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In accordance with paragraph 9 of Article 8 of the Federal Law "On Refugees", persons who have received refugee status in accordance with the established procedure have the right to engage in employment or entrepreneurial activity on an equal basis with citizens of the Russian Federation. 

In accordance with paragraphs 11, 12, paragraph 4, Article 13 of Law No. 115-FZ, it is not necessary to obtain a work permit or a patent for the employment of a refugee or a person who has received temporary asylum. An employer may hire such a person without obtaining a permit to attract and use foreign workers (clause 1, clause 4.5, Article 13 of Law No. 115-FZ). 

The current legislation does not contain a ban on employment by foreign citizens who have received refugee status or temporary asylum in a region other than the region where a refugee certificate or a person who has received temporary asylum is issued. 

Please clarify whether we interpret the current legislation correctly, and whether a person who has received temporary asylum or refugee status in the Russian Federation has the right to work in any region of the Russian Federation, and not only in the region where a refugee certificate or a person who has received temporary asylum is issued (including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Moscow and Leningrad regions).

The Department of External Labor Migration of the Main Directorate for Migration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, having considered within the competence of your appeal regarding the employment of persons with refugee status or temporary asylum in the territory of the Russian Federation, informs the following. 

According to sub-paragraphs 11 and 12 of paragraph 4 of Article 13 of Federal Law No. 115-FZ of July 25, 2002 "On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation", persons recognized as refugees or who have receivedtemporary asylum in the territory of the Russian Federation has the right to carry out labor activity in the Russian Federation without obtaining a work permit or a patent. 

These persons and their family members are subject to registration at the place of stay, in accordance with the procedure provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation. If the place of stay is changed within seven days from the date of arrival to the new place of stay, they must register with the territorial body of the federal executive authority in the field of internal affairs. At the same time, the regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation do not provide for a ban on the employment of this category of persons outside the subject of the Russian Federation in which they are registered.

In accordance with paragraph 9 of Article 8 of the Federal Law "On Refugees", persons who have received refugee status in accordance with the established procedure have the right to engage in employment or entrepreneurial activity on an equal basis with citizens of the Russian Federation. 

In accordance with paragraphs 11, 12, paragraph 4, Article 13 of Law No. 115-FZ, it is not necessary to obtain a work permit or a patent for the employment of a refugee or a person who has received temporary asylum. An employer may hire such a person without obtaining a permit to attract and use foreign workers (clause 1, clause 4.5, Article 13 of Law No. 115-FZ). 

The current legislation does not contain a ban on employment by foreign citizens who have received refugee status or temporary asylum in a region other than the region where a refugee certificate or a person who has received temporary asylum is issued. 

Please clarify whether we interpret the current legislation correctly, and whether a person who has received temporary asylum or refugee status in the Russian Federation has the right to work in any region of the Russian Federation, and not only in the region where a refugee certificate or a person who has received temporary asylum is issued (including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Moscow and Leningrad regions).

The Department of External Labor Migration of the Main Directorate for Migration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, having considered within the competence of your appeal regarding the employment of persons with refugee status or temporary asylum in the territory of the Russian Federation, informs the following. 

According to sub-paragraphs 11 and 12 of paragraph 4 of Article 13 of Federal Law No. 115-FZ of July 25, 2002 "On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation", persons recognized as refugees or who have receivedtemporary asylum in the territory of the Russian Federation has the right to carry out labor activity in the Russian Federation without obtaining a work permit or a patent. 

These persons and their family members are subject to registration at the place of stay, in accordance with the procedure provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation. If the place of stay is changed within seven days from the date of arrival to the new place of stay, they must register with the territorial body of the federal executive authority in the field of internal affairs. At the same time, the regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation do not provide for a ban on the employment of this category of persons outside the subject of the Russian Federation in which they are registered.