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This is a Warden Message for All
American Citizens
by US Embassy, Moscow
Please distribute it to your American citizen friends and colleagues.
If you are a Warden, notify your Warden Group. If you have any
questions contact us at American Citizen Services at the U.S. Embassy
in Moscow by e-mail,
or at the following
number: Phone: (095) 728-5577
E-mail:
moscowwarden@state.gov
Warden Message
Under the new Law
on the Status of Foreigners in the Russian Federation, which went into effect
on November 1, 2002, all foreigners who do not have Russian temporary
residency (Razreshenie na vremennoye prozhivanie), permanent residency (vid
na zhitelstvo) or diplomatic status are required to maintain a Migration
Card for the duration of their stay in Russia.
The migration card
contains personal data, information on visa status, and is used to record
registration of foreigners. Authorities plan to introduce migration cards at
ports of entry such as Moscow's Sheremeyetevo airport by February 10 and they
are currently available from local Passport Visa Offices (OVIR/PVU).
Russian authorities have informed us that Americans who have entered Russia
before migration cards began to be distributed at Russian ports of entry are
not legally required to obtain a migration card until they depart and reenter
Russia. However, since foreigners here without visas (from the CIS)
will be required to obtain migration cards next week, based on the advice of
the Russian Federal Migration Service, the U.S. Embassy advises Americans to
obtain a migration card as soon as they are available in order to avoid
any problems with Russian law enforcement authorities.
Moscow police
officials have announced that the police will begin to check
foreigners for
migration cards from February 15. Foreigners without a migration card
(other than temporary and permanent residents and diplomats) could face
potential fines, detention, and deportation.
Americans or their sponsors will have to submit their visa and passport for
re-registration at their local Passport and Visa Office (OVIR/PVU) in order
to obtain migration cards.
IMPORTANT NOTE ON REGISTRATION
Under Russian law, foreigners or their sponsors are required to register
their presence in a Russian city/town/region within three days of their
arrival. According to the new law, registration of all foreigners
other than temporary and permanent residents and diplomats is to be recorded
on the migration card. Every time a foreigner departs the country,
he/she will be required to turn in the migration card to immigration
authorities at the point of departure, thus losing all record of
registration. Upon reentry to Russia, foreigners must re-register with
a new migration card.
For further information, or if you encounter problems in obtaining a
migration card, contact the American Citizen Services section of the U.S.
Embassy in Moscow.
U. S. Consulate Registration
Moscow or St. Petersburg
On Arrival, FAX or E-mail
(click
for forms)
Register On Line
(click for link)
This is
registering with the US Embassy as a visitor, not Russian Visa registration
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