The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Labor have developed amendments to the law “On the legal status of foreign citizens in Russia”, according to which foreign IT specialists will be able to obtain a residence permit in a simplified manner, RBC reports, citing a copy of the document, two sources confirmed its content.
According to the document, in order to obtain a residence permit, a specialist will not need to have a temporary residence permit. The current wording of the law implies residence in Russia for a year with a temporary residence permit, with the exception of former citizens of the USSR, children of Russian citizens, highly qualified specialists and their families, as well as graduates of Russian universities.
In addition, according to the amendments, the employer will have the right to attract and use foreign IT specialists without permission to use foreign workers. They will be able to work without the appropriate permission or patent. A foreign IT specialist who has concluded an employment or civil law contract with an accredited organization will be able to apply to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for a residence permit in a simplified manner.
The draft law notes that if an employee, having terminated the employment contract, does not find a new job in an accredited organization 30 days after that, the residence permit will be cancelled.
Earlier, the First Vice Speaker of the Federation Council, Secretary of the General Council of the United Russia Party Andrey Turchak said that the Russian economy needs about one million IT specialists, while some of these personnel left the country with the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine.