Border, customs and veterinary control

Border control

Regulatory legal acts regulating the passage of border control at the airport: Law of the Russian Federation dated April 1, 1993 No. 4730-I "On the State Border of the Russian Federation"

• Federal Law No. 114-FZ of August 15, 1996 "On the procedure for Leaving the Russian Federation and Entering the Russian Federation"
• Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 889 dated November 22, 2023 "Issues of citizenship of the Russian Federation"
• Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation dated March 31, 2022 No. 107 "On approval of the Rules of the regime at checkpoints across the State Border of the Russian Federation".

Citizens of the Russian Federation cross the borders of the Russian Federation using valid identity documents of a citizen of the Russian Federation. The following are recognized as such:

• passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation, certifying the identity of a citizen of the Russian Federation outside the territory of the Russian Federation;
• internal Russian passport – a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation certifying the identity of a citizen of the Russian Federation on the territory of the Russian Federation (in cases established by international treaties of the Russian Federation);
• birth certificate (for minor citizens of the Russian Federation under the age of 14);
• diplomatic passport;
• service passport.

If you lose your passport abroad, contact the embassy or consulate of the country.

The grounds for invalidity of a passport, diplomatic passport or service passport are:

1. the fact that the document contains false information:
   • inconsistency of information about the personal data of the passport holder with information contained in departmental information systems;
   • inconsistency of information on the presence of citizenship of the Russian Federation with information in departmental information systems;
   • inconsistency of information about the expiration of the passport with information about the expiration of the validity period in departmental information systems;
   • inconsistency of photographic images of persons contained in departmental information systems, photos of the owner in the passport;
   • inconsistency of information about the personal data of minor children, information about which is included in the passport to the information contained in departmental information systems;
   • inconsistency of the information indicated in the stamps on crossing the state border of the Russian Federation, special marks of the border authorities of the federal security Service in the information contained in departmental information systems;
   • inconsistency of information about the personal data of the passport holder with information contained in other documents specified in part one of Article 6 of the Federal Law "On the Procedure for Leaving the Russian Federation and Entering the Russian Federation" and (or) in documents on state registration of acts of civil status.
2. the fact that the document is unusable:
   • violation of the security elements of the passport form, as a result of which it is impossible to establish the authenticity of such a form and provide protection against changes to the information printed on it;
   • damage that violates the integrity of the passport form (absence and/or wear/damage of the page or its part intended for making marks and/or entries);
   • damage to a machine-readable record;
   • damage to the electronic media;
   • the absence of a place in the passport for marking the border agency of the Federal security Service on crossing the state border of the Russian Federation and visas of foreign states;
   • photo damage;
   • violation of the algorithm for forming a machine-readable zone or the requirements for writing details;
   • making changes to the passport that are not provided for in the description of the passport forms.

Passport, diplomatic passport, service passport are subject to seizure by the FSB border agency and referral to the state body that issued the document (passport, diplomatic passport, service passport) in cases where:

• passport, diplomatic passport, service passport are invalid on the grounds provided for in subparagraphs 5-11, 14 and 15 of Part one of Article 8.1 of Federal Law No. 114-FZ of August 15, 1996;
• passport, diplomatic passport, service passport are presented by a person who is not the owner of the passport, diplomatic passport, service passport.