Obtaining Russian citizenship for those born in the USSR: legal advice

Resettlement of compatriots

For residents of the former Soviet Union, it is possible to obtain a Russian passport by relocating to the Russian Federation.

Please note: this program only works in some regions of the Russian Federation. For resettlement, it is necessary that the citizen has the specialty, education required by the region, or meets other conditions for participation in the resettlement program. Being born on the territory of a union republic is a necessary condition, but not sufficient, to obtain citizenship.

Beware of scammers offering fraudulent resettlement program documents.

Legal assistance to foreign citizens

In accordance with Article 14 Part 1 of Federal Law No. 62-FZ dated May 31, 2002, a list of documents for admission to citizenship of the Russian Federation for stateless persons who have reached the age of eighteen years and have legal capacity, if these persons had USSR citizenship , resided and live in states that were part of the USSR and have not received citizenship of these states .

List of documents:

1. Application in 2 copies. (The application form must be filled out legibly by hand or using a typewriter or computer in Russian. The use of word abbreviations and abbreviations is not allowed. All answers to the application questions must be comprehensive.)

2. Residence permit and its copy.

3. One of the documents confirming that the applicant has USSR citizenship in the past (a birth certificate issued by a civil registry office on the territory of the USSR or a diplomatic mission or consular office of the USSR on the territory of a foreign state. If the birth certificate was issued by an authority of a foreign state , documents confirming that the applicant was a citizen of the USSR in the past can be the relevant official data of an authorized body, or a certificate from an authorized body of another state that was part of the USSR, about the exchange of a passport of a citizen of the USSR for a document of a stateless person, or a passport of a citizen of the USSR) .

4. If the applicant changes his last name, first name or patronymic, a document is submitted indicating the change in last name, first name or patronymic.

5. A document confirming the applicant’s knowledge of the Russian language at a level sufficient for communication orally and in writing in a language environment.

Proficiency in Russian at the specified level is confirmed by one of the following documents:

– a document of an established form (its duplicate) confirming receipt of education (not lower than basic general education) on the territory of a state that was part of the USSR before September 1, 1991,

or – a document on education (its duplicate) or a document on education and qualifications of the established form (its duplicate), confirming the receipt of education on the territory of the Russian Federation after September 1, 1991;

or – a certificate of passing state testing in Russian as a foreign language (in an amount not lower than the basic level of proficiency in the Russian language), issued on the territory of the Russian Federation or abroad by an organization engaged in educational activities, which is included in the list determined by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation educational organizations conducting state testing in Russian as a foreign language;

or – a document on education issued on the territory of a foreign state in which Russian is one of the official languages (for citizens of this state) (Republic of Belarus).

or – a decision to recognize the applicant as a native speaker of the Russian language, adopted by the commission of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation or a territorial body of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation on recognizing a foreign citizen or stateless person as a native speaker of the Russian language.

The following are exempt from submitting documents confirming knowledge of the Russian language:

– men who have reached the age of 65 years and women who have reached the age of 60 years;

– incapacitated persons;

– disabled people of group I.

6. 3 photos (matte, 3 x 4 cm in size)

7. Receipt for payment of state duty – 3,500 rubles. (paid only if the application is submitted jointly with a child)

When submitting an application together with a minor child, the following documents are additionally provided:

– the child’s passport (if available) and its translation into Russian (if necessary),

– child’s birth certificate and its translation into Russian (if necessary),

– a document confirming the child’s residence on the territory of the Russian Federation (residence permit or temporary residence permit for a child, residence permit or temporary residence permit for one of the parents or only parent indicating information about the child, an extract from the house register or a copy of the apartment card, a copy financial personal account, a copy of the detachable part of the notification form about the arrival of a foreign citizen or stateless person at the place of stay),

– consent of a child from 14 to 18 years old to acquire Russian citizenship . The authenticity of the child’s signature is certified in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on notaries or certified by the signature of an official and the seal of an authorized body in the presence of the child.

– consent of the other parent to the child’s acquisition of Russian citizenship . Such consent is not required if the child lives on the territory of the Russian Federation.

– 3 photos (matte, 3 x 4 cm in size) – for children over six years of age.

All documents submitted along with the application that are not in Russian must be translated into Russian.
The accuracy of the translation or the authenticity of the translator's signature must be certified in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on notaries.

If the applicant submits copies of other necessary documents, they must be certified in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on notaries .

To be recognized as valid in the Russian Federation, documents issued by a competent authority of a foreign state must be legalized or have an apostille affixed , unless otherwise provided by an international treaty of the Russian Federation.

and fill it out yourself or use the services of a specialist.

The application is filled out in your presence, printed in 2 copies for submission to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, sent by email to your address or copied to your flash drive.

