Temporary registration through State Services: instructions for registration in 2021

This article will display all questions regarding temporary registration. If you have moved from one locality in the Russian Federation to another and intend to stay there for a period longer than 90 days, then you need to temporarily register at your place of stay.

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This procedure is required. It should not be neglected, if only because it is a direct violation of the law of the Russian Federation: a long stay in a populated area by a citizen without registration is an administrative violation and faces a fine.

And if in most cities you will have to pay from 2 to 3 thousand rubles, then in Moscow or St. Petersburg the amount will increase due to federal significance.

But for residents of the Moscow and Leningrad regions, temporary registration is not required to live in Moscow and St. Petersburg, respectively.

Even after paying a fine, the citizen is not relieved of the obligation to obtain a temporary registration in accordance with the rules.

Pros and cons of design

Traditional methods of obtaining temporary registration will require personal appearance at the registering organizations. For the first time, you will need to write an application and submit the collected package of documents along with it. After 3 days you will need to come back a second time to receive a certificate of temporary registration.

There are a number of advantages when applying for registration online:
there is no need to visit the registration authority twice, all information is filled out on the portal, and you only need to come to the appointed time and pick up the certificate;
the time of the visit can be chosen so that it is convenient for the applicant;
no need to fill out the registration form by hand;
There is no need to make photocopies of documents; it is enough to scan or photograph them;
built-in portal mechanisms help to fill out the application correctly, provide the necessary background information and tips;
personal data, date and place of issue of documents are stored in the citizen’s personal account and are entered automatically.

The following can be noted as disadvantages:
Requires certain computer skills;
You must register in advance on the State Services website and fill out your personal profile information;
It is very rare, but short-term disruptions in the operation of the portal are still possible, in which case you will have to resubmit the application or contact the registration authority in person.

For most citizens, applying for registration on the State Services portal can save significant time.

Does the registration period depend on the property owner?

The time for which you are granted temporary registration depends on the owner of the premises where you plan to live.

The law does not limit the period of registration, and everything is regulated by a voluntary agreement between you and the party providing housing.

If you accidentally lost your temporary registration certificate, contact the FMS again (the same department to which you submitted the application), and you will be given a duplicate.

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Do not ignore the temporary registration process - it is not as troublesome and time-consuming as it seems.

Detailed instructions for filling out the form are in this video:

What is necessary

To make temporary registration at the place of stay through State Services, you need the same set of documents and fulfillment of the same conditions as for personal appearance at the registration authorities.

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Klimov Yaroslav

More than 12 years in real estate, higher legal education (Russian Academy of Justice)

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To temporarily register a person in your apartment, you will need the consent of the owner of the property or the person responsible for its operation. In the case of registration through the portal, the owner’s personal appearance is not required, and the registering citizen is also not required to provide notarized consent. The migration service officer will send him a notification letter. If the owner or person responsible for the operation of the property does not confirm their consent, the registration will be canceled. In this case, a citizen who misled government services will face administrative liability both for violating registration deadlines and for deception.

When the new registration procedure was introduced, many homeowners feared that unknown persons would be registered on their property without their knowledge. The fears turned out to be unfounded; moreover, temporary registration does not give any property rights to housing.

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Who can apply for registration, laws and regulations

Temporary registration is required by Art. No. 5 of the Law of the Russian Federation “On the right of citizens of the Russian Federation to freedom of movement, choice of place of stay and residence within the Russian Federation” dated June 25, 1993.
Registration details are set out in the Rules for registration and deregistration of citizens of the Russian Federation at the place of stay and place of residence within the Russian Federation, which were approved by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation as amended on December 23, 2021. And the Administrative Regulations, approved by order of the Federal Migration Service dated September 11, 2012, are devoted to these same problems. It practically repeats the same rules, but the Regulations have appendices containing all the necessary forms.

According to these rules, an application for registration can be submitted by:

The citizen himself, who temporarily settled at a location other than his permanent address.
Legal representative (father or mother, or guardian) - when registering a child under 14 years of age.

List of documents

When submitting an application electronically, the document data is indicated in the form, and in case of personal appearance, their originals are provided for verification.

You will need to submit:
general passport;
for foreigners - national passport;
a document providing grounds for registration: a rental agreement for living space or an application from the owner.

Documents are scanned and uploaded to the portal in your personal account. You must take the originals with you to your appointment.

How to fill out a registration form

Before submitting documents, it is better to calmly figure out at home how to fill out the application form. Forms are provided in two types: form No. 1 - used when submitting directly to the department, No. 1 PR - to send by mail .

You can download them here:

For download in text format.

Attention! Some people are looking for some kind of “certificate” in form number one, but it doesn’t exist! There is only "form".

