Migration Card

Entering the Russian Federation, a foreign citizen must obtain and fill out a migration card and present it at border control.

Border control officers or representatives of organizations providing transport services issue migration card forms to foreign citizens at the entrance to the Russian Federation free of charge. 

A foreign citizen keep the migration card during his stay in the Russian Federation and it should be submitted  with other registration documents at the place of stay. In case of damage or loss of the migration card, a foreign citizen must within three days notify the territorial body of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia at the place of stay.

While leaving the Russian Federation, a foreign citizen must to hand over a migration card to a border control officer.