The application is completed in approximately two hours.

The cost of filling out the application is 5,000 rubles.

The cost of legal advice is 5,000 rubles.

The cost of document preparation services is from RUB 30,000.

The cost of legal support for filing documents is from 60,000 rubles.

CIS

If a person was not a Soviet citizen, but was born after the collapse of the union on the territory of the CIS, then he can obtain Russian citizenship on a general basis:

Temporary residence permit
Resident card
Registration of citizenship

The total period is about 5 years.

A CIS citizen has the right to reduce the period for obtaining citizenship if he has:

Parents or children who are Russian citizens
When receiving education in Russia
Marriage with a Russian man or Russian woman (more than three years)
Birth in Russia

A citizen of the CIS can obtain a passport of the Russian Federation one and a half years in advance if the specified grounds exist.

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We have already repeatedly conveyed information to our readers and subscribers that Yeltsin was not the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR, therefore he could not have been first the President of the RSFSR, and then the President of the Russian Federation. This information was announced in our Videos:

Consequently, the Constitution of the Russian Federation of 1993 does not exist in nature, but the USSR, as it was, remains the same, and the citizens of the USSR have not gone anywhere! But what to do if empty-headed persons holding positions of officials and civil servants stubbornly insist that you have become a citizen of the RSFSR and you have automatically been assigned Russian citizenship?! Let's consider the question of how easy it is to prove USSR citizenship.

So, it all started with Yeltsin’s forgery on May 29, 1990, when he self-appointed himself as chairman of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR. Two weeks later, without holding a referendum, without polls and other procedures provided for by the legislation of the USSR and the RSFSR, Yeltsin declared to the whole world the sovereignty of the RSFSR. We will not touch upon the fact that he did not have the right to do this.

Let us turn to the declaration itself of June 12, 1990, namely to paragraph 11:

Republican citizenship of the RSFSR is established throughout the entire territory of the RSFSR. Every citizen of the RSFSR retains USSR citizenship.

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Because this legal act is state-forming for representatives of the Russian Federation and it was on its basis that they began to write the draft Constitution of the Russian Federation of 1993, it was on its basis that the subject “RUSSIAN FEDERATION”, the President of the RSFSR, the President of the Russian Federation, the State Duma and other heresies appeared, then not to recognize it (declaration) , the Russian Federation has no right. Therefore, if you do not recognize paragraph 11, representatives of the Russian Federation have no rights, otherwise they, having violated this Declaration, renounce the sovereignty of the Russian Federation and simply return to the USSR. Now, everyone can contact the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and declare that, according to the law, they are a citizen of the USSR, etc. did not voluntarily write an application for obtaining Russian citizenship, wishes to terminate all agreements with the Russian Federation related to Russian citizenship. After receiving a certificate stating that, at your own request, you are not a citizen of the Russian Federation, you have the right to contact the Federal Tax Service, the Pension Fund and other companies with a request to delete ALL your personal data.

You don’t have to hand over your Russian citizen’s passport, just write a statement about the loss.

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Are you a citizen of the USSR if you were born during the USSR?

The very fact of birth in the USSR does not automatically give the right to be considered a citizen of Russia; this is one of the conditions for obtaining citizenship

Federal Law of May 31, 2002 N 62-FZ (as amended on July 29, 2017) “On Citizenship of the Russian Federation”

Article 14. Admission to citizenship of the Russian Federation in a simplified manner

(as amended by Federal Law dated November 11, 2003 N 151-FZ)

(see text in the previous edition)

1. Foreign citizens and stateless persons who have reached the age of eighteen years and have legal capacity have the right to apply for admission to citizenship of the Russian Federation in a simplified manner without complying with the conditions provided for in paragraph “a” of part one of Article 13 of this Federal Law, if these citizens and faces:

a) have at least one parent who has citizenship of the Russian Federation and lives on the territory of the Russian Federation;

b) had citizenship of the USSR, lived and are living in states that were part of the USSR, did not receive citizenship of these states and, as a result, remain stateless;

c) has become invalid. — Federal Law of June 23, 2014 N 157-FZ.

