On June 27, 2018, President of Russia has signed the law as of June 27, 2018 N 163-FZ excluding possibility of migration registration of foreign citizens at non-residential address of employer. This law will come into force on July 8, 2018.
This law provides that a foreign citizen is subject to registration at the place of stay at the address of organization in which he work in case of actual residence at the address of the specified organization or in rooms of specified organization, not having address data (building, structure), including temporary.
This law introduces new formulations of the following concepts:
- place of stay of a foreign citizen is a dwelling that is not a place of residence, or other premises in which the foreign citizen actually resides (regularly uses for sleeping and rest), or an organization at the address of which a foreign citizen or stateless person is subject to registration at the place of stay.
In other words, migration registration will be possible only on residential addresses (rooms for sleeping and rest), or to address of a hotel or other organization that provides hotel services, a sanatorium, a rest home, a boarding house, a children's health camp, a tourist base, a campsite, a medical organization that provides medical assistance in a hospital setting, or a social service organization that provides social services, also for persons without a fixed place of residence, an institution that performs criminal or administrative punishment.
- host party is a citizen of the Russia, a permanent resident of the Russia, a foreign citizen or stateless person, legal entity, branch or representative office of a legal entity, a federal public authority, a body of state power of a constituent entity of Russia, a local government body, a diplomatic mission or consular office of a foreign state in Russia, an international organization or its organization representation in Russia or a representative office of a foreign state with an international organization located in Russia in which a foreign citizen temporarily resides or works (without breaking of law). Foreign citizen or a stateless person - highly qualified specialists and owners of a dwelling in the territory of the Russia may be a host party for members of his family.
In other words, according to the norms of this law, that persons, institutions and organizations can be host party (have responsibility of host party) only if they provide dwelling for actual residence of foreign citizen.
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