In the appropriate fields of the form you need to enter the following information:

Name of the body to which the documents are submitted (specific department of the Main Department of Internal Affairs);
Full last name, first name and patronymic of the applicant;
The address where the applicant was registered before applying;
If a child under 14 years of age is registered, personal data of his legal representative;
Arrival address;
Duration of temporary stay;
In the column “Grounds for registration” the details of the rental agreement, housing lease or an indication of the written application of the owner of the housing are indicated;
Also in Form No. 1 the details of the applicant’s identity document (usually a passport) are indicated;
Signatures of the applicant and the person who provided the housing - the owner (proprietor, landlord);
Details of the document confirming the identity of the owner of the home;
A note from a registration department employee confirming the signatures of the applicant and – very important – the owner of the property. It turns out that the owner must also come to the registration department. The only alternative is to submit an agreement with the owner, certified by competent persons (see below);
There are two more last columns in the form, but they must be filled out by an employee of the registration authority.

To avoid mistakes, it is recommended to use a sample application for registration at the place of residence.

Sample option for owner registration:

Click on sample form No. 1 to enlarge.

And not the owner:

A separate example of filling out an application form for minors:

Sample application for registering children at their place of stay.

A special case is registration in holiday homes, hotels, boarding houses, tourist centers and other similar places. When a person stays in them for more than 3 months, for registration he fills out not an application for registration at the place of stay in Form No. 1, but a questionnaire in Form No. 5 (2 copies). This form is filled out by the tenant himself, but he does not have to send it, this will be done by the administration of the place of stay.

Step-by-step instructions for temporary registration through State Services

Before making a temporary registration through State Services, you need to prepare and check all the necessary documents.

The next step in the instructions for temporary registration through State Services is to check the availability of your personal account. The user is identified by the email address specified in the profile. The password must be remembered and stored in a safe place.

If a citizen has forgotten his password, a password recovery service is available on the website. The account must be confirmed, this allows you to use the full range of services provided on-line.

Actually, to register you should take the following steps:
On the State Services portal, select the catalog of services, where to select the “registration” option.
In the menu that opens you need to
On the next screen, select the “Electronic service” item, and then click on the “Fill out an application” screen button.
In the form that opens, the type of registration should be written in the “application for temporary registration” column. The first line is selected if an adult citizen fills out an application for himself. The second line is for minors over 14 years of age who have received a passport, they fill out the application themselves. And finally, the third line is for minors under 14 years of age. A parent or guardian fills out the form for them.
If during account creation the user entered his personal data, they will be automatically entered into the appropriate fields of the screen form. If the account has not been confirmed, all data will have to be entered using the keyboard. Both the information entered manually and the information entered from the database must be checked against the documents. You need to fill out (or check) all fields of the screen form.
Next, you need to answer the question about whether you have a permanent residence permit. If it is available, you need to indicate the address, including the region, district, locality, street, house and, if available, building and apartment. If there is no permanent registration, select the “No” option.
The next section of the form describes the registration itself. The period for which it is carried out and the address at which the citizen will be registered are indicated.
The following is information about living space. The section indicates the type of property, identification data of the owner of the property or the person managing it. The degree of relationship with the owner is reported, and his contact phone number for verification is also indicated.
The following section provides the grounds for registration. These include a rental agreement, a statement from the owner of the property, etc. Here you will need to upload a scanned document to the portal.
Next, the presence of citizenship of a foreign state at present and in the past is indicated.
Below is information about the registered person’s field of employment, reason for changing place of residence, available benefits, level of education, marital status and family composition. It is necessary to indicate whether some of the family members already live at this address. This information will be needed for statistical purposes and for better planning and provision of public goods and services.
At the testamentary stage, a specific registration authority is selected for a personal visit, the presentation of the originals of all collected documents and the receipt of a certificate. It will also be necessary to give consent to the processing of personal data.

After the migration service employees process the application, an invitation will be sent to your personal account on the State Services portal for a specific day and time.

List of documents for registration at the place of stay

Applying for temporary registration is not so difficult: at least you will not encounter unforeseen difficulties, since the procedure is quite simple :

The first thing you need to do is contact the nearest FMS office and provide an application drawn up in form No. 1 (This form can be either filled out at the department or downloaded electronically).
Collect the following package of documents:

Statements from the owner/tenant of the place where you are going to register;
Consent of the guardianship and trusteeship authorities (if among the owners of the premises there are children under 14 years of age);
Lease/lease agreement or any other document that will serve as the basis for temporary registration;
Written consent of each of the owners of the premises.

If your place of stay is not a residential premises, but a sanatorium/boarding house/hotel/hospital/camping, etc., then for temporary registration only an identification document (passport, etc.) will be sufficient.

One of the list of documents that can serve as the basis for registration is a written statement from the owner of the living space, written in any form. Mandatory points in the document are the date and signature of the person filling it out.