(see text in the previous edition)

2. Foreign citizens and stateless persons residing on the territory of the Russian Federation have the right to apply for admission to citizenship of the Russian Federation in a simplified manner without complying with the conditions for the period of residence established by paragraph “a” of part one of Article 13 of this Federal Law, if the specified citizens and persons:

a) were born on the territory of the RSFSR and had citizenship of the former USSR;

b) have been married to a citizen of the Russian Federation for at least three years;

c) are disabled and have a capable son or daughter who has reached the age of eighteen and is a citizen of the Russian Federation;

d) have a child who is a citizen of the Russian Federation - if the other parent of this child, who is a citizen of the Russian Federation, has died or has been declared missing, incompetent or limited in legal capacity, deprived of parental rights or limited by a court decision that has entered into legal force in parental rights;

(Clause “g” was introduced by Federal Law No. 127-FZ of June 28, 2009)

e) have a son or daughter who has reached the age of eighteen, who are citizens of the Russian Federation and who have been declared incompetent or limited in legal capacity by a court decision that has entered into legal force - in the event that the other parent of these citizens of the Russian Federation, who is a citizen of the Russian Federation, has died or by a court decision that has entered into legal force, is declared missing, incompetent or limited in legal capacity, deprived of parental rights or limited in parental rights;

(clause “d” was introduced by Federal Law No. 127-FZ of June 28, 2009)

f) after July 1, 2002, received professional education in basic professional educational programs that have state accreditation in educational or scientific organizations of the Russian Federation on its territory and have been working in the Russian Federation for a total of at least three years before the date of application for admission to citizenship of the Russian Federation. Moreover, during the specified period, in relation to such foreign citizens and stateless persons, the employer must accrue insurance contributions to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation;

(Clause “e” as amended by Federal Law No. 124-FZ dated 01.05.2016)

(see text in the previous edition)

g) are individual entrepreneurs and.

Confirmation of Russian citizenship

In the situations discussed above, as noted earlier, the person is in any case a citizen of Russia, but does not have a document confirming this circumstance, or the international passport he has as a citizen of the Russian Federation is invalid (Situation No. 4).

From this we can draw a very important conclusion. The presence of at least one of the above documents in a person is the basis for the issuance, in compliance with the established procedure, of any other document(s), while the citizen is not obliged to confirm his Russian citizenship with any other additional documents.

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On the procedure for returning passports to citizens of the USSR

Published: October 18, 2013

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No. 051 dated February 29, 2012

Decree

On preparatory measures for the return of passports to citizens of the USSR

In the name of restoring peace between citizens and peoples of the Soviet Union

In order to implement measures to restore the activities of bodies of Soviet Power, as well as the Supreme Council of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and its bodies,

I decree:

All heads of city administrations and district administrations of cities and towns of the USSR to conduct an audit of passports, which after 1991 were forcibly confiscated from most citizens of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics;
In the absence of passports of citizens of the USSR or their shortage, the heads of these administrations should carry out official investigations to identify officials involved in the disappearance or shortage of passports of citizens of the USSR;
To all heads of city administrations and district administrations of cities and towns of the USSR, announce to the residents of the cities, towns and villages entrusted to them that a birth certificate, or a certified copy thereof, is an identification of a former citizen of the USSR, which is valid throughout the entire territory of the USSR without providing guarantees established by the Constitution THE USSR;
Until the end of the issuance of passports, constitutional guarantees to citizens of the USSR can be provided only on the basis of a birth certificate and a certificate of secondary education or a diploma from the school in which the citizen received secondary education, since the Constitution of the USSR is not a document with unilateral obligations;
Prior to the issuance of passports, constitutional guarantees can be provided exclusively within the jurisdiction of district rural and district city administrations in which the citizen was issued a birth certificate or a certificate of secondary education (matriculation certificate);
This right cannot be usurped by city administrations, which are divided into district city administrations.
All heads of city administrations and district administrations of cities and towns of the USSR must announce to the residents of the cities, towns and villages entrusted to them that previously confiscated old-style passports will be issued exclusively according to lists that will be provided by authorized representatives of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Passports will be issued only on the basis of birth certificates and/or certificates or diplomas of secondary education in the place of issue of the latter. Exceptions may be granted to employees of government structures and organizations, as well as to those nonresident wives and husbands whose husbands and wives are indigenous residents and have the listed documents and a marriage certificate. And also subject to a written application for the return of the passport to the spouse indicating the absence of facts of any divorce. Passports of the new type will be issued only to those persons who, as of August 19, 1991, were less than 16 years old and to those who were denied the return of a USSR citizen passport after completing compulsory military service.
This Decree is valid from the date of its signing throughout the entire territory of the USSR.
This Decree applies only to those civil birth certificates that bear the official seal of the Soviet Union or the Soviet Republic.
This Decree was issued on the basis of the Decree of the Government of the USSR “On the fictitiousness of the Belovezhskaya Agreement” No. 3.003 of 07/07/2009.

Chairman of the Government of the Soviet Union
A. Shefantsov

On the impossibility of mass issuance of USSR passports:

RPD-1. On issuing a passport of a citizen of the USSR:

Because of the collapse of the USSR, Russians cannot prove that they have earned enough to retire “There are too many of you born in the 50s, if you pay everyone as they should, there won’t be enough money”