When hiring new employees, many employers are concerned with the question: how to check a person’s criminal record? Unfortunately, for most citizens this information is closed, so you have to apply to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation with a corresponding request. This can be done by the person himself, having requested in the bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs a certificate of his criminal record, or some officials.
You will need
- - certificate of no criminal record;
- - a request to the information centers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs;
- -passport;
- -A statement for the issuance of a certificate of no criminal record.
Instruction manual
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Information on the criminal record of a person living in the territory of the Russian Federation is stored in the databases of the Main Information and Analytical Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and its various units. Since criminal records are classified as restricted information, they are provided only according to the requirements of authorized bodies, operational law enforcement officers and officials. For example, a qualification collegium of judges can make such a request to appoint candidates presented to it for the position of judge.
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When applying for a job, a company may simply ask a candidate for a vacancy to fill out a questionnaire asking about a criminal record. In addition, it would be reasonable to ask in the questionnaire whether it is possible to collect and verify personal information regarding the candidate, and also ask the person to bring you a certificate of no criminal record on their own.
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But keep in mind that, according to the Labor Code, a criminal record is not an obstacle to employment. Although there are a number of posts that persons with a criminal past are not entitled to occupy. These are judges, prosecutors, investigators, law enforcement officials, etc. Direct prohibitions on hiring people with a criminal record are established in some federal laws. They concern, as a rule, public service.
4
At the moment, the Ministry of Internal Affairs order No. 965 of November 1, 2001, "On Approving the Instructions on the Procedure for Providing Citizens with Certificates of the Availability (Absence) of a Criminal Record, " is in effect. It establishes a procedure for working with applications from citizens of the Russian Federation and persons located in the territory of the Russian Federation on the issue of certificates to them about the presence or absence of a criminal record. The State Aviation Administration Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the information centers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Central Internal Affairs Directorate, and the Internal Affairs Directorate are directly responsible for the issuance of criminal records.
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Applications for a certificate of no criminal record are accepted from citizens upon presentation of a passport in the relevant structural units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (you can contact the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the place of residence from where your application will be sent to information centers). A criminal record is issued to the applicant personally in hand, against signature and upon presentation of a passport. Non-demanded criminal records within 2 months after their consideration are written off with the mark "not claimed by the applicant."
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If a potential employee does not want to present you a criminal record, and you yourself do not have the right to obtain this information, you can find out information of interest only through personal contacts with law enforcement officials. But even that, not particularly advertising it.