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And in this case, the owner must be present during the registration procedure, having with him this application, a passport of the Russian Federation, an extract from the house register (if available) and a document confirming the right to living space.

If the apartment is owned by more than one person, then the above requirements also apply to the other owners.

You can stay in a locality without registration for no more than three months - after this period, be sure to contact the FMS department or another authority that can transfer your package of documents to the FMS for registration.

They are:

Centers for the provision of government and other services;
HOA - homeowners' association;
Management bodies of housing and other cooperatives.

It will be easier, faster and more reliable to contact the branch in person.

As a last resort, the current registration system provides for postal and electronic (through a multifunctional government services portal) applications. However, the time frame for obtaining registration in this case will be increased from 3 to 8 working days.

There are regulations of the Federal Migration Service, which precisely indicate the nuances of the procedure, the exact timing during which it will be carried out, as well as the duration of the following stages of registration:

The queue for an appointment with consultants should be no more than 30 minutes.
Obtaining the necessary documents, as well as submitting missing certificates/applications – 10 minutes.
Waiting in line, subject to prior registration, is no more than 15 minutes.

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An example of a temporary registration certificate.

Features for a child and a foreign citizen

Temporary registration of a child makes it possible to use a number of social benefits and services. With it, you can enroll your child in a kindergarten or school of your choice, visit specialists at a local clinic, and conduct sanatorium and outpatient treatment.

To obtain temporary registration at the place of residence of a minor family member, you must:
birth certificate;
passport of the parent or guardian;
consent of the second parent or guardian for temporary registration.

Registration of foreign citizens must be carried out within 7 days. It is carried out by employees of the hotel or hostel, as well as employees of the enterprise where the foreign citizen works. If registration deadlines are violated, a fine is imposed on the foreigner and the administration; in case of malicious violation, the visa may be revoked.

○ Filling out the application:

✔ The citizen who submits the application.

When submitting an application for temporary registration in person, the applicant is provided with a special form, which he must fill out with his own hand. Thus, the application should indicate:

Personal details of the applicant.
The exact address of the place of arrival.
Planned length of stay.
Grounds for registration.
Personal data of the owner of the residential premises.
The exact address of temporary stay.
Passport details of the applicant and owner.
Date of completion.
Signatures of the applicant and the owner of the residential premises.

✔ Citizen's representative.

If for some reason the person receiving temporary registration is unable to personally write an application, his representative can do this. To do this, he must submit a notarized power of attorney and personal passport to the registration authority. In this case, in addition to the basic information that is indicated when filling out in person, you must provide:

Personal data of the representative (full full name).
Information from your personal passport (when and by whom it was issued, as well as place of permanent registration).

✔ For minors.

If temporary registration is needed by a person under the age of 18, the application for registration is submitted by his legal representative. In this case, additionally indicate:

Personal data of the parent (legal representative).
Information from the passport of the parent (legal representative).
Data from the birth certificate of a minor citizen.

What other documents will be needed?

If the application for registration is submitted in person , then the following must be submitted along with it:

Original identification document of the applicant;
A document according to which the tenant has settled at a temporary address (This is either a rental agreement, or social tenancy, or a certificate of registration of property rights. It is allowed to submit an application either from the owner or from the owner of the property. ). These agreements or the owner’s statement can be certified by a notary, and then the owner of the property does not need to come to the registration department himself and confirm his permission to move in.
Consent to move in a temporary tenant from each adult living in the apartment. It must be in writing, and the content must be stated freely.

When sending documents for registration by mail , you need to make sure that the signature of the owner of the home is included in Form No. 1 PR.

According to the rules, a copy of the document confirming the right to move in must be certified by a notary or other employee responsible for accepting documents. These are officials of housing organizations, management of housing cooperatives, heads of management companies and owners' associations.

True, here we must keep in mind that in reality, employees of the registration departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are sometimes not familiar with the mentioned rule, and therefore sometimes do not accept documents for registration that are not notarized.

The registration application can be submitted in electronic format. Then you need to attach an electronic copy of the documents justifying your stay. Of course, you will need to go through the official registration process on the portal.

There are some advantages for those who register on the basis of a social tenancy agreement or a certificate of state registration of the right to housing. They may not submit these documents at all. The registration department must obtain data about them independently from the competent authorities.

FAQ

Question: “Is it possible to register at the dacha?”

Answer: If the country house is suitable for year-round living, then yes. True, this will require going to court to obtain a forensic construction expert opinion.

Learn more about registering for a dacha in the video

Question: “I have permanent registration, do I need to register to get temporary registration in another city?”

Answer: You do not need to leave your place of permanent registration in order to temporarily register in a new place.

Question: “Our apartment is not large, when a child is born, the area for each resident will be less than 6 sq.m., will the child be registered in our living space?”

Answer: Of course, your newborn will be registered at your place of residence.