Citizenship is understood as the legal belonging of a particular person to a particular state, which determines mutual rights and obligations. Each person may have such a situation when he will be required to confirm the citizenship of the Russian Federation.

In the article, we will consider ways to confirm citizenship, to whom and in what cases it is necessary, and also where to get a certificate of citizenship of the Russian Federation.

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When proof of civil status is required

Sometimes having an internal Russian passport is not enough to confirm your civil status. You may be asked for additional evidence. Information about your citizenship may be needed, for example, in various legal processes.

Below are the main situations when it is required:

1. For some mortgage programs, as well as for registration of benefits.
2. For registration of a Russian passport at the age of 14.
3. For issuing a foreign passport in a situation where the child does not yet have an internal Russian passport.
4. When a person permanently resides in Russia, but he lacks evidence of belonging to the state.
5. When a citizen of the Russian Federation plans to leave the country.
6. When a citizen of the Russian Federation living in another state has expired a foreign passport, and there is no other document confirming citizenship.

Please note that under the following conditions, confirmation of citizenship is not required:

1. Issuance of a passport for a child, if civil status is indicated on the birth certificate.
2. If it is necessary to replace a citizen's passport, since it is considered that citizenship was confirmed upon first obtaining a passport.
3. When a citizen receives an internal Russian passport for the first time, but if he has a document confirming citizenship.
4. Obtaining a foreign passport by domestic Russian or vice versa. In this case, the document must be Russian in origin.

How to confirm citizenship of the Russian Federation

The ways of confirming civil status for adult citizens and children are different. We will consider both of them.

You can confirm the citizenship of an adult citizen with one of the papers:

• passport of the Russian Federation (any: internal, foreign, official);
• birth certificate with a mark of civil status;
• a military ID with an insert;
• sailor's certificate.

If the documents listed above are not available, then you can issue a certificate of citizenship of the Russian Federation. In order to get it, you need:

1. Go to the department of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the place of registration in order to check the civil status.
2. Bring documents proving your citizenship: an expired passport, an extract from the registry office, a birth certificate, a passport of a parent-citizen of the Russian Federation with information about children.
3. Leave personal data.

Where to get a certificate of citizenship of the Russian Federation, while abroad? In this case, you can contact the diplomatic mission of the Russian Federation in a particular country.

Attention! It may take from one to three months to consider such an application.

If the citizen is a minor

It is also necessary to highlight the ways of confirming the citizenship of children, since until the age of 14 they do not have a passport. This can be done with one of the following documents:

• international passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation;
• birth certificate (if the child was born after 07/01/2002);
• birth certificate with an insert about citizenship (until 06.02.2007);
• birth certificate with imprint of civil status;
• a document of a citizen of the Russian Federation - the legal representative of the child (which contains information about the child);
• a document issued by an authority of a foreign state, translated into Russian, containing information about birth and citizenship of the Russian Federation.

You can confirm the civil status of children in the departments of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, as well as in the representative offices of Russia abroad.

In addition, it is possible send a request for an extract from the registry office where the birth of a child is recorded.

Another way to confirm the citizenship of a minor- This is an appeal to the multifunctional center.

Attention! To obtain confirmation of citizenship of the Russian Federation, you will need to pay a fee of 3,500 rubles, regardless of who needs this certificate. And the cost of the duty outside the Russian Federation is set in each country its own.

Conclusion

Thus, confirmation of the civil status of both an adult and a child is possible in various ways, each of which is relevant for the inhabitants of Russia. For each specific situation, certain documents are required.

It is easier for people born in the Russian Federation to go through this process, however, in the reverse situation, having all the required documents, you can confirm civil status.