The cost of a patent will increase fourfold?

The State Duma’s Budget and Taxes Committee will consider a proposal to increase the amount of the fixed advance payment for obtaining a work patent.

The faction of the “Fair Russia – For Truth” party in the State Duma of Russia has developed a bill to raise the cost of the patent for labor migrants and sent it to the Government of Russia.

As reported by the chairman of the “Fair Russia – For Truth” party, they propose to increase the amount of the fixed advance payment that foreign citizens pay to obtain the right to work in Russia from 1200 to 4800 rubles.

Sergey Mironov is well known for his anti-migrant statements. He has previously suggested tightening migration legislation.

The bill proposes to increase the amount of the fixed advance payment for obtaining a work patent fourfold, from 1200 to 4800 rubles. The final cost of the patent, which is paid monthly, varies across cities and regions of Russia. For example, in Moscow, migrants currently pay 6600 rubles per month for a patent, and if the bill is passed, the cost will rise to 14772 rubles. This will deal a serious blow to the welfare of Tajik labor migrants, and they will face significant problems.

Representatives of the nationalist party “Fair Russia – For Truth” explain their initiative by expressing concern among Russian citizens about the increasing number of migrants in the country, the difficulty of their integration into Russian society, as well as claims that migrants have started earning more than Russian citizens.

According to official statistics, in 2022, there were more than 3 million 470 thousand migrants working in Russia, over 90% of whom were labor migrants from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan.