According to Federal Law No. 62 of 05/31/2002, all foreign citizens, upon submitting documents for obtaining citizenship of the Russian Federation, must, without fail, confirm their knowledge of the Russian language.
For this, in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation N 1325 of November 14, 2002, a foreigner can provide to the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (former FMS) a document of a standard form on education (not lower than the main general) or on qualifications that was issued :
- until September 1, 1991, an educational institution on the territory of the state that was part of the USSR;
- after September 1, 1991 - on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Those who do not have such documents can provide a certificate of the established form, which confirms that the foreigner has a level of knowledge of the language sufficient for free communication in oral and written form in the language environment.
To obtain this certificate, a foreign citizen must pass state testing, which consists of 5 parts:
- Letter;
- Reading;
- Vocabulary. Grammar;
- Listening;
- Speech.
To pass the test successfully, a foreign citizen must correctly answer at least 60% of the questions.
Please note that you can take the exam in certain educational institutions, the list of which is determined for each region separately.
The foreign citizen must take the original and a copy of the residence permit with him for the exam.
Our company assists foreigners in passing testing and obtaining a certificate for registration of citizenship of the Russian Federation. Our lawyers will help you prepare all the documents, get a referral to a day convenient for you and accompany you to the exam.
What do you get in the end?
- Passing the exam without queues and at a time convenient for you
- Certificate of state standard on knowledge of the Russian language, history and legislation of the Russian Federation