Russia

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Russia
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Federal State Institution State Registration
Chamber with the Ministry of Justice of the
Russian Federation http//www.palata.ru
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Organizational Structure

• 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
  of Justice for the Volga and Ural
  Federal Districts (Kazan)

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Chambers Offices in Federal Districts
Volga Federal District
Northwestern Federal District
Ural Federal District
Southern Federal District
North-Caucasian Federal District
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Functions of the Chamber

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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Accreditation of
representative offices

• A foreign legal entitys 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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Accreditation of branches

• Procedure for accreditation of a foreign legal
  entitys 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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List of documents
for representative offices
for branches

• 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
  offices 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 branchs 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 Russian Ministry of Justice
Adoption organizations and public bodies Ministry of Education and Science
Insurance organizations Federal Insurance Supervisory Authority (Rosstrakhnadzor)
Civil aviation organizations Federal Agency for Air Transport (Rosaviatsia)
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• Lending institutions receive permits for
  establishment of representative offices in the
  Russian Federation at the Bank of Russia

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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-for-profit 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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• Categories and types of Russian visas

• Ordinary working visa
• Ordinary private visa
• Ordinary business visa
• Transit visa

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• Invitation for entry to the Russian Federation

• 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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• Work permits in Russia

To engage foreign workers, a permit to engage
foreign labor is required. Work permit is a
document certifying a foreign nationals 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 highly-skilled
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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• Publishing activities

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 journals authors. Considerable
part of the title is devoted to information
material which gives an overview of the Chambers
operations
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Federal State InstitutionState Registration
Chamber with the Ministry of Justice of the
Russian Federation
Address 3/5 Smolensky bulvar,
Moscow,119121, Russia Phones 7 499
246-72-00, 7 499 246-86-49 Fax 7 499
246-04-22, 7 499 255-36-44
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