How to take into account the length of service of a foreigner in Russia, create an electronic work book and submit information to SZV-TD

Now, more and more often, citizens of Kazakhstan are wondering how they can properly apply for a Russian pension and not get into a difficult situation with the registration of the entire process.
In this article you will learn how to properly apply for a Russian pension and what is necessary for this. We will describe the registration process with detailed collection of documents

What is resettlement

Migration of the population occurs for various reasons - economic, humanitarian, political, natural. They all divide migrants into two categories:

• forced;
• voluntary.

The latter decide to change their place of residence based on dissatisfaction with living conditions, inability to find a job or secure a decent income. All this forces them to move to economically more developed regions.

As for forced migrants, the reason for their displacement is most often processes that do not depend on them and which they themselves cannot influence. Usually these are epidemics, emergencies, military operations, etc.

If we consider migration in the context of one state, it can be divided into two types:

• internal - moving without going abroad;
• external – change of country of residence.

The territory of the Russian state is of greatest interest as a country for migration among residents of the former Soviet republics. Most often, the migration service has to deal with representatives of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine. All of them can take advantage of the opportunity to resettle within the framework of the Compatriot program, which gives the right to a simplified procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship.

Pension provision in Russia

Let us recall that until 2001, the Russian Federation had a distribution model for calculating pension payments, which was inherited from the Soviet Union. The size of the basic part in it was fixed and had no dependence on either earnings or length of service.

Over the next few years, a pension reform was introduced, on the basis of which this methodology was abolished, and all employers were required to pay insurance premiums for their employees.

To date, the amount of payments is 22%, of which 16% is an insurance payment and 6% is a funded payment.

All pensions in Russia can be divided into the following groups:

• insurance (previously it was called labor);
• state provision of pensioners;
• non-state pension.

The insurance pension covers wages that a citizen cannot receive due to loss of ability to work. It has three subcategories:

• on disability;
• by old age;
• upon loss of a breadwinner.

The right to receive old-age payments in the Russian Federation is granted to persons who have reached a certain age: women - 55 years old, men - 60 years old, and who have an insurance record of at least 5 years.

The state pension is paid to those who have lost their income due to termination of civil service or loss of legal capacity. This includes long service, old age and social pensions.

How to take into account “foreign” experience?

Typically, the length of service that a foreign employee received outside of Russia for social benefits (for example, sick leave) is not taken into account.

An exception is if the employee has work experience in countries with which Russia has an agreement on the recognition of work experience. This:

• Tajikistan
• Uzbekistan
• Azerbaijan
• Armenia
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Belarus
• Moldova
• Ukraine

The accountant must take into account the foreign experience of such employees to calculate the duration of the insurance period.

Similarly, in accordance with Art. 4 of the Agreement of April 15, 1994 on cooperation in the field of labor migration and social protection of migrant workers, documents on education, as well as assignment of categories, qualifications and other similar documents are recognized in Russia and do not require additional confirmation. However, such documents must be translated into Russian so that the relevant work experience can be recognized.

All of the above is confirmed in particular by Letter of the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation dated April 28, 2017 No. 16-4/B-195.

Social benefits for residents of Kazakhstan

To receive any payments, persons arriving in the Russian Federation from the Republic of Kazakhstan must confirm:

• fact of legal border crossing;
• legal stay in the Russian Federation;
• availability of grounds for receiving social benefits.

Participants in the State Resettlement Program must obtain the appropriate certificate. All other candidates will have to obtain a residence permit, on the basis of which they will have equal rights to Russian citizens in most matters, including receiving a pension.

Payments such as maternity capital for migrants from Kazakhstan will become available only after they receive citizenship. This is due to the fact that one of the requirements for participation in the program is Russian citizenship.

Agreement between the CIS countries on the provision of guarantees for the right to pay pensions

In 1992, the CIS member countries signed an agreement that still regulates the issue of pension provision for citizens of post-Soviet republics moving for permanent residence to one of the signatory countries.

