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Starting from September 01, 2016 the details for payment of the state duty for the issue of permits on foreign labor hire, work permits for foreign citizens and stateless persons, invitations and multiple visas for crossing the Russian border, paid in the Department on migration issues of Russian Interior Ministry (previously FMS) were changed

Continuing the news on the signing of the Agreement between Russia and Bolivia on visa-free trips we announce that the Agreement on visa-free trips of citizens of Russia and citizens of Bolivia between the Government of Russia and the Government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, signed on April 12, 2016 in Moscow, comes into force on October 3, 2016

On July 31, 2016 legislation on simplified Russian citizenship for highly-valued specialists came into force

In December 2015 the Resolution of the Russian Government, entitling the heads of the RF territorial entities to impose restrictions on employment of foreign citizens in various fields was adopted. In 2016, such restrictions were introduced in several regions of the RF

On January 1, 2017, the amendments to migration legislation approved by the Seim of Lithuania will come into force. The amendments simplify the process of obtaining a permanent residence permit for representatives of the startups from outside of the European Union

On August 11, 2016, the Ministry of Communications of the RF reported on the extension throughout the country of the pilot regions experience on payments of the state duty for the migration policy services of the Department on migration issues of the Interior Ministry of Russia through a single portal (CGSP of RF)

On July 2016 the graft law on administrative responsibility for violation by the foreign citizen or stateless person of the rules of entry or the regime of stay in Russia, was introduced into the State Duma

On July, 26 the Prime Minister submitted to the State Duma the draft law on the update of the legal regulation of the order of exit and entry of foreign citizens in Russia and the reason for their expulsion from Russia

As a follow-up to the newsletter on changes of the rules for submission of documents to the Multifunctional Migration Center (Sakharovo) as of June 07, 2016, we inform you that many employers faced with the cancellation of work permits for foreign citizens coming from visa countries

Following the newsletter on the changes of the rules of submission of documents to the Multifunctional migration center in Moscow in Sakharovo as of 07.06.2016, we inform you that since July 26, 2016 the rules of documents submission were complemented by new changes