The registration of the guests of the city

Registration

The law of the Russian Federation «About the legal status of the foreign citizens in the Russian Federation» acts in relation to the foreign citizens in Kazan and in Tatarstan.
Under the law, term of the interim stay of the foreign citizen in the Russian Federation is defined by the period of validity of the given visa, and in cases not demanding its receipt - up to 90 days.
If the foreigner stays in the hotel, he will be registered immediately.
Having arrived to Kazan to visit relatives and friends, foreigner should be registered in the migration service within three working days from the date of arrival. The foreigner should have the passport and migration card.
The inquiry phone of the Federal Migration Service in the Republic of Tatarstan – 231 12 12.

Citizenship

Foreign citizens, who have lived in the territory of the Russian Federation, not less than year on the basis of the interim residence permit can obtain residence permit, which is issued by the corresponding territory interior affairs body according to the place of residence. And the application for the residence permit should be given not later than 6 months before the end of the interim residence permit.
If the foreign citizen has lived in the territory of the Russian Federation 5 years from the date of issuing the residence permit, has legal source of the means of subsistence and knows Russian language, he can apply for the citizenship in the Russian Federation.
The principles of the citizenship in the Russian Federation do not have regulations, limiting human rights on social, racial, national, language and religious features. Single citizenship legislation acts in all the territory of the Russian Federation.

Penalties

In case of law disobedience and illegal stay in Kazan according to the court decision the penalty will comprise 2–5 thousand rubles, in individual cases the expel from the country can be used.