The Main Directorate for Migration Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (GUVM, ) is a
law enforcement agency
A law enforcement agency (LEA) is any government agency responsible for law enforcement within a specific jurisdiction through the employment and deployment of law enforcement officers and their resources. The most common type of law enforcement ...
of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs
An interior ministry or ministry of the interior (also called ministry of home affairs or ministry of internal affairs) is a government department that is responsible for domestic policy, public security and law enforcement.
In some states, the i ...
of
Russia
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responsible for
migration
Migration, migratory, or migrate may refer to: Human migration
* Human migration, physical movement by humans from one region to another
** International migration, when peoples cross state boundaries and stay in the host state for some minimum le ...
.
Migration Affairs is the authority for the enforcement of migration laws in Russia, drafting and implementing national policy, and providing government services with regard to migration. Migration Affairs issues
Russian international passports,
resident registration
A resident register is a government database which contains information on the current residence of persons. In countries where registration of residence is compulsory, the current place of residence must be reported to the registration office o ...
and immigration control, and is charged with the investigation and enforcement of over 500 federal statutes within the Russian Federation.
has been Director of Migration Affairs since 8 February 2019.
History
Migration Affairs was established on 5 April 2016 when the
Federal Migration Service
The Federal Migration Service (Федеральная миграционная служба, ФМС России) was a federal police, federal law enforcement agency of Russia responsible for implementing the state policy on migration and also pe ...
was dissolved and its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
See
Federal Migration Service#History for previous migration control agencies of Russia.
See also
*
Immigration to Russia
Immigration to Russia involves foreign citizens (or people without any citizenship) seeking permanent residence in the territory of the Russian Federation. Historically, Russian empire was one of the World's leading destination for immigrants s ...
*
Illegal immigration to Russia
*
Emigration from Russia
References
External links
Official Homepage
Government agencies established in 2016
Specialist law enforcement agencies of Russia
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