RUSSIA TO GRANT QUALIFIED SPECIALISTS TWO YEARS AND HIGHLY SKILLED 3 YEARS RESIDENT PERMIT AND STUDENTS PASSING FROM RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES WILL BE GIVEN THREE YEARS STAY AFTER COMPLETION OF STUDY AND ALSO TO INTRODUCE POINTS BASED IMMIGRATION IN WHICH APPLICANT NEED TO SCORE 70 OUT OF 100 POINTS 5th August 2013 Qualified specialists will be granted the status for two years, while highly skilled immigrants (those earning upwards of roughly $60,000 a year) will be given three-year residence permits. FMS territorial branches will be responsible for issuing the permits, which will resemble visas to be placed in passports. In addition, foreign students of Russian universities will be allowed to work, officials said. Graduates of higher education institutions will be offered an opportunity to stay in Russia for three years. If a graduate’s qualifications are in demand, they will be able to obtain Russian citizenship. Furthermore, foreigners will also receive the right to register at a place of residence. This will be only a right and not an obligation, Romodanovsky explained. Residence permits will be granted under a point-based system. The FMS will take into account the age, education and work experience of applicants. Both temporary foreign visitors and permanent residents, including participants of the relocation of compatriots program, will be asked to fill out a questionnaire about their education, age, Russian language proficiency, work history, job offers from Russian employers and relatives in Russia. Each application will receive a point score. To obtain legal status in Russia, applicants have to score 75 points out of 100. At present, to apply for a Russian residence permit, foreigners must first obtain a temporary residence permit and stay in the country for between one and three years with that status. The new form will simplify the procedure. However, experts note that, for anyone over the age of 55, scoring the required amount of points will be extremely difficult. Vladimir Burov, deputy head of the FMS Citizenship Division, explained that investors and entrepreneurs doing business in Russia would be fast-tracked for Russian citizenship. “The government will draw a list of business activities the Russian state is interested in. The minimum annual revenue must be 10 million rubles [around $304,000],” said Burov. The dependants of entrepreneurs will receive the same privileges, but nannies or housekeepers that work in such families full-time will have to go through the immigration process just like everybody else. According to the authorities, the main immigration-related problems are overstayed visas and violations of Russian law by immigrants. Offenders will now be subject to harsher penalties. Before, they were either fined or deported; now, both penalties will apply. By court decision, administrative offenses will serve as grounds for deportation or inadmissibility. Tax offenses will be vigorously prosecuted, as well
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 01:25:02 +0000
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