Registration of Foreign Citizens: Changes from January 1, 2014

In the new year, when a foreigner submits documents to the Federal Migration Service to obtain a fast-track work permit, the tax authority must register the applicant for tax purposes within three days and send the necessary documents to the FMS confirming the applicant’s tax registration.

Also, the FMS must notify local tax authorities when registering foreign citizens who submitted work permit or work patent applications but are not registered with tax authorities. The information must be sent to the tax office not later than the day following the day when application was submitted.

FMS offices and Civil Registry offices (ZAGS) must notify local tax offices not later than 10 days after registration of foreign citizens and/or registration of acts of civil status of foreign citizens:

• About registration of a foreign citizen at a place of residence;
• About migration registration (deregistration) of a foreign employee at a place of temporary residence;
• About issuing a work permit or a work patent to a foreign citizen or a stateless person registered at a place of temporary residence;
• About births and deaths of foreign citizens.