Adjustments regarding work permit and invitation quotas for "visa" foreign nationals in 2024
As of 20.02.2024, adjustments are made to the quota for the issuance of work permits and invitations for "visa" foreign nationals in 2024.
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Mitigation of liability for foreign citizens for administrative violations
Since 05.01.2024, changes have been introduced to the Administrative Offenses Code of the Russian Federation regarding the responsibility of foreign citizens by Federal Law of 25.12.2023 No. 649-FZ. Additionally, amendments have been made regarding the duration of the detention of foreigners in special institutions during the administrative expulsion procedure from the Russian Federation.Read more
New application and notification forms for foreign workers and employers
The Order approves new forms of applications and notifications relating to the employment of an individual foreign national in the Russian Federation. The new forms came into force on 1.1.24.
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Permissible share of foreign labor force for 2024
For 2024, the Government has approved the permissible proportion of foreign workers who may work for Russian employers.
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Increased salary requirements for foreign HQS employees from 01.03.2024
From March 1, 2024, the salary of a foreign highly qualified specialist will have to be paid at least RUB 750,000 per quarter (at least RUB 250,000 per month).
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Changes in the distribution of quotas approved for 2023 for issuing work permits to foreign citizens
From 29.09.2023 comes into force the Order of the Ministry of Labor of Russia from 17.08.2023 N 672n "On Amendments to Annexes N 1 - 3 to the Order of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation from December 12, 2022. N 777n "On the distribution of quotas for the subjects of the Russian Federation approved by the Government of the Russian Federation for 2023 for the issuance of foreign nationals arriving in the Russian Federation on the basis of a visa, work permits and invitations to enter the Russian Federation for the purpose of labor activity"
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Major amendments to the Federal Law "On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation" № 115-FZ of 25.07.2002 July 2023 - March 2024.
Changes to Federal Law "On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation" No. 115-FZ dated July 25, 2002 (hereinafter referred to as Law No. 115-FZ), which came into effect on July 10, 2023. The amendments were introduced by Federal Law No. 316-FZ dated July 10, 2023.Read more
News about quotas for attracting foreign workers
The schedule for submitting and reviewing applications for the need to attract foreign workers with changes in Moscow for 2023-2024 has been published
By Order of the Ministry of Labor of Russia No. 171n dated 16.03.2023, the deadlines for accepting and reviewing applications for the need to attract foreign workers have been reduced:Read more
Immunization of foreign workers against measles
Legal entities, individual entrepreneurs, and citizens are obliged to comply with the requirements of sanitary legislation, as well as with the provisions and orders of officials exercising federal state sanitary and epidemiological supervision (Article 11 of the Law No. 52-FZ "On the sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population" of March 30, 1999).
Procedure for providing medical documents to the migration department of the Ministry of Interior by foreign citizens temporarily staying in the Russian Federation
In accordance with the amendments [1] made on July 2022 to the Federal Law “On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation” concerning medical examination of certain categories of foreign citizens, the Ministry of Internal Affairs approved the organization of work and a new Procedure for providing foreign citizens [2] with medical documents to the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs or organizations authorized by it - Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs No. 775 dated 21 October 2022. The updated procedure came into effect from 12.11.2022.