Decree No. 274 until September 15

We hereby inform you about president's decree №274 dated 18,04.2020 "On temporary measures of regulation of the legal status of foreign nationals and persons without citizenship in the Russian Federation in view of the threat of the further spread of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19)".

The decree contains the following changes:

1. The previously established time periods of extension of validity of documents, statuses of foreign nationals, time periods of voluntary departure from the RF, visas, temporary residence permits, residence permits, time periods of migration cards are extended till September 15th 2020.

At that, a work permit and a patent are excluded from the list of extended documents.

2. The following position is excluded under which employers and customers of services have the right to employ:

foreign nationals and persons without citizenship who came to the RF in accordance with the visa regime and who don't have work permits in the RF (on the presence of permission  to employ foreign nationals);

foreign nationals and persons without citizenship who came to the RF in accordance with the non-visa regime and who don't have patents.

3. It is established that within the period till September 15th 2020:

foreign nationals and persons without citizenship who came to the RF in accordance with the non-visa regime have the right to apply for a patent without consideration of requirements to the established period of submission of documents necessary for its processing, as well as the declared purpose of entry.

Employers, customers of services have the right to apply for  work permits for a foreign national and a person without citizenship without consideration of the declared purpose of entry of these persons (on the presence of permission  to employ foreign nationals). The validity of such permission cannot exceed 15.09.2020.

You can get acquainted with the decree here:http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202006150016