Russia Visa-free worker — employment patent

7 requirements quoted from the official source.

• ✓Admission or enrolment requirementThe migration card must state work as the purpose of the visit, subject to the statutory mechanisms for changing purpose.
• ✓Age requirementThe patent route is limited to people aged 18 or over.
• ✓Employment, placement or host agreementAfter patent issue, a qualifying employment or services contract and the prescribed MVD notification are required.
• ✓Nationality or qualifying statusThe worker must be an adult foreign citizen who entered without a visa and is not relying on a treaty or statutory permit exemption.
• ✓Qualifications or professional authorisationThe applicant must provide the prescribed evidence of Russian language, history and law knowledge unless a statutory exemption applies.
• ✓Work authorisation requirementThe patent application must normally be made within 30 calendar days after entry.

Paperwork you prepare — it does not rule you out.

• ✓Health-insurance requirementThe applicant must provide the prescribed medical insurance or medical-services arrangement and the required Russian medical documents.

1 exclusion quoted from the official source.

• ✗Material restrictions or case-specific conditionsWork is normally limited to the issuing federal subject and, where the region records one, the occupation stated in the patent; limited paired-region agreements may apply.