Interior Ministry Police wont deport migrants during a pandemic

According to her, during the period from 15 March to 15 June 2020 in respect of foreign nationals will not be accepted the decision on deportation, expulsion or about the undesirability of the location. Additionally, there will be cancelled the documents that are in the hands of foreign nationals. The speech, according to Kazakova, talking about visas, work permits, patents, temporary residence permits and residence permits.

According to the Moi, during the period of quarantine measures for the extension of documents in the migration divisions of the internal Affairs bodies has addressed more than 320 thousand foreign citizens. “We asked more than 320 thousand foreign citizens, of which about 158 thousand extended migration registration on the territory of the Russian Federation, more than 150 thousand have extended the patents or work permits and about 13 thousand extended their visas,” – said Valentina Kazakova.

According to her, for being on the territory of Russia of foreign citizens whose documents expire during the period from 15 March to 15 June, the validity of all permits shall be suspended for 90 days. “This means that patents, work permits, visas, temporary residence permits, residence permits, certificate of participant of the state program on assistance to resettlement from abroad compatriots – within the terms of these documents shall be suspended. In fact, they are automatically extended for 90 days”, – said Kazakov.

the head of the Department stressed that to apply to the migration Department for renewal of permits is not necessary – it will happen automatically.

the General also stressed that the employer currently has the right to employ foreign citizens without permits. “If a foreign citizen arrived to the Russian Federation and no matter for what purpose, he is entitled for the period 15 March to 15 June to work without permits. There are only small differences between foreign citizens who arrived in the visa and visa-free regime,” explained Valentine Kazakova.

So, if a foreigner arrived in Russia in the visa procedure, then the employer must have previously obtained a permit for attracting foreign labor force. If the migrants arrived in the country without visa is for citizens of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Ukraine and Azerbaijan, they have the right to work without obtaining a patent.

While the employer remains an obligation to notify the immigration division of the interior Ministry. “It is necessary to assess the situation on the labour market, so that we know who work from foreign nationals, who have lost their jobs. Currently, we are actively monitoring the migration situation, work closely with employers”, – said Kazakov.

N��the eve it became known that the Ministry of interior automatically extend the reporting period for all documents for work in Russia to citizens of foreign States.