Reasons for refusal to issue a permit of residence to a foreign national Permit of residence is not issued to a foreign national, if this foreign national (Item 1, Article 9 of the Law dated 25.07.2002 N 115-ФЗ):

1) promotes any forced changes of fundamentals of the constitutional system of the RF, or threatens safety of the RF or the Russian people by any other activities;

2) finances or plans acts of terrorism (extremism), assists in performing such acts or performs them, or supports any terrorist (extremist) activities in any other way;

3) within five years prior to submission for issuance of the permit of residence, has been subjected to administrative expulsion from the RF or deportation, or, within ten years prior to submission for issuance of the permit of residence, has been subjected to administrative expulsion from the RF or deportation more than once (twice or more);

4) has submitted any counterfeit or falsified documents, or intentionally submitted false persona data;

5) has been accused by an effective court sentence for committing any serious or extremely serious crime, or any crime with dangerous repetition, or for committing any crime related to illegal drug circulation;

6) has any outstanding or uncancelled conviction for committing any serious or extremely serious crime in the territory of the RF or outside;

7) more than once (twice or more) within one year has been subjected to administrative liability for breach of the Russian legislation related to infringement of public order and safety to breach of the mode of sojourn (living) of foreign nationals in the RF or the procedure of employment in the RF, or has committed any administrative offence related to illegal drug circulation;

8) fails to provide any proof of ability to maintain him-/herself and his/her family members in the RF within the survival minimum without assistance of the state, except in case when the foreign national has been recognized disabled;

9) has no residential premises in the RF upon expiry of three years after entering the country;

10) left the RF and went to any foreign country for permanent residence;

11) has been staying outside the RF for more than six months;

12) married a Russian national, applied for a permit of residence based on that marriage, and the marriage has been annulled by court;

13) suffers from drug addiction, or has no certificate confirming absence of any disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (a HIV infection), or suffers from any infectious diseases hazardous for people;

14) in case a decision has been taken in due way that stay (living) of that foreign national in the RF is undesirable, or that he/she is not allowed to enter the RF (Item 2, Article 9 of the Law dated 25.07.2002 N 115-ФЗ).

Reasons for refusal to issue a permit of residence to a foreign national that is recognized as a native speaker of Russian

Permit of residence is not issued to a foreign national that has been legally recognized as a native speaker of Russian (Subitem 2, Item 3.1, Article 8, Item 6, Article 9 of the Law dated 25.07.2002 N 115-ФЗ): 1) in the cases listed in the Items 1 - 7, 10, 11, 13 and 14 above;

2) in case any authorized body of the foreign country has failed to submit a document confirming receipt of documents related to renunciation by that foreign national of his/her current citizenship of that foreign country. This reason is not applicable if:

- this foreign national has submitted a document proving the impossibility to renounce the citizenship of that foreign country;

- renunciation of foreign citizenship is not required in cases stipulated by the international agreement of the RF;

3) in case of a repeated application of that foreign national for issuance of a permit of residence, if he/she had been previously issued the permit of residence on account of duly recognizing him/her as a native speaker of Russian.

Note. Refusal to issue the permit of residence may be disputed at the FMS of Russia or in court (Items 177, 186 of the Administrative Regulation).