Employment of a foreign citizen

Employment of a foreign citizen: accessible step-by-step instructions

Currently, the legislation provides for two ways of registration of foreigners. Employers have the right to register labor migrants not only in the state, but also outside it.

Registration of labor migrants in the state: basic rules

The procedure for hiring a foreign citizen includes many stages. First of all, the employer needs to register as a legal entity or entrepreneur. The required documents are submitted to the territorial division of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

What are the conditions and procedure for hiring foreign citizens? We propose to talk about this in this article.

Determining the legal status of an employee

According to the current regulations, the procedure for hiring a migrant directly depends on his legal status. So, a foreign citizen can:

• Be temporarily in Russia. This status is assigned to foreigners who arrived in the Russian Federation with or without a visa. Such citizens can stay in Russia on the basis of a paid patent or work permit.
• Temporarily reside in Russia. The status that foreigners who have issued a TRP have.
• Residing permanently in Russia. This status belongs to migrants who have received a residence permit for a period of five years.

Establishment of citizenship and regime of stay of a migrant in Russia

The employer should be aware that migrants from a number of countries can stay on the territory of the Russian Federation without a visa. We are talking about citizens arriving from the EAEU states. They are subject to a simplified procedure for hiring (the minimum list of required documents, etc.).

Working with migration documents

Recruitment of a migrant for work involves a thorough check of existing documents and registration of missing ones. The list of documents when hiring a foreign citizen depends on his status.

Citizens of visa-free countries need:

• travel passport;
• migration card;
• Patent for employment and check for its payment;
• registration;
• tax ID;
• health insurance;
• SNILS (issued by the employer).

Visa foreigners for employment are required:

• travel passport;
• migration card;
• work permit;
• registration;
• tax ID;
• health insurance;
• SNILS (issued by the employer).

Citizens of the EAEU countries are required to:

• travel passport;
• migration card;
• registration;
• tax ID;
• health insurance;
• SNILS (issued by the employer).

Admission of labor migrants to the staff of the company

This method of registration requires the employer to perform a number of actions. We list the features of the procedure for hiring foreign citizens when they are enrolled in the state:

• Obtaining the written consent of the prospective employee for the processing of personal data.
• Introduction of labor migrants to local regulations.
• Conclusion of an employment agreement with a detailed explanation of the conditions for its execution and termination.
• Issuing an order to register an employee in the state (the employee confirms familiarity with the terms of the order by signing).
• Instructing on the rules of labor protection, as well as the assessment of working conditions.
• Entering an entry about the registration of an employee in his work book.
• Issuance of a personal card of an employee of the T-2 sample.
• Instructing on emergencies, fire safety rules, etc.

Informing the competent government agencies about admission