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Is there anyone at home? Is it possible to live without a registration in my apartment
Is it necessary to be registered somewhere yourself?
“My address is not a house or a street. My address is the Soviet Union ”- these famous lines from the song had nothing to do with real life in the land of the Soviets. Citizens of the USSR were not only required to have the coveted stamp in their passports, but also lived exclusively at the place of registration. Left to work in another city? Be so kind as to check out of the “old” apartment, confirm the availability of housing in the new place and apply for registration at the new address in advance. And it had to be done in just three days.
The 1993 law “On the Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Freedom of Movement, Choice of Place of Stay and Residence within the Russian Federation” formally provided for considerable freedom in the issue of human movement across the territory of the country. However, at the same time the concept of “registration” arose. However, many in the old fashioned way call it registration.
Let’s figure out how registration differs from registration, why it is needed and whether it is possible to live without registration and any binding to a place. Moreover, someone owns several real estate objects, and often in different regions of the country.
For the first time the term “registration” appeared in 1925 in the resolution of the Council of People’s Commissars of the RSFSR “On the registration of citizens in urban settlements.” And this was one of the ways to control the migration of the country’s inhabitants. To register in a particular locality, it was necessary to obtain permission from the authorities. A person could be refused a registration, and without explanation.
In 1993, the law “On the right of citizens of the Russian Federation to freedom of movement, choice of place of stay and residence within the Russian Federation” abolished the institution of registration. And the concept of “registration at the place of residence or place of stay” was introduced.
Registration, in contrast to registration, is of a notification nature. Now a Russian citizen is not obliged to ask for permission from the authorities to live in a particular place. But he is obliged to notify the state about where he lives.
“Registration at the place of residence” is the same analogue of a residence permit, a stamp about such registration is put in the passport. But “registration at the place of stay” is given for a certain time. Upon its registration, a certificate is issued in accordance with Form 3, and no marks are made in the passport.
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At one time we were in complete confusion. A person could be registered at one address, live at a different one, and dozens of tenants were registered in an apartment of 30 square meters “at their place of residence” – such a simple business for newcomers.
Law 376 “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation”, adopted in December 2013, regulated these issues. And this is what has changed.
A home owner can now register at the place of residence in his apartment only relatives – parents, spouse, children, brother or sister.
A home owner can rent out an apartment and, on the basis of an appropriate agreement, register tenants at the place of stay or at the place of residence.
Turn a one-room apartment into 30 sq. m in the object of profit, registering migrants in it will no longer work: for each registered person there must be a share of housing suitable for living. And in different constituent entities of Russia, it is different. Somewhere you can register on two “squares”, and somewhere you need at least four.
Citizens of Russia may not live at the place of registration, but only within the same subject of the federation. However, there are exceptions. So, a resident of the Moscow region can live in Moscow, and a resident of the Leningrad region – in St. Petersburg (and vice versa) without registration at the place of stay. In other cases, if you are on the territory of a constituent entity of the federation without registration for more than 90 days, you may be brought to administrative responsibility.
If there is no housing
The legislation also provides for such situations. A person could lose both home and livelihood. That is, he cannot check into a hotel, boarding house or apartment in order to receive registration at the place of stay. In this case, he must register as a person without a fixed abode within 90 days.
At the accounting centers, such a citizen will be photographed, entered into the accounting card, all his data, after which they will issue a corresponding certificate for a period of one month to a year. So even the absence of ownership or the right to use the residential premises is not a reason not to receive registration.
Do I need to register in my own apartment
Many people in Russia own several properties. They live in one apartment, rent another, and perhaps there is also a house in the village. They can register only in one dwelling without losing ownership of the rest of the objects.
Some believe that if none of the owners is registered in the newly acquired housing, then there is no need to pay for utilities. However, utility bills are now charged according to meter readings. If they are not there – by the number of registered ones or by the number of owners, if no one is registered in the apartment according to the documents.
Of course, you don’t have to register anywhere. But in this case, you still have to register as a person without a fixed abode.
Why registration is needed
The law says that the lack of registration does not limit the rights and freedoms of citizens. But in fact, this is not entirely true. Registration is required, for example, to receive social security. Without registration, they will not give a loan – neither mortgage, nor consumer. The person will not be able to vote. There will be problems with paperwork (passport, foreign passport, pension certificate, driver’s license), assigning children to kindergartens or schools, attaching them to clinics. That is, in order to receive a compulsory medical insurance policy, you still need to register somewhere, at least as a person without a fixed abode.