Foreigners in Russia: Modalities of Employment
The Russian law introduces the following classification of foreign citizens:
- Foreigners, temporary staying in Russia – the foreign citizens who have legally arrived in Russia and received a migration card, but do not have a residence or temporary residence permit;
- Temporary residents – foreigners who have received a temporary residence permit;
- Permanent residents – foreigners who have received a residence permit.
A foreigner temporary staying in Russia may only be hired if he/she has a work permit or a brevet. Their scope of professional activities is limited to the region where the work permit or the brevet has been issued and to the practice indicated in these documents.
The foreigners who arrive in Russia on the basis of a visa, have to apply for a work permit in order to be able to get a job in Russia. If a foreigner is allowed to arrive in Russia without a visa, in order to be able to get employed he/she is to apply for a brevet.
Foreigners temporary staying in Russia may only be hired within a special quota and by the employers with a special license. This rule does not apply to high-qualified specialists and the employees with brevets.
Under the Treaty establishing the Eurasian Economic Union, a work permit or a brevet are not required for hiring citizens of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and Kirgizia.
Temporary residents and permanent residents are not obliged to have a work permit to get employed.
However, a temporary resident is allowed to work only in the region where a temporary residence permit has been granted.
A foreigner with a residence permit can work in any Russian region.
A foreign employee is to have a medical insurance policy or be subject to a contract on providing medical services signed by the employer and a medical organization.
An employer is to notify the Federal Migration Service about concluding and terminating an employment contract with a foreigner within 3 days from the relevant date.
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