Migration legislation of the Russian Federation
The main federal laws and legal acts regulating the status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation:
- Federal Law of 25.07.2002 No. 115-FZ "On the legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation"
- Federal Law of 15.08.1996 No. 114-FZ "On the procedure of departure from the Russian Federation and entry into the Russian Federation"
- Federal Law of 18.07.2006 No. 109-FZ "On migration registration of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Russian Federation"
- Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (Chapter 18)
- Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Article 322. Illegal crossing of the state border of the Russian Federation; Article 322.1. Organization of illegal migration; Article 322.3. Fictitious registration of a foreign citizen or stateless person at the place of residence in a dwelling premise in the Russian Federation)
- Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation of 15.01.2007 No. 9 "On the procedure for implementing migration registration of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Russian Federation"
- Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 9, 2003 No. 335 "On approval of the regulation on establishment of the form of a visa, the procedure and conditions for its registration and issuance, extension of its validity, its restoration in case of loss, as well as the procedure for cancellation of a visa"
- Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation dated 24.11.2023 No. 904 "On establishment of the procedure for submission a notification by an educational or scientific organization on granting a foreign citizen (stateless person) academic leave, on completion or early termination of education of a foreign citizen (stateless person) and the form of the specified notification"
- Order of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation dated December 21, 2020 No. 23235 "On approval of the list of travel purposes used when processing and issuing visas to foreign citizens".