Must I register if I am not required to have a visa for entering Russia?

6/2/2015 11:18:48 AM

There is a difference between a visa and registration in Russia. Visa provides the permission to enter the Russia, but the registration provides information about you and your route to the police. This practice comes from long time ago, and all the people in Russia must be registered somethere, including Russians themselves.

More about the migration control for foreigners can be found here (English version at the bottom):

According the Federal law #109-FZ:

  1. Постановке на учет по месту пребывания подлежат:

(в ред. Федерального закона от 19.07.2009 N 199-ФЗ)

1) постоянно проживающий в Российской Федерации иностранный гражданин
– по истечении семи рабочих дней со дня прибытия в место пребывания, за исключением случаев, когда указанный иностранный гражданин:

…

б) находится в гостинице или в иной организации, оказывающей
гостиничные услуги, в санатории, доме отдыха, пансионате, кемпинге, на
туристской базе, в детском оздоровительном лагере, больнице либо в
ином учреждении здравоохранения или социального обслуживания;

…

2) временно проживающий или временно пребывающий в Российской
Федерации иностранный гражданин – по истечении семи рабочих дней со
дня прибытия в место пребывания, за исключением случаев, когда
указанный иностранный гражданин:

(в ред. Федерального закона от 20.03.2011 N 42-ФЗ)

а) находится в гостинице или в иной организации, оказывающей
гостиничные услуги, в санатории, доме отдыха, пансионате, кемпинге, на
туристской базе, в детском оздоровительном лагере, больнице либо в
ином учреждении здравоохранения или социального обслуживания;

All that stuff says that, if you arrive into Russia and stay only in hotels or similar places, you don’t need to be registered. But if you arrive for your friends and stay in their flat, they should register you, and you need to get a stamp into your migration card.

So I suggest you to check the documents for your AirBnb owner, does he have a right to run the hotel, and if he do, you don’t have to do anything, otherwise he should register you to avoid the fee.

Update, English version:

Persons subject to registration at the place of stay: 1) a foreign
national constantly resident in the Russian Federation – after seven
working days from his/her arrival at the place of stay, except, when
that foreign national:

…

b) is in a hotel or in some other organisation providing hotel
services, in a spa resort, health resort, recreation centre, camping,
travel camp, children’s holiday camp, medical organisation providing
medical aid in hospital conditions or a social service organisation;

…

2) a foreign national temporarily resident or temporarily staying in
the Russian Federation – after seven working days from his/her arrival
at the place of stay, except, when that foreign national:
a) is in a hotel or in some other organisation providing hotel services, in a spa
resort, health resort, recreation centre, camping, travel camp,
children’s holiday camp, medical organisation providing medical aid in
hospital conditions or a social service organisation;

6/2/2015 9:39:13 AM

Hello @JuanIgnacioIglesias and welcome to Russia.

You should be registered in Moscow, if you’ll stay there more than 7 days. It doesn’t depends do you require visa or not. Registration in Moscow is obligatory for all foreign people.

If you stay with AirBnb, ask your homeowner to make the registration for you. All information about registration procedure can be found here http://www.fmsmoscow.ru/docs/migration_registration/registration.html

This procedure is very simple, can be done in any post office and will not take more than 15 minutes.

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