The document says:

• the provision of pension payments to citizens of the countries participating in the agreement is carried out in accordance with the laws of the state in which they live;
• all payment costs are borne by the country that pays the pension;
• benefits are assigned only at the place of residence;
• the applicant’s work experience includes all years of work recorded in the territory of any of the participating states or in the USSR until the time the agreement came into force;
• When pensioners resettle, the provision of benefits in the country of previous residence is terminated if payment of the same purpose is provided for at the place of new residence.

Thus, how a pension is calculated in Russia for migrants from Kazakhstan depends on the standards in force in the Russian Federation at the time the applicant retires, taking into account the conditions set out in the agreement.

In addition to Kazakhstan, the signatories of the agreement today are Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

Is it possible to transfer a pension from Kazakhstan to Russia?

To move and transfer their pension payments to the Russian Federation, a citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic will have to perform several actions:

1. It is legal to cross the Russian border.
2. Register with the migration service.
3. Obtain the status of a migrant, refugee or obtain a residence permit.
4. Notify the Pension Fund of Kazakhstan that you have changed your place of residence and withdraw from the pension register in your country.
5. Submit documents related to work experience to the Russian Pension Fund.

After a special commission examines the submitted documents and the candidate’s pension file and confirms their accuracy, it will set the amount of the monthly payment. All payments are transferred to a card account, which the pensioner must register by that time.

As an option, the pension can be delivered to the recipient by mail in the manner prescribed by law. Transferring a pension from Kazakhstan to Russia when moving for permanent residence is impossible if the applicant does not have a residence permit.

How to apply for a pension

So, we found out that we can move on to the issue of processing payments only when our stay in the Russian Federation is legalized. That is, it will be clear that the citizen intends to settle in Russia on a permanent basis. To ensure that the process does not drag on, it is very important to know exactly what documents the candidate will need and how much he can expect.

Preparing documents

You can receive pension savings when moving to Russia from Kazakhstan on the basis of the following package of papers:

1. Residence permit.
2. Passport.
3. Work book, which records the existing experience.
4. A certificate from the pension fund of the country of citizenship stating that the applicant does not receive payments at the place of previous residence or that they have been discontinued.
5. Certificate from the place of new residence.
6. A certificate fixing the amount of insurance premiums.

If we are talking about a disability pension, then you will need a medical document and a certificate of family composition, including dependents. To assign a pension in the event of the loss of a breadwinner, you must attach to the package of documents a certificate of death of the breadwinner, documents that can confirm your relationship with him, a certificate of income or lack thereof. IDPs and refugees will definitely need a certificate confirming their status. According to the agreement signed by the CIS countries, legalization of documents for submission to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation is not necessary.

Payment amount

To be able to withdraw pension savings, you will need a card account. But in order for the funds to go to him, payments will have to be recalculated. It is produced under the following conditions:

• Old age pension benefits are accrued when the applicant reaches the appropriate age and has at least 15 years of experience. In this case, the pension coefficient must be at least 30 points (depending on length of service).
• Disability benefits - to recalculate, you will have to re-pass a medical and social examination (MSEC) already on the territory of the Russian Federation and confirm your disability.
• In the event of the loss of the main breadwinner, it is necessary to confirm the death of this person and provide the documents specified above.
• By length of service - if you have harmful work experience or work in a certain position.

A pension on any of the above grounds includes two components:

• fixed payment (takes into account the norms of Article 16 of the Federal Law of December 28, 2013 No. 400-FZ “On Insurance Pensions”);
• insurance (calculated in accordance with Article 15 of Federal Law No. 400).

The fixed amount of the old-age pension today is 4,558.93 rubles, and for the loss of a breadwinner and disability - 2,279 rubles.

The insurance pension is calculated using the formula: IPC (individual pension coefficient, which depends on contributions made to the Pension Fund) multiplied by the value of the pension point (in 2021 - 74.27 rubles). A fixed amount is added to the result obtained.

Thus, what kind of pension a Kazakhstan pensioner will receive when moving to Russia will depend on previous contributions, length of service and the value of the point, the amount of which increases every year.

