The Committee on Migration and Tourism of the American Chamber of Commerce, headed by Co-Chair Sophia Batura, held a scheduled meeting on the topic “Legal Basis and Practice for the Medical Check-Up Process of HQS”
Confidence Group initiated the creation of the Committee on Migration and Tourism in the American Chamber of Commerce. The Committee aims to provide support to companies and individuals in becoming familiar with the migration rules and regulations in Russia and to address issues affecting the tourism industry. Sophia Batura, Russian expert in migration law and Deputy General Director of Confidence Group company, became the Co-Chair of the AmCham Committee.
At the end of 2022, not only formal approvals took place, but also the first meeting of the Committee related to the registration of foreign hotels in Russia.
Dear colleagues and partners,
We are pleased to inform you that on February 27, 2023, the fully functional work of the Committee on Migration and Tourism started, and a meeting was held on the topic " Discrepancies between the legal interpretation and the practice of medical check-ups of HQS (highly qualified foreign specialists)".
The meeting of the combined format (online/offline) was attended by participants – members of the American Chamber of Commerce, interested in discussing migration issues. The main trigger topics were repeated medical check-ups for foreign HQSs, the details of issuing multiple invitations to Russia, and the cancellation of permits for foreign employees of Russian companies who are outside Russia due to business needs.
Sophia held up a lecture on the legal basis and practice of the HQS medical check-up process. Here is a complete list of the issues covered.
1. Federal Law on the provision of medical documents in the event of a decision to issue a work permit.
2. Federal Law on fingerprinting and provision of medical documents for temporarily staying foreign citizens.
3. The procedure for passing a medical check-up.
4. Forms of forms and terms of validity of medical documents.
5. Certificate of absence of HIV.
6. List of medical organizations authorized to conduct a medical check-up.
7. The procedure for submitting medical documents to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
8. Procedure for fingerprinting and photography.
9. The form of the document on the passage of fingerprinting.
10. Actions of all residing foreign citizens on submitting the results of a medical check-up to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
11. Responsibility for failure to comply with the requirements for passing a medical check-up.
12. Cancellation of documents of foreign citizens for medical reasons from October 31, 2021.
13. Who does not need a certificate of absence of HIV.
For additional information on all the above issues, you can contact the consultants of Confidence Group.
