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Federal State Institution
with the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation http://www.palata.ru
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Administration
• Accreditation and Visa Support Department
• Administration and General Services Department
• Organization and Supervision Department
Offices of the FSI SRC with the Russian Ministry of
Justice for Federal Districts
• Office of the FSI SRC with the Russian Ministry of
Justice for the Northwestern Federal District (Kaliningrad)
• Office of the FSI SRC with the Russian Ministry of
Justice for the North-Caucasian and Southern Federal
Districts (Pyatigorsk)
• Office of the FSI SRC with the Russian Ministry

Volga Federal District
Northwestern
Federal District
Ural Federal District
Southern Federal
District
North-Caucasian
Federal District
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1. Accreditation of branches and representative offices of foreign legal entities and keeping relevant registers
2. Keeping the Uniform Register of Russian investment registered abroad
3. Keeping the Uniform State Register of registered agreements on international and foreign economic relations signed by public bodies of the Russian
Federation constituent entities
4. Publishing, carrying out reference, analytical, informational, methodological and research activities
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A foreign legal entity ’s representative office in
Russia may be established only upon approval of an accrediting authority.
Accreditation is provided for 1 , 2 or 3 years and may be extended, if necessary. A representative office receives a permit for establishment.
A representative office may be accredited and simultaneously included into the Uniform State
Register of foreign companies ’ representative offices accredited in the Russian Federation in the FSI SRC with the Russian Ministry of Justice only. Inclusion into the Register is obligatory for all representative offices irrespective of the time and accrediting organization.
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Procedure for accreditation of a foreign legal entity ’s branch is provided for by the federal law on foreign investment in the
Russian Federation.
In keeping with RF Government Decree no. 1419 of
December 21, 1999, since January, 2000 the Chamber is responsible for the accreditation and keeping the State Register of foreign legal entities ’ branches accredited in the Russian
Federation.
Accreditation is provided for 1 , 2 , 3 or 5 years and, if necessary, may be subsequently extended. A branch receives a certificate on accreditation and inclusion in the State Register of branches of foreign legal entities accredited in the Russian
Federation.
Accreditation of foreign legal entities ’ branches in the
Russian Federation is carried out exclusively by the Chamber.
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for branches for representative offices
• Written application
• Extract from the Trade Register
• Articles of Incorporation
• Resolution on establishment
• Representative office regulations
• Letter of reference from a foreign bank
• Letters of reference from Russian business partners
• Power of attorney issued to the representative office ’s head
• Power of attorney issued to the authorized person
• Document certifying the address of the representative office
• Data card of the representative office http://palata.ru/recep/docs/ap02.php
• Written application
• Extract from the Trade Register of a country of origin
• Articles of Incorporation
• Resolution on establishment of a branch
• Branch regulations
• Letter of reference from a foreign bank
• Power of attorney issued to the branch’s head
• Power of attorney issued to the authorized person
• Data card of the branch http://palata.ru/recep/docs3/01.php
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Steps for starting operations
• Receiving accreditation
• Registering with the Department of the Federal Tax
Service
• Receiving codes from the Federal State Statistics
Service
• Registering with the following extra-budgetary funds:
Compulsory Health Insurance Fund
Social Insurance Fund
Russian Federation Pension Fund
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Federal executive agencies issuing permits for establishment of representative offices based on their fields of operation
Non-for-profit Organizations
Adoption organizations and public bodies
Insurance organizations
Russian Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Education and Science
Civil aviation organizations
Federal Insurance Supervisory
Authority (Rosstrakhnadzor)
Federal Agency for Air Transport
(Rosaviatsia)
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The Chamber provides personal accreditation and visa support to accredited employees of representative offices and branches and their family members
Accredited foreign employees of branches and foreign representative offices of foreign legal entities accredited by the Chamber.
Accreditation of foreign nationals proves their official status as employees of a representative office/branch.
The personal accreditation term is limited by the accreditation term of a separate subdivision.
Upon expiration of personal accreditation, accreditation card is to be returned to the Chamber.
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Visa support is provided to the following categories of employees of separate subdivisions and their family members
1. Foreign employees of branches and representative offices of international organizations and foreign non-forprofit nongovernmental organizations included into the
Register of the Russian Ministry of Justice.
2. Foreign employees of foreign companies’ representative offices accredited by other authorized bodies and included into the Uniform State Register.
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• Ordinary working visa
• Ordinary private visa
• Ordinary business visa
• Transit visa
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is a basis for issue of a Russian visa by
Russian diplomatic missions or consulates.
Visas are issued for a term of up to:
• 3 months (single-entry and double-entry visas)
• 12 months (multi-entry visas)
Total duration of stay with multiple business visa cannot exceed 90 days within each 180 days period.
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To engage foreign workers, a permit to engage foreign labor is required.
Work permit is a document certifying a foreign national ’s right to temporary employment in
Russia.
The above papers are issued by the Federal
Migration Service.
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Russian Law on Accreditation
The quota on issue of invitations to foreigners to enter the
Russian Federation for employment purposes and quota on issue of work permits to foreigners does not apply to highlyskilled professionals.
An employer independently evaluates expertise of foreigner nationals engaged as highly-skilled professionals and bears relevant risks.
Highly-skilled professionals could be engaged by foreign companies ’ branches accredited in the Russian Federation in keeping with the established procedure. RE
Requirement on work permit does not apply to foreign employees of accredited representative offices based on a reciprocity principle under the international agreements of the
Russian Federation.
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BULLETIN of the FSI SRC with the Russian
Ministry of Justice
The journal is on the Supreme Attestation
Committee List (list of top peer-reviewed academic journals and periodicals where top line academic findings of dissertations for degree of candidate or doctor should be published).
The main theme that runs through the journal is direct investment and its legal regulation. The articles deal with various economic and legal aspects of the problem in issue and contain expert advice. Leading law and economy scholars are among the journal’s authors. Considerable part of the title is devoted to information material which gives an overview of the Chamber’s operations
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Federal State Institution
State Registration Chamber with the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation
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