Rules for International Students to Legally Stay and Study in the Russian Federation

All foreign citizens arriving in the territory of the Russian Federation for a period of more than 7 days¹ are required to have a valid migration registration and renew it in a timely manner at the Student Office or passport offices of dormitories.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION! Generally, documents for the migration registration extension must be submitted no later than 20 days before its expiration.

Migration registration is issued for one year or for a shorter period such as: the period of study (or work), the period of residence in a students’ dormitory, visa validity period (for countries requiring a visa).

The validity period of the migration registration is terminated upon departure of a foreign citizen (or a stateless person) from the territory of the Russian Federation. Consequently, it is necessary to re-issue migration registration upon return to the Russian Federation.

Migration registration in students’ dormitory is automatically terminated as soon as a foreign citizen (or a stateless person) issues migration registration in another place — in a hotel, hostel, recreation center, rented apartment, etc. Therefore it is necessary to re-issue migration registration upon return to students’ dormitory.

The migration registration in students’ dormitory is canceled and declared invalid by the university staff within 3 working days counting from the moment of eviction of a foreign citizen (or stateless person) from the dormitory.

List of documents for migration registration:

• Copy of filled in passport pages;
• Migration card;
• Copy of the migration card;
• Previous registration (if available);
• Copy of tickets (upon arrival from another city).

Please be noted that a university staff member may request supplementary documents and additional information from you.

[1] The term may be extended in accordance to agreements between the Russian Federation and other countries.

All foreign citizens and stateless persons who have arrived in the Russian Federation in an order that requires a visa are obliged to take into account visa validity period and extend it in a timely manner or leave the territory of the Russian Federation no later than the visa expiration date.

For visa extension you must contact the Student Office no later than 45 days before visa expiration.

Within 3 working days after receiving a new visa foreign citizens (or stateless persons) are required to submit documents for issuing а new migration registration. If a foreign citizen (or a stateless person) lives in a students’ dormitory at the time of receipt а new visa, the staff of the Student Office will form a set of documents for a new migration registration independently.

When a foreign citizen (or a stateless person) receives a new foreign passport in the territory of the Russian Federation, the present visa is to be transferred to the new passport. Within 3 working days after receiving the aforementioned document it is necessary to bring copies of passport and a certificate from the embassy confirming the date of receipt of the passport to the Student Office.

List of documents for visa extension:

• Copy of filled in passport pages;
• Copy of the migration card;
• Copy of the migration registration;
• Photo 3*4.

Please be noted that a university staff member may request supplementary documents and additional information from you.

A foreign citizen who has arrived in the Russian Federation for the purpose of studying in an order that does not require a visa gets a note on the extension of the temporary stay in his migration card. This condition is valid in accordance with the current legislation of the Russian Federation.

In case of a certain necessity, foreign citizens who arrived in an order that does not require a visa can apply to the Student Office, passport offices of students’ dormitories or to the territorial division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get a mark on their migration card, which notifies the extension of the period of stay.

If one has issued a visa to enter the territory of the Russian Federation and nevertheless someone, for example, a bank, requires a mark on the migration card, they may refer to paragraph 7.1 of Article 5 of the Federal Law of 25 July 2002 N 115-FZ "On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation, where these rules are described in detail.

According to the current regulatory acts of the Russian Federation foreign citizens are obliged to have a valid voluntary medical insurance contract (policy) and renew it in a timely manner.

For the convenience of foreign students MISIS University suggests taking into account the offers of several insurance companies with a good reputation. Such insurance includes all the necessary services, and also provides the opportunity to undergo a medical examination for checking in a students’ dormitory. For more information, please:

• call +7 499 230-24-09
  
• or visit office No.363 for a personal consultation.

One may also make insurance for themselves. Under such circumstances the minimum requirements set by the University should be taken into account:

• Medical care provided by ambulance stations, emergency departments or emergency medical centers;
• Medical care in outpatient and inpatient medical facilities in case of sudden health disorders and accidents to the extent necessary to eliminate the threat to the patient’s life and (or) relieve acute pain;
• Transportation by medical transport or other means of transport, including medical support (medical team, doctor, nurse), from the place of disease (accident) to a medical institution;
• Posthumous repatriation (transportation) of remains.

Upon receipt of medical insurance the original voluntary medical insurance contract (policy) should be given to the University staff members, afterward the information will be added to one’s personal file.

