More recently, obtaining a passport was possible only by personally appearing in the Federal Migration Service with a set of documents. After creating a special site for public services, this process was greatly simplified.
Instruction manual
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To obtain a passport in Nizhny Novgorod, register on the website http://www.gosuslugi.ru. Indicate a valid email address and a valid mobile phone number. Passwords and instructions for activating the account will be sent there. The final part of registration is the entry of a special code, which will be sent by letter to the address of registration. Enter it in the required field on the portal, and you will get access to all options.
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Fill out the form on the website, indicating the place of work and study over the past ten years. Answer honestly all questions. Fill in the details of the old passport, if one exists. Attach a photo measuring 3.5x4.5 cm. It will be needed for the archive of the Federal Migration Service. Submit a form. Wait for a letter to the e-mail confirming its receipt by the relevant authorities. After that, within one to three weeks, a representative of the passport issuing department will contact you and set the time for admission.
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Prepare a set of documents for obtaining a passport. These are: - a valid general passport; - a receipt for payment of the duty; - photographs - for a new passport of a new sample - two pieces, for the old one - three pieces. Images can be color or black and white. The main condition is matte paper and an oval with feathering. A picture for a biometric passport is made by a special device in the Office of the Federal Migration Service when submitting documents; - military ID or a certificate from the military registration and enlistment office. Only men from eighteen to twenty-seven years old must provide; - for soldiers and officers of the active army of the Russian Federation - written permission from the command in the prescribed manner; - old passport, if it has not expired. Remove all photocopies from all securities.
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Give copies of the documents to the Federal Migration Service officer. The passport will be ready seven business days after that.
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If you do not want to register on the state services website, go to the Office of the Federal Migration Service yourself. In Nizhny Novgorod, its branches are located in Avtozavodsky, Kanavinsky, Leninsky, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Prioksky, Sovetsky, Sormovsky districts. For exact phone numbers and addresses, see http://fmsnnov.ru/?id=508. You can also ask all your questions by calling the information and reference service at: +7 (831) 299-91-91. Complaints are accepted by telephone hotline: +7 (831) 296-60-60. He works around the clock.
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Within a month, the questionnaire and documents will be checked. After that, you will be issued a new foreign passport.
note
Most often in Nizhny Novgorod, a passport is issued in the periods preceding long state holidays and vacations, that is, in November-December and from April to October. In the last year, the FMS has been actively working among the population, as a result of which the distribution of filing of documents has become more even throughout the year, but nevertheless, there is a clear decline in the activity of the population in the period February-March of each year.
Useful advice
Departments of the Federal Migration Service in Nizhny Novgorod and the Nizhny Novgorod region, issuing passports. UFMS in the Nizhny Novgorod region - 603094, Nizhny Novgorod, Yubileiny boulevard, 32; tel. 8 (831) 299-91-91 - information service, helpline - (831) 299-91-91. Nizhny Novgorod, st. Rozhdestvenskaya d.24 - Department of address and reference work of the FMS;
