How to obtain permanent residency in Russia?

Russia's permanent residency includes two ways: living in Russia for more than eight years in exchange for a permanent residence permit and marrying a local person or a person with Russian nationality.

First, the easiest and most convenient way to get permanent residence is to marry a local. As long as the other person has Russian nationality, you can change Russian nationality and obtain permanent residency, regardless of whether you are a foreign nationality or stateless.

However, it should be noted that Russia does not recognize dual nationality, that is, if you have the nationality of another country, you must give up your original nationality, otherwise you cannot apply for permanent residence.

Second, the second method is to live in Russia for more than eight years and apply for long-term residence. The steps are to stay temporarily for three years, and apply for permanent residence for five years after one year is approved.

It should be noted that a three-year temporary residence is on a passport, and a five-year permanent residence is a document similar to a blue passport. With this Russian company, you can be hired as a Russian.

After living for a certain period of five years, you can apply for naturalization, or you can extend it for another five years after the expiration of five years. In the past five years, you have to submit documents to the Immigration Bureau once a year for review. If you don't go or pass the examination, the permanent residence permit will be invalid, and you can have permanent residence after completing the above steps.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on the 6th that the Legal Affairs Committee of the Russian government passed a bill on the 4th to simplify the procedures for citizens of Russian-speaking CIS countries to join Russian citizenship, and they can acquire Russian citizenship within three months.

He pointed out that Russian-speaking foreign citizens living in CIS countries are eligible to become Russian citizens if they or their relatives live in Russia for a long time, including Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union before the October Revolution.

They need to apply for a special visa to Russia and gradually obtain a temporary residence permit and a long-term residence permit in Russia. And they just need to have a simple dialogue with the relevant departments. The whole process can be completed in three months.

Medvedev said, adding that, of course, these foreign citizens must first revoke their original citizenship before acquiring Russian citizenship.

He also said that people who have completed higher education in Russia or the Soviet Union and worked in Russia for more than three years also have the opportunity to acquire Russian citizenship in this way.

People's Network-Russia will simplify the naturalization procedures for Russian citizens in CIS countries.