PRP for highly qualified professional

PRP for highly Qualified Professional.

Foreign citizens who have arrived in Russia to work for a company that has invited them and issued a work permit as a "highly qualified specialist" (HQS) and all accompanying members of the HQS family are entitled on a preferential basis to receive a residence permit in the Russian Federation, without obtaining the transitional status of an EHR. (Temporary residence permit).

Price for receiving PRP

Having obtained the status of a PRP, "highly qualified specialist" (HQS), he is now entitled to obtain Russian citizenship. In case a foreign citizen is not going to renounce his citizenship and receive the citizenship of Russia, his residence permit can be extended for the duration of the working contract.

Duration of residence permit on the basis of the CSU

The residence permit, obtained on the basis of a work permit from a highly qualified specialist, is issued for the duration of the work permit of the HQS. In the event of termination of the employment contract, the residence permit obtained under the CSU will also be cancelled 30 days after termination of the contract, or the foreign national will have the opportunity to conclude a new employment contract with the new employer within this period.

Benefits of the PRP Residence Permit

This status of residence permit gives advantages only to the category of foreign citizens who are eventually going to obtain citizenship of Russia. Also, the employer receives some advantages by avoiding the responsibility when a "highly qualified specialist" is registered at his company (high fines, minimum wage level, etc.). Also, with the great advantage of a residence permit obtained on the basis of the HCC, It is possible to register all your relatives, even those who are not close, and grant them the status of a residence permit, which can later be changed to citizenship. Russia

If a highly qualified foreign specialist wishes to have a "full" (i.e. independent of the contract with the employer) residence permit, he should obtain a GNP in general terms, that is, first go through the procedure for obtaining an EVP and only after one year apply for an EVP, or following another option, work 2 years as a highly qualified employee and eventually be eligible to receive TPS, like all other categories of foreign citizens.