Over 93 thousand work permits were issued to foreigners in Russia in 2021, marking an increase from the previous year. Moreover, the country issued roughly 2.2 million migrant patents allowing foreigners coming under the visa-free policy to work in Russia without acquiring a work permit.
Number of work permits and migrant patents issued to foreign citizens and stateless persons in Russia from 2015 to 2021
(in 1,000s)
Patents in the Russian migration system is a document that allows foreign citizens that arrived to Russia within a visa-free regime to work in Russia without a work permit. The policy applies to persons from Abkhazia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Tajikistan, and Ukraine. Citizens of EAEU countries can work in Russia without a patent.
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Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. (January 25, 2022). Number of work permits and migrant patents issued to foreign citizens and stateless persons in Russia from 2015 to 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1135482/work-permits-and-patents-issued-in-russia/
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. "Number of work permits and migrant patents issued to foreign citizens and stateless persons in Russia from 2015 to 2021 (in 1,000s)." Chart. January 25, 2022. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1135482/work-permits-and-patents-issued-in-russia/
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. (2022). Number of work permits and migrant patents issued to foreign citizens and stateless persons in Russia from 2015 to 2021 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1135482/work-permits-and-patents-issued-in-russia/
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. "Number of Work Permits and Migrant Patents Issued to Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons in Russia from 2015 to 2021 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Jan 2022, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1135482/work-permits-and-patents-issued-in-russia/
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Number of work permits and migrant patents issued to foreign citizens and stateless persons in Russia from 2015 to 2021 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1135482/work-permits-and-patents-issued-in-russia/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Number of work permits and migrant patents issued to foreign citizens and stateless persons in Russia from 2015 to 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, January 25, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1135482/work-permits-and-patents-issued-in-russia/
