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The Path to Russian Citizenship: Key Stages

In Russia, the first usual step for a foreigner to settle in the country is to get a Temporary Residence Permit.

After living for up to 3 years on the Temporary Residence Permit one can then apply for a Permanent Residence Permit and then, after 5 years, one can apply for citizenship in Russia.

How Many Residence Permits Are Issued In Russia?

The number of Temporary Residence permits is limited and is assigned to each Russian region.

One needs to apply for such a permit, at the region where you reside — and as they are very limited in number, only 10,595 are to be granted for 2024 — they are usually all granted within the first months of the year.

GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ORDER
from October 11, 2023 No. 2798-r
Set for the year 2024:
a quota for issuing 10,595 temporary residence permits in the Russian Federation to foreign citizens and stateless persons, with distribution across the subjects of the Russian Federation according to the appendix;
a reserve quota for issuing 3,178 temporary residence permits in the Russian Federation to foreign citizens and stateless persons.
Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation M. Mishustin

APPENDIX
to the order of the Government of the Russian Federation from October 11, 2023 No. 2798-r

DISTRIBUTION ACROSS THE SUBJECTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION OF THE QUOTA FOR ISSUING TEMPORARY RESIDENCE PERMITS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FOR FOREIGN CITIZENS AND STATELESS
PERSONS FOR THE YEAR 2024

Name of the subject of the Russian Federation	Number of permits
Central Federal District – total	3610
including:
Belgorod Oblast	170
Bryansk Oblast	10
Vladimir Oblast	75
Voronezh Oblast	150
Ivanovo Oblast	25
Kaluga Oblast	50
Kostroma Oblast	25
Kursk Oblast	50
Lipetsk Oblast	150
Moscow Oblast	750
Oryol Oblast	25
Ryazan Oblast	200
Smolensk Oblast	20
Tambov Oblast	100
Tver Oblast	60
Tula Oblast	200
Yaroslavl Oblast	50
City of Moscow	1500

Name of the subject of the Russian Federation	Number of permits
Volga Federal District – total	1785
including:
Republic of Bashkortostan	250
Republic of Mari El	15
Republic of Mordovia	30
Republic of Tatarstan	250
Udmurt Republic	30
Chuvash Republic	10
Perm Krai	100
Kirov Oblast	50
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast	250
Orenburg Oblast	150
Penza Oblast	150
Samara Oblast	300
Saratov Oblast	100
Ulyanovsk Oblast	100

Name of the subject of the Russian Federation	Number of permits
Far Eastern Federal District – total	700
including:
Republic of Buryatia	65
Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)	50
Trans-Baikal Krai	20
Kamchatka Krai	100
Primorsky Krai	80
Khabarovsk Krai	100
Amur Oblast	150
Magadan Oblast	25
Sakhalin Oblast	75
Jewish Autonomous Oblast	15
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug	20

Donetsk People’s Republic	55
Luhansk People’s Republic	65
Zaporizhzhia Oblast	500
Kherson Oblast	100

Name of the subject of the Russian Federation	Number of permits
Northwestern Federal District – total	930
including:
Republic of Karelia	50
Republic of Komi	100
Arkhangelsk Oblast	25
Vologda Oblast	40
Kaliningrad Oblast	100
Leningrad Oblast	125
Murmansk Oblast	30
Novgorod Oblast	75
Pskov Oblast	80
City of Saint Petersburg	300
Nenets Autonomous Okrug	5

Name of the subject of the Russian Federation	Number of permits
North Caucasian Federal District – total	980
including:
Republic of Dagestan	300
Republic of Ingushetia	50
Kabardino-Balkarian Republic	100
Karachay-Cherkess Republic	100
Republic of North Ossetia-Alania	100
Chechen Republic	30
Stavropol Krai	300

Name of the subject of the Russian Federation	Number of permits
Southern Federal District – total	780
including:
Republic of Adygea	130
Republic of Kalmykia	40
Republic of Crimea	30
Krasnodar Krai	200
Astrakhan Oblast	150
Volgograd Oblast	100
Rostov Oblast	100
City of Sevastopol	30

Name of the subject of the Russian Federation	Number of permits
Siberian Federal District – total	550
including:
Republic of Altai	30
Tuva Republic	20
Republic of Khakassia	15
Altai Krai	35
Krasnoyarsk Krai	50
Irkutsk Oblast	50
Kemerovo Oblast – Kuzbass	50
Novosibirsk Oblast	150
Omsk Oblast	100
Tomsk Oblast	50

Name of the subject of the Russian Federation	Number of permits
Ural Federal District – total	540
including:
Kurgan Oblast	30
Sverdlovsk Oblast	250
Tyumen Oblast	100
Chelyabinsk Oblast	50
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra	30
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug	80

Can I Get Russian Residency Another Way?

There are special cases when one gets a Temporary Residence Permit outside of the quota — you can read more about it in our article — How does one get a Russian Citizenship?

However, the fastest and smoothest path forward is to get Permanent Russian Residence via the newly designed Russian Golden Visa program.

We highly recommend this program, specifically the real estate investment route.

If you do not have the resources for the Golden Visa and do not have a special case for a Temporary Residence Permit, the only option is to apply for the Temporary Residence Permit within the quota outlined below.

Here is the translation of the official document from the 11th of October 2023, stipulating the number of Temporary Residence Permits for every region of Russia for 2024.

You can find the original official document here.