Residence permit (ВНЖ): checklist

Determine your ВНЖ application route, prepare the documents, apply, and complete residence registration after the decision.

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1. Determine your application route

Determine whether you can apply after an РВП or directly.

1. Determine your application routeDetermine whether you can apply after an РВП or directly.
2. Obtain the certificatesObtain the Russian language, history, and law certificate at ВНЖ level; check the exemptions.
3. Undergo a medical examinationComplete the mandatory medical examination for the ВНЖ application.
4. Prepare the documentsPrepare the application form, passport, РВП, photographs, criminal record certificate, income, accommodation, medical, and other documents.
5. ApplyApply in person at the Ministry of Internal Affairs migration office where you live or electronically through Gosuslugi.
6. Collect the cardCollect the decision and ВНЖ card.
7. Complete residence registrationRegister your residence at accommodation that you have the right to use.

8. Submit the annual notification on timeWithin 2 months of each anniversary of the day you obtained the ВНЖ, notify the Ministry of Internal Affairs that you live there.

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