If the country paying the pension uses a national currency, payments are calculated based on the official exchange rate at the time the benefit is awarded.

Pension for migrant workers: what the law says

Until recently, migrant workers did not receive pensions in the Russian Federation, even if they worked officially, and the employer sent appropriate contributions to the Pension Fund. The situation changed on December 20, 2021, when the Agreement on pension provision for citizens living in the EAEU was signed in St. Petersburg. Today this economic union includes 5 states:

1. Russian Federation.
2. Republic of Kyrgyzstan.
3. Republic of Armenia.
4. Republic of Belarus.
5. The Republic of Kazakhstan.

Moldova is not yet a member of the union, but has observer status and in the future may declare its membership.

Pension provision applies to most types of payments in the Russian Federation:

• by old age;
• in case of receiving any disability group;
• due to the loss of a breadwinner;
• payment towards insurance pension;
• funded pension;
• payment from previously formed savings.

In other countries, payments have their own name, but the grounds for their calculation are the same (age, disability, loss of a breadwinner).

No.	State	Name of payment
1	Armenia	Labor pension (including on preferential terms), on disability, due to the loss of a breadwinner, annuity, payments (one-time, including to heirs, programmatic).
2	Belarus	Labor pension, due to disability, due to the loss of a breadwinner, according to length of service.
3	Kazakhstan	Payments from the funded pension fund, according to the age, in case of disability, a lump sum payment in favor of the heirs.
4	Kyrgyzstan	Old age pension, due to disability, in case of loss of a breadwinner, cumulative.

Payments are sent to the citizen regardless of the territory of his current residence. For example, after working for 5 years in Kazakhstan, a Russian will receive a payment from the Kazakhstan Pension Fund, even if he lives in Russia.

Thus, migrant workers have the right to receive payments if they are citizens of EAEU countries. All other citizens (for example, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Turkmenistan and others) do not have the corresponding right. Therefore, even if they work officially in Russia, the pension will be paid only for the length of service that was obtained in the territory of their home country.

Attention!

Migrant workers have the right to receive pensions subject to permanent residence in the Russian Federation on the basis of a residence permit or refugee certificate. This opportunity has existed since 1992 thanks to the Agreement signed by all CIS countries (i.e., citizens of any country that is part of the Commonwealth can take advantage of the benefit).

What to do if your place of residence has changed

Often, due to various circumstances, pensioners have to change their location and move to a new one. How to be in this case? It is worth noting that funds for pension payments are provided by local budgets. Therefore, it is imperative to deregister at the old address, and upon arrival, inform the Pension Fund and register in the new region.

Do not forget that pensions have some regional characteristics. This means that retirees may receive some additional payments to their benefits.

The re-registration procedure takes up to three days. There is no need to prepare a new package of papers. The case will be transferred through the internal system of the Pension Fund. Persons who earned their work experience in the Far North or in areas equivalent in terms of conditions to it retain their pension supplement wherever they move.

So, citizens of Kazakhstan who are officially registered in the Russian Federation and intend to settle here for permanent residence are equal in rights to Russians in all social issues, including receiving pensions.

Example of registration of a pension by a citizen of Armenia

Citizen of Armenia Vashukyan N.E. Born 1957 has Soviet experience; after 1991, he worked in Armenia for 25 years and 3 years in Russia. To assign a payment, he needs to do the following:

1. Collect the necessary documents, including an Armenian passport, residence permit or temporary residence permit, documents confirming the length of service until January 1, 2002.
2. Write an application to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation. (sample)
3. Wait for payment to be made. Moreover, according to Armenian legislation, men begin to receive a pension at 63 years old, and according to Russian legislation - at 65 years old (from 2028). Therefore, payment for Russian experience will begin at this age.

“You can apply for a pension not only in person, but also through your representative, acting on the basis of a notarized power of attorney. The applicant can also apply through the MFC or send documents by mail.”

Information on the website gosuslugi.ru.