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<P align="center"><font color="#660000"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4" color="#990000">Frequent
Legal Issues for Contractors on <br>
Sakhalin Oil and Gas Projects<br>
</font></b></font><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">(Appearing soon in the Russian Energy Law Journal)</font></p>
<p align="center"><font color="#990033" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>IX.
Obtaining Visas</strong></font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><em>Presented
by <a href="../subpage/attorneys.html#rpg_vlad">Natalia Prisekina</a>,
senior associate attorney and Director of the Vladivostok
branch office
of Russin & Vecchi, and <a href="../subpage/attorneys.html#dm">Denis
Marchenko</a>,
senior associate attorney in the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk branch office of Russin & Vecchi. </em></font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In order to enter
and subsequently exit the Russian Federation, whether for a short business
trip or for an extended period of employment, a
foreign citizen must obtain a visa. Federal law regulates the procedure
for entering and exiting the Russian Federation <font size="1">(113). </font>The
procedure for issuing visas, and their extension, renewal and annulment
is set
forth
by governmental
regulation. <font size="1">(114)</font> </font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Visas are obtained on the basis of an invitation, formalized in accordance
with Russian legislation, in a procedure established by the Russian government.
A territorial body of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (usually the local
office of the Passport-Visa Service of Internal Affairs Department) issues
such invitations, upon application of a legal entity registered with
it for this purposes. At the present time, Russian legislation and the
internal acts of the RF Ministry of Internal Affairs do not provide a
detailed procedure for the registration of legal entities for this purpose.<br>
<br>
Depending on a foreign citizen’s purpose for traveling to Russia,
the following types of visas may be issued: diplomatic, official, ordinary,
transit, and temporary residence. Most foreigners coming to Russia
for business purposes will obtain an ordinary visa, which are further
subdivided into private, business, tourist, student, work, humanitarian
and refugee visas. </font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Visas are also categorized by their term of validity and the frequency
with which they permit one to enter and leave the country. There are
single, double, and multiple entry/exit visas. Visas for up to three
months may be issued as single or double entry visas. Visas for a period
of over three months may also be issued as multiple entry visas. </font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ordinary business
visas are issued to foreign citizens coming to the Russian Federation
for business purposes. They may be single or double
entry for up to three months, and in some cases, they may be multiple
entry for up to one year. In this case, continuous stay of the foreign
citizen on the territory of the Russian Federation cannot be for more
than 180 days. <font size="1">(115)</font> </font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In order to obtain
an ordinary business visa on behalf of a foreigner <font size="1">(116)</font> ,
a company must first register
with the Passport-Visa Service of the Ministry
of Internal Affairs, and then apply to Passport-Visa Service with its
request for an official invitation for a particular foreigner. Only those
companies that have undergone prior registration with these authorities
can apply for the issuance of a visa invitation. The first stage is generally
accomplished within five business days from filing all of the necessary
documents with the Passport-Visa Service. These documents include: the
respective application, the applicant’s foundation and registration
documents (Certificates on State and Tax Registration), documents certifying
the appointment of the head of the entity, the work permit for the head
of the entity (assuming this person is a foreign citizen), and if the
invitation will be issued for performing labor activity, the company’s
consent to recruit and employ foreign employees (not necessary for an
ordinary business visa). </font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Passport-Visa Service considers these documents, and if it approves
the application, issues a corresponding certificate and enters information
on the applicant into a computer database. </font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The entity may then
apply to the Passport-Visa Service for issuance of an invitation for
a particular
foreigner. At this stage, the head
or authorized representative of the entity should present the following
documents to the Passport-Visa Service: passport, power of attorney (if
person submitting application materials is an authorized person and not
the head of the entity), the respective application, a guarantee letter
assuring assumption of financial, medical, and residential obligations
on behalf of invitees, the company’s consent to recruit and employ
foreign employees and work permits for foreign employees (if invitees
will perform labor activity), and receipts evidencing payment of relevant
state fees. </font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Within 30 days of
filing these documents, the Passport-Visa Service must consider the
application
and verify whether grounds exist pursuant
to Russian legislation for prohibiting the foreign citizen’s entry
into Russia. If there is no basis for prohibiting entry, the Passport-Visa
Service issues the respective invitation and conveys it to the entity’s
authorized representative.</font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ordinary work visas
are issued for up to three months to foreigners who intend to work
in Russia.
