Visa Support
Documents required for stayingin the Russian Federation
Under the law of the Russian Federation, foreign citizens may move freely within the territory of the Russian Federation with the following documents:
- Passport with a valid visa;
- Migration card;
- Registration.
It is enough to have copies of these documents while staying in Tomsk. Weal so recommend you to have Student’s cardand Dormitory pass on.
Migration registration
Under the law of the Russian Federation, a foreign citizen must be registered by the Migration Service of the Russian Federation. For this purpose, after every arriving to Tomsk yous hold present the following documents to International Students Office (Main Building, of. 332) (hereandafter – MB, of. 332) during 3 days:
- Passport;
- Migration card;
- A ticket to Tomsk.
After this procedure, you will begiven the paper of registration, which you must keep care fully together with the migration card.
Registration and Migration card
General cases of registration are classified the following:
- State Border crossing;
- Coming from any city of Russia;
- Hotel/hostel accommodation;
- A change of dormitory;
- Passport prolongation or reissuing.
NB!
If you plan to rent a flat, you must be registered by the flat owner. It is forbidden to live in the rented accommodation without being registered there.
A hand-carried paper of registration becomes void in cases of:
- Another state border crossing;
- Another hotel/hostel accommodation (if you was registered there);
- Change of dormitory.
Departure and entry to the Russian Federation
Before the departure you should in form the staff of MB, of. 332 about leaving. In cases of completion of training, expulsion, study leave you must fill in a Departure list control and return it to MB, of. 332 before leaving.
Departure control list
Fullname
Academicrecord
Tuitionfee
Dormitory
Accommodation fee
TPUS cientific and technica llibrary
IIELC Library
After arrival you must present the documents for registration again by means of the instruction described above.
Visa prolongation
For the purpose of visa prolongation you should present listed documents to MB, of. 332 at least 6 weeks prior to the visa expiry date:
- Passport;
- Paper of registration;
- Migration card;
- 1 photo (3,5х4,5сm) made on dull paper, colored or black-white, no glasses;
- A state fee payment receipt for Multi-entry visa (1600 rub, payment via Sberbank);
For exchange students:
- A copy of study contract (you may take it at International Students Office - Main building, of.333)
For other students:
- A copy of study contract;
- A copy of Study as sign ment from Ministry of Education (in case of state-funded education);
* You may take copies of a contract and an assignment at Student Support Center (United Dean's Office, in Russian – Единый деканат) (University Library,of.206) or Personnel Office (Main Building, of.122).
NB! Passport requirements:
- Keepy our passport properly. In case of its damage, you might be rejected providing a visa.
- The passport must have at least two blank pages.
- The passport valid for at least 6 months prior to your visa validity is required.
- If you renew the passport at the Embassy of your country in the Russian Federation, you must get new registration in TPU and replace/renew the visa. In this case you must collect the documents listed above and bring all together to MB, of.332 during 1 – 2 days after passport renovation.
Expulsion and study leave
Under the law of the Russian Federation expulsion and study leave are the reasons for visa term reduction. In this case you must apply for Exit visa and leave the Russian Federation.
For the purpose of applying for Exit visa, you should present listed documents to MB, of. 332 3 weeks prior to leaving Russia:
- Passport;
- Paper of registration;
- Migration card;
- 1 photo (3,5х4,5сm) madeondull paper, colored or black-white, no glasses;
- A state fee payment receipt for Exit visa (1000 rub, payment via Sberbank);
- A copy of the ticket (ticket issue date should be accorded with the experts at MB, of. 332).
Loss of passport, registration, migration card
If you lost the passport:
To reissue the passport you should proceed as follows:
- To file an application for loss of passport to Police Department and get there a Police certificate about passport loss.
- Top resent the following documents to Migration Department (in Russian - Отдел по вопросам миграции ОМВД России по Кировскому району г. Томска) (Uchebnayast., of. 9) to is sue a Certificate for departure to the Embassy of your country for the purpose of passport reissuance:
- Police certificate about passport loss;
- 2photo (3,5х4,5сm) made on dull paper, colored or black-white, no glasses;
- a copy of the lost passport (if available).
- To apply for reissuing passport to Embassy of your country;
- To apply for reissuing visa to MB, of. 332.
If you lost the registration or migration card:
You should presen the following documents to Migration Department (in Russian – Отдел по вопросам миграции ОМВД России по Кировскому району г. Томска)(Uchebnayast., of. 9):
- Passport;
- Passport translation signed and stamped by notary.
NB! In case of reissuing a migration card, you must be registered again by means of the instruction described above.
Responsibility for violation of migration legislation
According to the law of Russian Federation, you are personally responsible in cases of violation of migration legislation. Here are few of them:
- Violation of State border crossing;
- Loss of the term for registration;
- Loss of the term for visa prolongation;
- Loss of the term for departure from the Russian Federation (in case of expiry of visa validity);
- Illegal employment.
Remember!
You must apply to MB, of.332 during 3 days in cases of:
- State Border crossing and coming Tomsk;
- Coming from any city of Russia;
- A change of dormitory;
- Passport prolongation or reissuing.