PRESIDENTIAL DECREE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of March 20, 2025 No. 159

About features of legal status of separate categories of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Russian Federation, change and recognition voided some Presidential decrees of the Russian Federation

For the purpose of protection of rights and freedoms of man and citizen, being guided by article 80 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and article 3 of the Federal Law of July 25, 2002 No. 115-FZ "About legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation", I decide:

1. Determine that:

a) the citizens of Ukraine who are in the Russian Federation not having legal causes for stay (residence) in the Russian Federation shall leave independently the Russian Federation or till September 10, 2025 inclusive to settle the legal status in the Russian Federation according to the Presidential decree of the Russian Federation of December 30, 2024 No. 1126 "About temporary measures for settlement of legal status of separate categories of foreign citizens and persons without citizenship in the Russian Federation in connection with application of the mode of dispatch";

b) foreign citizens and stateless persons which arrived about day of entry into force of this Decree in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic of the Luhansk People's Republic, the Zaporizhia region and the Kherson region for the purpose of which is not connected with implementation of labor activity for the term exceeding 90 calendar days or for the purpose of implementation of labor activity and did not undergo medical examination on availability or lack of the fact of the use of drugs or psychotropic substances without appointment of the doctor or new potentially dangerous psychoactive agents, the infectious diseases constituting danger to people around, provided by the list approved by the federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation, and the disease caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV infection) provided by the Federal Law of July 25, 2002 No. 115-FZ "About legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation" (further - medical examination), shall undergo inclusive till June 10, 2025 medical examination and provide to territorial authority of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation the medical documents confirming lack of the fact of the use of drugs or psychotropic substances without appointment of the doctor or new potentially dangerous psychoactive agents, absence of the called infectious diseases, and the certificate on absence of the disease caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV infection).

2. To provide to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and its territorial authorities:

a) implementation of measures, the citizens of Ukraine excluding till September 10, 2025 inclusive administrative prosecution for violation of the stay (residence) in the Russian Federation who underwent obligatory state dactyloscopic registration, photography and medical examination on the date of entry into force of this Decree if such violation was revealed in connection with their appeal to territorial authority of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the purpose of settlement of the legal status;

b) distribution of information on provisions of this Decree in mass media, the Internet, including on the official sites of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and its territorial authorities, and with use of other methods of informing.

3. Inclusive to provide to the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation till September 10, 2025 the organization of performing medical examination of the citizens of Ukraine called in the subitem "an" of Item 1 of this Decree without submission of the migration card or the visa by them (in case of their absence).

4. Bring in the Presidential decree of the Russian Federation of April 27, 2023 No. 307 "About features of legal status of separate categories of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Russian Federation" (The Russian Federation Code, 2023, No. 18, Art. 3292; 2024, No. 2, Art. 395; No. 18, Art. 2414) following changes:

a) declare Item 2 invalid;

b) in item 4:

in paragraph one of the word "in Items 1 and 2 of this Decree" shall be replaced with words "in Item 1 of this Decree";

in the subitem "b":

third to declare the paragraph invalid;

from the paragraph of the fourth word", or the document confirming the right to permanent residence" to exclude;

state the subitem "v" in the following edition:

"c) attach to the statement for issue of the residence permit of the copy of the documents specified in paragraphs the second and fourth the subitem "b" of this Item. Compliance of copies to originals is checked by the official of territorial authority of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and certified by the signature of the official and seal of territorial authority;";

c) in Item 5 of the word "in Items 1 and 2 of this Decree" shall be replaced with words "in Item 1 of this Decree";

d) in Item 6 of the word "in Items 1 and 2 of this Decree" shall be replaced with words "in Item 1 of this Decree";

e) Items 9, 10 and 12 to recognize invalid;

e) in Item 13 of the word "in Items 1, 2 and 9 these Decrees" shall be replaced with words "in Item 1 of this Decree";

g) in Item 14 of the word "in Items 1, 2 and 9 these Decrees" shall be replaced with words "in Item 1 of this Decree";

h) in Item 15:

in paragraph one of the word "till December 31, 2024." shall be replaced with words "till December 31, 2025";

declare the subitem "an" invalid;

state the subitem "b" in the following edition:

"b) foreign citizens and persons without citizenship have the right to perform labor activity without work permit or the patent and without requirements to stated purpose of visit to the Russian Federation on condition of passing in territorial authority of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation of identification of the personality on fingerprints (palms) of hands (in case of lack of dactyloscopic information - passing in the specified territorial authority of dactyloscopic registration and photography according to the procedure established by the legislation of the Russian Federation), and also on condition of passing according to the Federal Law of July 25, 2002 No. 115-FZ "About legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation" medical examination on availability or lack of the fact of the use of drugs or psychotropic substances without appointment of the doctor or new potentially dangerous psychoactive agents, infectious diseases, constituting danger to the people around provided by the list approved by the federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation, and the disease caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV infection);";

state the subitem "v" in the following edition:

"c) employers and customers of works (services) have the right to involve in implementation of labor activity of foreign citizens and stateless persons without obtaining in accordance with the established procedure permissions to attraction and use of foreign workers, and also without the admissible share of foreign workers established by the Government of the Russian Federation for the business entities performing in the territory of the Russian Federation separate types of economic activity in case of observance of the following conditions:

giving according to the procedure and in form which are established according to the Federal Law of July 25, 2002 No. 115-FZ "About legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation", in territorial authority of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in subject of the Russian Federation in the territory of which foreign citizens and stateless persons perform labor activity, notifications on the conclusion with the foreign citizen or the stateless person of the employment contract or civil contract for performance of works (rendering services) within three working days from the date of the conclusion of the relevant agreement;

presentation by foreign citizens and stateless persons of the document confirming passing by them of dactyloscopic registration and photography.";

i) add with Item 15 (1) the following content:

"15(1). To the foreign citizens and stateless persons performing labor activity in the territories of the Donetsk People's Republic, the Luhansk People's Republic, the Zaporizhia region and Kherson region in case of observance of the conditions provided by the subitem "b" of Item 15 of this Decree are prolonged for effective period of the employment contract or civil contract for performance of works (rendering services), but not later than till December 31, 2025 inclusive (if other is not provided by the international treaty of the Russian Federation):

a) visa effective period (if such foreign citizens and stateless persons arrived to the Russian Federation according to the procedure, requiring receipt of a visa) - based on the petition of the organization in which the foreign citizen or the stateless person performs labor activity;

b) the term of temporary stay in the Russian Federation (if such foreign citizens and stateless persons arrived to the Russian Federation according to the procedure, not requiring receipt of a visa) - based on the statement of the foreign citizen or the stateless person.";

j) in Item 18:

declare the subitem "an" invalid;

in the subitem "b":

declare paragraph two invalid;

in paragraph three of the word "till December 31, 2024 inclusive to the administrative responsibility for violation of the stay (residence) in the Russian Federation persons called in Items 1, 2 and 9 these Decrees" shall be replaced with words "till December 31, 2025 inclusive to the administrative responsibility for violation of the stay (residence) in the Russian Federation persons called in Item 1 of this Decree";

in the subitem "v" of the word "since January 1, 2025." shall be replaced with words "since January 1, 2026".

5. Bring in the Presidential decree of the Russian Federation of December 30, 2024 No. 1126 "About temporary measures for settlement of legal status of separate categories of foreign citizens and persons without citizenship in the Russian Federation in connection with application of the mode of dispatch" (The Russian Federation Code, 2025, No. 1, the Art. 1) the following changes:

a) to add Item 1 after the words "till April 30, 2025." with words "if other term is not established by the presidential decree of the Russian Federation,";

b) add Item 7 with the subitem "v" of the following content:

"c) decisions on refusal in issue or cancellation of permission to temporary residence and the residence permit on the bases which arose about day of decision making according to the statement for issue of the relevant document, except as specified factual determinations of submission by the foreign citizen of forgery or false documents or the message on themselves of obviously false data are not made.".

6. Recognize invalid:

The presidential decree of the Russian Federation of August 27, 2022 No. 585 "About temporary measures for settlement of legal status of citizens of the Donetsk People's Republic, the Luhansk People's Republic and Ukraine in the Russian Federation" (The Russian Federation Code, 2022, No. 35, the Art. 6071);

item 4 of appendix No. 1 to the Presidential decree of the Russian Federation of April 27, 2023 No. 307 "About features of legal status of separate categories of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Russian Federation" (The Russian Federation Code, 2023, No. 18, the Art. 3292);

Item 1, subitems "an" - "in", the paragraph the fourth the subitem "z" of Item 2 of the Presidential decree of the Russian Federation of April 22, 2024 No. 281 "About modification of the Presidential decree of the Russian Federation of August 27, 2022 No. 585 "About temporary measures for settlement of legal status of the faces consisting in nationality of the Donetsk People's Republic or the Luhansk People's Republic and citizens of Ukraine in the Russian Federation" and the Presidential decree of the Russian Federation of April 27, 2023 No. 307 "About features of legal status of separate categories of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Russian Federation" (The Russian Federation Code, 2024, No. 18, the Art. 2414).

7. Provisions of Item 15 of the Presidential decree of the Russian Federation of April 27, 2023 "About features of legal status of separate categories of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Russian Federation" are applied No. 307 to the legal relationship which arose from January 1, 2025 to day of entry into force of this Decree without the changes provided by paragraphs third - the ninth the subitem "z" of item 4 of this Decree.

8. This Decree becomes effective from the date of its signing.

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