Their duration may be extended by the territorial
body of the RF Ministry of Internal Affairs at the place of the foreigner’s
registration, by issuance of a multiple entry visa for the term of the
employment (or service) agreement, not exceeding one year. <font size="1">(117)</font> A
work permit must be obtained before the work visa. </font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> As a general rule,
in exceptional cases the duration of a visa may be extended for up
to ten days. In order to obtain an extension, the foreigner
must file an application with the authorized state body at the place
of his/her registration (or factual stay), supported by documents that
justify the need for an extension. The authorized state body makes
a decision regarding visa extension on the basis of the documents submitted,
including a petition from the organization, Russian citizen, or foreign
citizen permanently residing in Russia that obtained the invitation
for
the foreigner’s visa. </font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Registering Foreign Personnel on Sakhalin</strong></font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Within three business
days after arrival in Russia, foreigners must register with the local
body
of the Passport-Visa Service of the Ministry
of Internal Affairs <font size="1">(118)</font> . The Passport-Visa Service
registers foreigners on the basis of a written application submitted
by the foreign citizen
or
the inviting entity. <font size="1">(119)</font> In addition to the application,
the foreign citizen or inviting entity must present the foreign citizen’s
passport and migration card.<font size="1">(120)</font> Foreigners must
register in the region where they
reside. Should the foreigner move to another part of Russia, he/she is
obligated to register with the Passport-Visa Service at the new place
of residence within three business days. <font size="1">(121)</font> </font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Violation of registration
rules is an administrative offense and foreigners may be fined in the
amount of five to ten times the minimum monthly wage
($15-$30) and may be subject to deportation from Russia <font size="1">(122)</font> .
If a foreign citizen commits two administrative offenses within three
years, the Russian
authorities may prohibit his/her entry into Russia. </font><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="1">(123)</font> </font><br>
</p>
<p><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">(113) Federal
Law No. 114-FZ, "On
the Procedure for Entering the Russian Federation and Exiting the Russian
Federation," August 15, 1996.<br>
(114) Governmental Regulation No. 335, June 9, 2003. State bodies authorized
to
issue,
extend, renew or annul visas include:<br>
- Embassies or consular offices of the Russian Federation, which issue all types
of visas, annul and renew visas, except transit visas with code TP1.<br>
- RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs, its representative offices on the territory
of the Russian Federation, which issue and extend visas, annul and renew diplomatic
and official visas.<br>
- Representative offices of the RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs located at entry
points on the border of the Russian Federation, which issue in exceptional cases
with permission from the RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs, visas of all types,
and extend, annul and renew visas.<br>
- RF Ministry of Internal Affairs and its territorial bodies, which issue transit
visas with code TP1, extend, renew and annul visas, except diplomatic and official
visas.<br>
- Border control subdivisions at entry points on the border of the Russian Federation,
which annul visas, and, in the absence of a representative office of the RF Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, in exceptional cases extend visas for a term necessary for
exit from the Russian Federation. <br>
(115) Governmental Regulation No. 335, Article II, para. 29, June 9, 2003.<br>
(116) Sub-section “b” of Section 1 of Article 25 of the Federal Law
of
the Russian Federation “On Procedure for Leaving the Russian Federation
and Entering the Russian Federation” No. 114-FZ dated August 15, 1996.<br>
(117) Governmental Regulation No. 335, Article II, para. 35, June 9, 2003.<br>
(118) Federal Law of the Russian Federation “On the Legal Status of Foreign
Citizens
in the Russian Federation,” No. 115-FZ, July 25, 2002, Article 20, Section
1 (“Law on Legal Status”).<br>
(119) Law on Legal Status, Article 21, Section 2. <br>
(120) Law on Legal Status, Article 23. <br>
(121) Law on Legal Status, Article 21, Section 3.<br>
(122) Russian Federation Code on Administrative Offences No. 195-FZ, December
30, 2001,
Article 18.8.<br>
(123) Law on Legal Status, Article 7, Section 7. </font><br>
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