Legal rules and procedural aspects

Temporary registration at the place of stay is regulated by regulations:

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• Civil Code of the Russian Federation;
• Law No. 5242 (dated June 25, 1993 - main and as amended on April 3, 2021);
• Government Decree No. 713 (dated April 17, 1993);
• Order of the Federal Migration Service No. 208 (dated September 20, 2007).

Registration deadlines

If a Russian plans to live at a new address for more than 90 days (three months), then he must apply for temporary registration. The acceptable time frame for standard registration of a foreign citizen in the Russian Federation has been reduced to a week.

Fines and other types of liability

If the fact of illegal residence in an apartment or private house is revealed, the violators will pay fines. For the residents themselves, their size is:

• 3-5 t.r. when staying in Moscow or St. Petersburg;
• 3 t.r. — for military closed cities;
• 2-3 t.r. – for other subjects of the Russian Federation.

Property owners (individuals) will also be punished with a fine in the amount of:

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• 3-5 t.r. in the regions of the Russian Federation;
• 5-7 t.r. in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

For legal entities, penalties are higher:

• 300-800 t.r. for cities of federal significance - Moscow and St. Petersburg;
• 50-750 t.r. for other regions of the Russian Federation.

Also, if unregistered residents are found in an apartment, the owner may be held criminally liable (for example, for assisting persons suspected of terrorism), so even when renting out an apartment, it is better to temporarily register the tenants in order to avoid future problems with law enforcement agencies.

Permissible places of stay and restrictions on them

In accordance with legal acts, you can make a temporary registration in:

• hotel or hotel;
• medical organization (including in a neuropsychiatric dispensary or hospice);
• boarding house, sanatorium or holiday home;
• establishment of the criminal correctional system;
• apartment and residential real estate in which a person is not registered, but temporarily resides.

In some cases, it will not be possible to make a temporary registration, since there are a number of restrictions on the procedure. You cannot register with:

• seized real estate;
• an object that is the subject of a legal dispute, if the court has imposed such restrictions when considering the case (temporary registration is possible a few days after a positive court decision);
• emergency housing in which there are no appropriate conditions;
• premises, the owner of which is deprived of the right to own property or does not have Russian citizenship.

There is also no point in registering in an apartment or house if a person arrives for a period of less than 90 days (for foreigners - 7 days). If there is less than 10 sq.m. per person during temporary registration through the MFC, then this issue is considered on an individual basis.

When can you not apply for temporary registration?

The following are not held liable for living without registration at the place of stay:

• close relatives of the property owner (but you will still have to register a foreign citizen at the place of residence, regardless of the relationship);
• those who move within one city of federal significance and have a residence permit in this locality;
• those who are registered within this subject of the Russian Federation.

Next, we will talk specifically about registration at the place of stay (temporary). You can learn about the procedure for obtaining permanent registration through the MFC in this article.

How to make temporary registration through the MFC?

Application Procedure

You can notify your arrival via:

• Passport Office;
• gosuslugi.ru;
• multifunctional centers.

It is best to register with the MFC, since this organization has a wide coverage network, as well as convenient work hours.

This procedure requires consent:

• tenants and all citizens living with them (for municipal real estate);
• all owners of the property;
• of the board of a housing cooperative, if a member of the cooperative is not the owner of the living space.

This permission is not required when registering a minor at the residence address of his parents.

The consent of the owners is also not required when registering a child’s permanent residence at the place of residence with his parents. How to register a newborn or minor child in this case is discussed in more detail at this link.

Temporary registration at the MFC can be done on a first-come, first-served basis or by appointment. The deadline for processing documents will not change. An employee of the multifunctional center will check the package and issue a receipt for receipt of the papers. If any certificates are missing, they will need to be submitted within the time limits established by law.

Documents for temporary registration

The required documents for temporary registration in an apartment or private house are practically the same. These include:

• an application for temporary registration through the MFC, signed by the proposed tenant and the owner of the residential premises (established form No. 1 - the form and sample are available on our website);
• Identification documents: internal civil passports of the Russian Federation;
• birth certificates (for minors);
• international passport or passport of another state;
• certificate of release (for those who were recently imprisoned);
• military ID (ticket).

There is no need to make copies in advance, since they can be made for free at the MFC.

Timing and cost

Registration of temporary registration through multifunctional centers takes 3 days and is free of charge, without paying any government fees.

Is it possible to make a temporary registration at the MFC?

