Migration registration rules for visa countries

General information

Every foreign citizen, upon entering the territory of the Russian Federation, is obliged to obtain and fill out a migration card.

 
The migration card is filled in personally by a foreign citizen (legibly, without corrections, in Russian). The purpose of entry for foreign students: «study».

 
Upon arrival in the territory of the Russian Federation, a foreign student is required to register at the place of stay within 7 days from the date of arrival.

 
The registration of a foreign citizen is cancelled upon departure from the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as when traveling through the territory of the Russian Federation by air, checking into a hotel or hostel, undergoing inpatient treatment in a hospital. Therefore, upon returning to the dormitory of the USLU, a foreign citizen must renew his registration.

 
A visa is a permit to enter the Russian Federation with a valid identity document of a foreign citizen.

The invitation is the basis for issuing a visa to a foreign citizen to enter the Russian Federation.

To obtain a visa, a foreign citizen must bring a short printed form of an electronic invitation or an original paper invitation to the Russian House. In this case, a single-entry visa is issued to a foreign citizen for up to three months. During this period, it is necessary to enter the territory of the Russian Federation and begin the process of obtaining a multiple-entry visa, which is issued for up to one year.

Registration and multiple-entry visa is carried out by International Cooperation Department (hereinafter - ICD).

 
Migration registration rules

For foreign students living in the dormitory of the USLU

After arriving in Russia, for registration purposes, you bring the following documents to the ICD (Yekaterinburg, Komsomolskaya Street 23, office 202):
     • original of the identity document;
     • original of the migration card;
     • original of the certificate of education or the education agreement;
     • medical insurance policy valid on the territory of the Russian Federation.

To renew your registration, you bring the following documents to the ICD(Yekaterinburg, Komsomolskaya Street 23, office 202):
     • original of the identity document;
     • original of the migration card;
     • original of the certificate of education or the education agreement;
     • original of the current registration;
     • original document on the passage of fingerprint registration and photographing;
     • original documents confirming the medical examination of foreign citizens.

 
For foreign students who do not live in the dormitory of the USLU

After arriving in Russia, you bring the following documents to the ICD (Yekaterinburg, Komsomolskaya Street 23, office 202):
     • the original of the identity document;
     • the original of the migration card;
     • the original of the certificate of education or the education agreement;
     • medical insurance policy valid on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Migration registration is carried out by a foreign student independently together with the owner of the apartment in which the foreign student lives.

Important!

If you do not live on the territory of the dormitory of the USLU, you need to regularly provide information about your place of residence in Yekaterinburg or the Sverdlovsk region.

You also need to provide the Dean’s Office and the ICD with information about your contact details (mobile phone number, e-mail address) and the address of migration registration.

In case of a change in the mobile phone number or e-mail address, as well as the migration registration address, you need to notify the Dean’s Office and the ICD within 2 (two) working days.