Original title: Russia amended the ban to allow families of eligible foreigners to enter the country
October 20 - according to a report compiled and compiled by Russia's Dragon daily, the Russian Foreign Ministry has revised a "anti epidemic ban" to allow the families of foreigners and stateless persons holding permanent residence status in Russia to enter Russia.
According to Tass news agency, on October 18 local time, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that the previous comprehensive entry ban measures to prevent the spread of the epidemic are no longer applicable to the families of foreigners and stateless persons holding permanent residence status in Russia, including spouses, (adoptive) parents, (adoptive) children, brothers and sisters, (foreign) grandparents, (foreign) grandchildren, guardians and entrusted guardians.
According to the revised decree, eligible family members of foreigners can legally enter Russia only by submitting copies of documents that can prove family relations, including marriage certificate, birth certificate and other documents, or documents that can prove guardianship or entrusted guardianship.
The Russian Ministry of foreign affairs also said that if there is no visa exemption agreement between the country or region where the family members of an alien holding permanent residence status in Russia and the Russian Federation, the alien should apply to the Russian Ministry of internal affairs, and then handle the invitation letter through the Ministry of internal affairs before the consulate can handle a private visa for his family members.
The Consular Department of the Russian Ministry of foreign affairs recalled that since the government of the Russian Federation issued a comprehensive ban on the entry of foreigners of all nationalities on March 16, 2020, it has received a large number of feedback from foreigners holding permanent residence status in Russia and their close relatives through social networks. According to these feedback, the Russian Ministry of foreign affairs has started the revision of the ban. Before that, only the families of Russian citizens were eligible to enter Russia.