Registration at the place of temporary residence is required only if the period of residence exceeds 90 days (Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 713 of July 17, 1995). Persons arriving for temporary residence in residential premises that are not their permanent place of residence must contact the registration authorities to obtain a temporary registration .

You can do this in several ways:

• contact the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs directly;
• fill out an application online through the State Services portal;
• submit documents through the management company if it provides passport office services;
• take advantage of .

The advantage of contacting the MFC is the speed and convenience of data transfer. The reception time usually does not exceed 10-15 minutes . Submission and delivery of documents is carried out in one window. The progress of the application can be monitored on the website of the local branch of the MFC. Many centers notify applicants about the readiness of documents via SMS notification.

Grounds for refusal to accept documents by MFC employees:

1. The application contains errors and corrections that make it difficult to read.
2. Lack of consent of the owner of the residential premises for the temporary registration of the applicant.
3. Providing an incomplete package of documents.

Registration at the place of residence of citizens of the Russian Federation and foreigners: features and differences

Temporary registration at the place of residence has its own nuances depending on the presence of Russian citizenship.

Temporary registration for citizens of the Russian Federation

When moving to another city, a citizen of the Russian Federation must provide all necessary documents to the multifunctional center. After 3-7 days (depending on the region and the complete set of documents), information about the temporary resident will be entered into the address database system of the migration department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the person himself, through the MFC, will receive Form No. 3 - a certificate of registration at the place of residence (see sample document).

Registration at the place of stay through the MFC for foreign citizens

Temporary registration of foreign citizens must be carried out within 7 days after they cross the border of the Russian Federation. In this case, the foreigner is required to submit a notification of arrival with the signature of the receiving party at the multifunctional center. In this case, a certificate, as for citizens of the Russian Federation, is not issued. A foreign applicant, upon correct application to the MFC, immediately receives a document counterfoil in the established form. A sample notification of the arrival of a foreign citizen is presented on our website.

If the registration of a foreign citizen at the place of stay has expired, it must be re-registered within a week.

Registration procedure for minors

The child must be registered together with his legal representative. In this case, the permission of the owner of the residential premises or the responsible tenant is not required. If the mother or father has temporary registration, then they can simply write an application for temporary registration of the minor. In this case, only one parent can appear and make a temporary registration of the child at the MFC.

For registration (in addition to the standard list of papers), the following documents will be required:

• marriage or divorce certificate of father and mother;
• notarized permission of one parent to live with the other, if the mother and father are registered in different places;
• adoption certificate (if a minor is temporarily registered with a guardian).

Registration of a child at the place of stay through the MFC takes place within a standard three-day period.

Documents for temporary registration at the MFC

First of all, you need to make sure that people living at the address where you want to register have no complaints, otherwise you will receive a refusal. All of them must provide written approval for temporary registration.

The following documents must be provided to the MFC branch:

1. Citizen's passport
2. An application for registration at the place of residence drawn up in Form 1
3. Written approval of all property owners and residents living at this address
4. If you are registering in a private house, the original house register
5. Hire or rental agreement if you are registering in rental housing

And lastly, you need the owner’s consent in the form of a statement indicating the following information: that he agrees to register such a citizen’s full name, year of birth, place of birth, series and number of the passport issued by whom, at such and such an address.

Read also: Extract from the Unified State Register of Real Estate through State Services

On the day of submitting documents to the MFC, it is mandatory for all co-owners of the home to appear at the single window, or one, but with notarized powers of attorney.

The co-owner(s) must have a citizen’s passport with him to speed up the process; documents for housing or a lease agreement will not be superfluous, however, if you do not have these, you cannot be refused registration in accordance with the Law; in addition, the MFC representative has access to this information from a single information base.

Termination of registration at the place of stay

According to the law, there are three reasons for termination of this document:

• the validity period has expired;
• actual termination of stay (for example, the period of treatment in a sanatorium or other medical institution has ended);
• early deregistration.

As part of the last point, the property owner can cancel the temporary registration of citizens through the MFC or passport office by submitting an appropriate application. A temporary resident's permission is not required.

Registration at the place of stay

Obtaining temporary registration is carried out in accordance with current legislation. The period for which registration can be obtained varies from 1 month to 5 years.

The exact period may vary depending on who needs temporary registration. Registration can be extended in the future. To do this, you will have to complete the registration again.

The period can be extended for the period for which the property owner agrees to leave a temporary tenant. However, the period cannot exceed the maximum period established by current legislation.