months, in a general manner - 12 months. Citizenship requests from the NPR or settlers are considered within 3 months. The waiting period for obtaining citizenship of the Russian Federation after obtaining a residence permit is described in detail.

    After receiving a positive decision on citizenship, you should apply for a Russian passport.

    In conclusion, it is worth noting that it is not easy and long. But no matter how much you want to speed it up in an illegal way, you should not go for it. The fact of a fictitious marriage, forgery of documents is always found out, and the applicant gets a lot of problems.