The main task of foreign citizens (or stateless persons) arriving at MISIS University on purpose of work, study or events attending is to ensure the legality of their stay. NUST MISIS has organized services based on the Student Office and passport offices of the University dormitories to help foreign students undergo the appropriate migration registration procedures and extend the period of stay of foreign citizens (or stateless persons).

The University recommends contacting the Student Office (for those who have visa) or the passport offices of students’ dormitories (for visa-free arrivals) within 3 working days from the moment of entry to ensure timely processing of documents.

In accordance with Russian legislation, foreign students are required to comply with the following rules:

1. Foreign students who are in the Russian Federation, in order to confirm the legality of their stay, are required to have a foreign passport (identity card), a detachable part of the arrival notification and a migration card with them and present them at the first request of police officers. If, when checking the documents, the student does not have at least one of the listed documents with him, this may be interpreted as an illegal stay and may result in the imposition of an administrative fine with deportation outside the Russian Federation.
2. Foreign citizens (or stateless persons) are required to have a valid voluntary health insurance policy. Such policy should provide medical examination, outpatient care, assistance in case of sudden illness, transportation to a medical institution, transportation (repatriation) to the homeland;
3. Foreign citizens (or stateless persons), except for citizens of the Republic of Belarus and persons under the age of six, who arrived in the Russian Federation for purposes unrelated to employment for a period exceeding ninety calendar days, or for the purpose of employment, are required to undergo the procedure of dactyloscopy/fingerprint registration and photographing in territorial divisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on migration issues;
4. Foreign citizens (or stateless persons), after completing the procedure of fingerprint registration and photographing, are required to undergo an annual medical examination in medical institutions according to the list approved by the Government of Moscow, and provide information about this to the territorial divisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on migration issues;
5. Foreign students during the time free from study have the right to work without a work permit in higher education institutions where they study, as well as work in other organizations during holidays;
6. Foreign students whose passport (or identity card) expires during their studies at the University are obliged to extend or apply for a new one in advance in the Consular Departments of the Embassies of their countries, as well as promptly contact the Student Office no later than 3 days after updating the document to make alteration to the personal file and issue a new arrival notification. It is also necessary to transfer a multiple-entry visa to a new document for countries requiring a visa.
7. If a passport or migration registration documents are lost, foreign citizens (or stateless persons) must immediately notify the police department in order to receive a certificate of loss and then report about the accident to the Student Office. Foreign student must contact the embassy of their country to issue a new passport, whilst to reissue the migration card, one must contact the Student Office right after receiving a certificate of loss. A foreign citizen is obliged to submit it to the Student Office their new passport within 3 days upon receiving it for documents reissuing;
8. In order to extend the period of temporary stay or a multiple entry study visa, a foreign student must apply to the Student Office (passport office of students’ dormitory for students from countries that do not require a visa) no later than 45 days before the expiration of terms of the temporary stay;
9. Foreign students are obliged to inform the Student Office about a temporary residence permit obtainment, receiving a residence permit or a passport of the Russian Federation as well as about trips to other cities of the Russian Federation, about changing their residence address, about obtaining or extending the validity period of a foreign passport, about changing contact information;
10. Foreign students are obliged to contact the Student Office (passport office of students’ dormitory for students from countries that do not require a visa) right after their trip about Russia (trips to other cities) for reissuing migration registration at the place of stay at the MISIS University after being registered for migration in another city. The procedure is necessary due to the fact that Migration registration in students’ dormitory is automatically terminated as soon as a foreign citizen (or a stateless person) receives migration registration in another place.
11. After study completion or termination of training, foreign students must leave the territory of Russian Federation no later than the date of expulsion stated in the order due to the reduction of the period of temporary stay;
12. A foreign citizen who has completed training in the basic educational program may get an extension of the temporary stay period for up to thirty calendar days from the date of the expulsion order issuing. The extension is possible in order to provide an opportunity for this foreign citizen to enroll in the same or another educational organization according to the main professional educational program of another level;
13. According to the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation, violation of aforementioned rules entails a fine of 5,000 rubles to 1,000,000 rubles with administrative expulsion or deportation;
14. If a foreign citizen commits an administrative offense on the territory of the Russian Federation two or more times within three years, he is brought to administrative responsibility in the form of closure of entry into the Russian Federation for a period of 3 to 10 years. The detailed information about the ban can be checked independently in the electronic service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.