The Department on immigration issues of Ministry of Internal Affairs requires accompanying family members of foreign citizens arrived in Russia in the order not requiring visa, to specify in notification on arrival the purpose of entry as "private”, provided that these citizens have a valid visa with the purpose "accompanying family member".
In fact, this is the situation when the foreign citizen has to indicate the misleading information when filling out the arrival notification form.
Therefore, the purpose of entry does not correspond to the real purpose of the stay.
The requirements are also similar for the accompanying family members of foreign citizens of EEU Treaty members, as well as migrant workers arrived in the order not requiring a visa and working based on a patent.
At the same time, the rule of stay in Russia for “90 days out of 180 days” is applicable for visa-free foreign citizens with a "private" purpose of entry.
However, according to the law the rules of stay for family members of migrant workers are identical to the rules of stay of the migrant worker. In case of incorrect migration registration for accompanying family members and the extension of their period of stay, these foreign citizens may be subject to administrative penalties up to the closing of entry.
Confidence Group sent a request to The Department on migration issues of Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow to explain the above-mentioned requirements.
For detailed information please contact consultants of Confidence Group.
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