Putin Orders To Fast Track Residence Permits For Foreign Finalists Of All-Russian Contests

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to develop by September 1 a mechanism to simplify the issuance of residence permits to foreign finalists of the Russia - Land of Opportunity platform's competitions, according to the list of presidential instructions published on the Kremlin's website on Saturday

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 01st May, 2021) Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to develop by September 1 a mechanism to simplify the issuance of residence permits to foreign finalists of the Russia - Land of Opportunity platform's competitions, according to the list of presidential instructions published on the Kremlin's website on Saturday.

The instructions were given following a meeting of the Supervisory board of the Russia - Land of Opportunity autonomous non-profit organization.

"The Russian government [has been instructed] to develop a mechanism for issuing residence permit under a simplified procedure to foreign citizens and persons without citizenship who are the finalists and winners of the all-Russian competitions of the Russia - Land of Opportunity platform, develop and present proposals on making the relevant amendments to legislative acts.

Deadline � September 1, 2021," the statement read.

Additionally, Putin instructed the presidential administration, interior and foreign ministries to present proposals on making amendments to legislative acts that provide for a possibility for the foreign citizens and stateless persons in question to acquire Russian citizenship via a special procedure.

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