All citizens of the Russian Federation are required to obtain a passport upon reaching the age of 14. Russians permanently residing abroad do not need him: their passport certifies their identity. But in case of moving to the Russian Federation for permanent residence, they also need to issue an internal passport. On the issue of obtaining a passport, you must contact the passport office of the Housing Office or the territorial division of the FMS.
You will need
- - birth certificate, passport or other document proving citizenship of the Russian Federation;
- - 2 photos 35x45 mm;
- - a completed application for a passport;
- - money to pay state duty.
Instruction manual
1
Make sure you have the necessary documents. For those who receive a passport upon reaching the age of 14, this is a birth certificate with a note on citizenship of the Russian Federation, for Russians returning from abroad - a passport. Those who need a new passport due to loss must be presented with a birth certificate, and due to damage - a document and a birth certificate that has become unusable.
If you can’t find the certificate, you will have to contact the registry office with which it was issued.
2
Take a picture. You will need two photos measuring 35x45 mm, black and white or color, in full view, with a clear image of the face, without a headdress. An exception is if photographing without a headdress is contrary to religious beliefs (this applies, first of all, to Muslim women: according to Sharia canons, the hair of a woman should not be seen by outsiders). Those who wear glasses must be removed in them, but without tinted glasses.
3
Pay the state fee. Its size is 200 rubles (it can be clarified in the passport office of the Housing Office, the FMS department, on the website of its regional office or the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation and the Gosuslugi.ru portal. You can find out the details for payment in the passport office of the Housing Office, the FMS unit, on its website regional management or consultants at a branch of Sberbank.
4
You can download the application form for issuing a passport on the websites of the FMS departments at various levels, on the Gosuslugi.ru portal or get it at the passport office of the Housing Office or the territorial division of the FMS.
You can also fill it out on the Internet at the Gosuslugi.ru portal and submit it to the right FMS unit online.
5
With a ready set of documents, come to the passport office of the Housing Office or the regional division of the FMS. You can apply for a passport not only at the place of residence, but also stay and even actual residence. But in the first case, the passport will be ready in a maximum of 10 days, and in the rest you will have to wait up to 2 months.
