FEDERAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of July 18, 2006 No. 109-FZ

About migration registration of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Russian Federation

Accepted by the State Duma on June 30, 2006

Approved by the Federation Council on July 7, 2006

Migration registration of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Russian Federation is one of forms of state regulation of migratory processes and is aimed at providing and execution of the guarantees of observance of the right of everyone established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation who legally is in the territory of the Russian Federation, on free movement, the choice of the place of stay and residence within the Russian Federation and other rights and personal freedoms, and also on realization of national interests of the Russian Federation in the sphere of migration.

Chapter 1. General provisions

Article 1. Subject of regulation of this Federal Law

This Federal Law governs the relations arising when implementing accounting of movements of the foreign citizens and stateless persons connected with their entry into the Russian Federation, transit through the territory of the Russian Federation, movement on the territory of the Russian Federation in case of the choice and change of the place of stay or residence within the Russian Federation or departure from the Russian Federation (further - movements of foreign citizens and stateless persons).

Article 2. The basic concepts used in this Federal Law

1. For the purpose of this Federal Law the following basic concepts are used:

1) migration registration of foreign citizens and stateless persons (further - migration registration) - the state activities for fixing and generalization of the information about foreign citizens and about persons without citizenship provided by this Federal Law and about movements of foreign citizens and stateless persons;

2) bodies of migration registration of foreign citizens and stateless persons (further - bodies of migration registration) - the federal executive body performing functions on development and realization of state policy and normative legal regulation in the sphere of internal affairs, in the sphere of control of drug trafficking, psychotropic substances and their precursors in the sphere of migration, and also law-enforcement functions on federal state control (supervision) in the specified spheres (further - federal executive body in the sphere of internal affairs), and its territorial authorities;

3) the residence of the foreign citizen or stateless person in the Russian Federation (further - the residence) - premises to which address the foreign citizen or the stateless person are registered according to the procedure, established by this Federal Law;

4) the place of stay of the foreign citizen or stateless person in the Russian Federation (further - the place of stay) - the premises which are not the residence or other room in which the foreign citizen or the stateless person actually lives (regularly uses for dream and rest), or the organization to which address the foreign citizen or the stateless person is subject to registration in the place of stay in the case provided by part 2 of article 21 of this Federal Law;

5) registration of the foreign citizen or stateless person at the place of residence (further - registration at the place of residence) fixing in accordance with the established procedure bodies of migration registration of place of residence;

6) accounting of the foreign citizen or stateless person in the place of stay (further - accounting in the place of stay) - fixing in accordance with the established procedure the bodies of data on finding of the foreign citizen or the person without citizenship authorized according to this Federal Law in the place of stay;

7) the party accepting the foreign citizen or the stateless person in the Russian Federation (further - the host party), - the citizen of the Russian Federation, the foreign citizen or the person without citizenship, the legal entity, branch or representation of the legal entity who are constantly living in the Russian Federation, federal body of the government, public authority of the subject of the Russian Federation, local government body, diplomatic representation or consular establishment of foreign state in the Russian Federation, the international organization or its representation in the Russian Federation or representation of foreign state under the international organization which is in the Russian Federation, the residential or other rooms, or the organization which provided in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation for the actual accommodation to the foreign citizen or the stateless person in which the foreign citizen in accordance with the established procedure performs the labor or other not forbidden by the legislation of the Russian Federation activities in the case provided by part 2 of article 21 of this Federal Law. The foreign citizen or the stateless person having in property premises in the territory of the Russian Federation and which provided in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation these premises in use for the actual accommodation to the foreign citizen or the stateless person can act as the host party;

8) the highly qualified specialist - the foreign citizen or the person without citizenship who got the work permit according to article 13 of the Federal Law of July 25, 2002 N 115-FZ "About legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation" (further - the Federal Law "About Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation");

9) members of the family of the highly qualified specialist are the foreign citizens or stateless persons determined as members of the family of the highly qualified specialist according to Item 1.1 of article 13.2 of the Federal law "About Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation".

10) dummy registration at the place of residence - registration of the foreign citizen or stateless person at the place of residence based on submission of obviously false information or documents for such registration, or their registration at the place of residence without their intention to live in the respective premises, or their registration at the place of residence without intention of the employer (owner) of the respective premises to provide them these premises for accommodation;

11) dummy registration in the place of stay - statement of the foreign citizen or stateless person on accounting in the place of stay based on submission of obviously false information or documents, or statement of the foreign citizen or stateless person on accounting in the place of stay in residential or other room without their intention to live actually in this room or without intention of the host party to provide them this room for the actual accommodation, or statement of the foreign citizen or stateless person on accounting in the place of stay to the address of the organization in which they in accordance with the established procedure do not perform the labor or other not forbidden by the legislation of the Russian Federation activities.

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