If an FMS officer requires you to present documents confirming that you are a citizen of Russia, you should know what rights you have. The law protects the inhabitants of the Russian Federation, and if you become a citizen, then no one has the right to take away your citizenship, except for the court. How to protect yourself from oppression?
Instructions
Step 1
The main document of the Russian Federation confirming identity and citizenship is a passport. If you have one, no questions about citizenship should arise at all. It is much more difficult to prove your rights if you do not have a passport or the document is incorrectly executed. Also, identity documents are a birth certificate, an international passport, a diplomatic passport.
Step 2
If you have lost your passport, and the FMS staff require you to confirm your citizenship, contact the house administration at the place of registration. Get a date stamped registration certificate and contact the passport office. Since you had a permanent registration, it means that you were a citizen of Russia. After paying the due fine, you should be given a new document without any problems.
Step 3
If one of the parents is not a citizen of the Russian Federation or was not a citizen of the Russian Federation at the time of the birth of the child, this does not give the officials the right to refuse the child to issue a passport. If only the mother or only the father are citizens of Russia, then upon reaching the age of 14, the child must be given a passport confirming Russian citizenship. True, in this case it is necessary that the birth certificate be issued on the territory of Russia.
Step 4
Under the new law, you can prove that you are a citizen of Russia with the help of a Soviet passport. The registration mark in the Soviet passport will confirm that you have lived in Russia for the last 5 years, and this will allow you to be recognized as a citizen.
Step 5
If your passport is taken away, saying that it was issued illegally, seek qualified legal assistance. It will be very difficult to prove anything on your own, and you may be forced to pay a huge fine or even be deprived of your citizenship, although this can be officially done only by a court decision. Fight for your rights to prove your citizenship and not be left without a Russian passport.
