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FEDERAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of April 17, 2017 No. 77-FZ

About introduction of amendments to articles 8 and 9 of the Federal law "About Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation"

Accepted by the State Duma on April 5, 2017

Approved by the Federation Council on April 12, 2017

Bring in the Federal Law of July 25, 2002 No. 115-FZ "About legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation" (The Russian Federation Code, 2002, No. 30, Art. 3032; 2006, No. 30, Art. 3286; 2008, No. 19, Art. 2094; No. 30, Art. 3616; 2010, No. 21, Art. 2524; No. 31, Art. 4196; No. 52, Art. 7000; 2011, No. 1, Art. 29; 2012, No. 47, Art. 6397; No. 53, Art. 7645; 2013, No. 27, Art. 3461; No. 30, Art. 4057; 2014, No. 16, Art. 1828; 2016, No. 1, Art. 58; No. 18, Art. 2505) following changes:

1) Article 8:

a) add with Item 3.5 of the following content:

"3.5. Provisions of Items 1 and 2 of this Article are not applied in case of issue of the residence permit:

1) to the foreign citizen who or the relative on the direct ascending line, the adoptive father or the spouse (spouse) of which was subjected to illegal deportation from the territory Crimean by the ASSR;

2) to the relative on the direct descending line, the adopted children or the spouse (spouse) of the foreign citizen specified in the subitem of 1 this Item.";

b) add with Item 3.6 of the following content:

"3.6. The foreign citizen specified in Item 3.5 of this Article, the application for issue of the residence permit is submitted with submission of the certificate of the rehabilitation issued by law-enforcement body, body of prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation or court.";

Article 9 to add 2) with Item 8 of the following content:

"8. The residence permit is not issued to the foreign citizen specified in Item 3.5 of article 8 of this Federal Law in the cases provided by subitems 1 - 7, 12, the 13th Item 1 and Item 2 of this Article, and the residence permit which is earlier issued to the specified foreign citizen is cancelled in the cases provided by subitems 1 - 7, 10 - 13 Items 1 and Item 2 of this Article.".

President of the Russian Federation

V. Putin

 

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