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Participation in the State Program for the Resettlement of Compatriots

Russia has a State Program for the Resettlement of Compatriots. Compatriots living abroad, permanently or temporarily residing in the Russian Federation on a legal basis, or arriving in the territory of the Russian Federation on an emergency basis, recognized as refugees in the territory of the Russian Federation or received temporary asylum in the territory of the Russian Federation can participate in this program.

In accordance with Article 1 of the Federal Law of May 24, 1999.

No. 99-FZ “On the state policy of the Russian Federation in relation to compatriots abroad” compatriots are persons born in one state, residing or living in it and possessing signs of a common language, history, cultural heritage, traditions and customs, as well as descendants of these persons in a straight downward line.

According to the provisions of the specified Federal Law, compatriots include:

– Russian citizens permanently residing outside the territory of the Russian Federation;

– persons and their descendants living outside the territory of the Russian Federation and related, as a rule, to peoples historically living in the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as those who have made a free choice in favor of spiritual, cultural and legal ties with the Russian Federation, whose relatives are in direct ascending line previously resided in the territory of the Russian Federation, including:

– persons who were citizens of the USSR, residing in the states that were part of the USSR, who received the citizenship of these states or became stateless persons;

– immigrants (emigrants) from the Russian state, the Russian republic, the RSFSR, the USSR and the Russian Federation, who had the appropriate civilian affiliation and became citizens of a foreign state or stateless persons;

– citizens of the Russian Federation living outside the territory of the Russian Federation are compatriots by virtue of their citizenship. A document confirming their citizenship of the Russian Federation serves as a document confirming their belonging to compatriots.

Recognition of their belonging to compatriots by the other above persons is an act of their self-identification, supported by public or professional activities to preserve the Russian language, the native languages ​​of the peoples of the Russian Federation, develop Russian culture abroad, strengthen friendly relations between the states of residence of compatriots with the Russian Federation, support public associations of compatriots and protect rights compatriots or other evidence of the free choice of these persons in favor of spiritual and cultural ties with the Russian Federation.

A participant in the State Program can be a compatriot who has reached the age of 18, has legal capacity and meets the requirements established by the State Program.

Family members of a State program participant who are entitled to resettlement with him to the Russian Federation are: spouse; children, including those adopted or under guardianship (guardianship); children of the spouse of the State program participant; parents of the participant of the State program and his or her spouse, sisters and brothers of the participant of the State program and spouse; children of sisters and brothers of the State program participant and his spouse, including those adopted or under guardianship (guardianship), grandparents, grandchildren. An adult family member of a State program participant, with the exception of his spouse, has the right to independently participate in the State program.

The decision to participate in the State Program is made by a compatriot voluntarily on the basis of his conscious choice of a place of residence, work and (or) study and the realization of his potential labor, educational, creative and other opportunities on the territory of the Russian Federation. A compatriot who becomes a participant in the State Program is issued a certificate of the standard established by the Government of the Russian Federation for a period of five years. Upon expiration of the certificate, the compatriot loses the status of a participant in the State program, and the members of his family indicated in the certificate – the status of family members of the participant in the State program.

The certificate of a participant in the State Program confirms the rights and obligations of the participant himself, the rights and obligations of his family members, as well as the obligations of the Russian Federation and the constituent entities of the Russian Federation participating in the implementation of the State Program to provide guarantees and social support provided for the selected category of the territory of settlement.

Compatriots, within the framework of the State Program, have the right to choose the optimal resettlement option for the purpose of permanent residence, work and (or) study and realization of their potential labor, educational, creative and other opportunities on the territory of the Russian Federation.

In accordance with the State Program, the reception and accommodation of compatriots in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation is carried out within the framework of regional resettlement programs, which contain a detailed description of the possibilities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation for employment, housing and social support for compatriots in the territories of resettlement.

The territory of resettlement is the territory of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation or a part of it, where the participants of the State Program are purposefully attracted as part of the implementation of resettlement projects.

There are established two categories of settlement territories to which the participants of the State Program and their family members can move: priority settlement territories and territories not related to priority settlement territories.

The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is included in the territory of priority settlement. The priority settlement area is a strategically important settlement area for the Russian Federation. The list of priority settlement areas is determined by the order of the Government of the Russian Federation: dated May 27, 2013 No. 848-r. The regions of the Far East and Transbaikalia participating in the State Program are classified as priority populated areas. These are ten regions of the Far East (Republic of Buryatia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Transbaikal, Kamchatka, Primorsky, Khabarovsk Krai, Amur, Magadan and Sakhalin oblasts, Jewish Autonomous Oblast), one subject of the Baikal region (Irkutsk Oblast).

A participant of the State program and his family members who are foreign citizens or stateless persons also have the right:

– to obtain a temporary residence permit without taking into account the quota approved by the Government of the Russian Federation, a residence permit and for the acquisition of citizenship of the Russian Federation in a simplified manner;

– to carry out labor activities in the Russian Federation without obtaining a patent;

– to pay tax on income of individuals received from labor activities at a preferential 13 percent rate from the first day of employment in the Russian Federation. Also, this category of persons is exempt from paying state fees for registration at the place of residence.

Provision of other state guarantees, social support, employment of the participant of the State program, provision of him and his family members with necessary housing are carried out within the framework of regional resettlement programs.

The constituent entities of the Russian Federation have the right to participate in subsidizing the housing costs of the participants of the State Program and establish other guarantees and measures of social support for the participants of the State Program and members of their families.

On the territory of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), 9 regions of the republic take part in the State program:

• Aldan;
• Allaikhovsky district;
• Anabar district;
• Bulunsky district;
• Lensky district;
• Mirny district;
• Neryungri district;
• Nizhnekolymsky district;
• Ust-Yansky district.