Speaker of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin reported that advance payments on personal income tax (PIT) from labor migrants in 2025 amounted to 172 billion rubles. According to the parliamentarian, this amount is 39% higher than the previous year. In total, he stated, in 2025 foreign citizens received 2.3 million patents for employment […]
Speaker of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin reported that advance payments on personal income tax (PIT) from labor migrants in 2025 amounted to 172 billion rubles.
According to the parliamentarian, this amount is 39% higher than the previous year.
In total, he stated, in 2025 foreign citizens received 2.3 million patents for employment in Russia, which is 9% more than in 2024.
The increase in the number of issued patents, as well as PIT payments from migrants, indicates a gradual move of this sector out of the shadows and an increase in the legal employment of migrants, Volodin believes.
The growth of budget revenues from patents for labor migrants continues against the backdrop of discussions about possible changes, reforms, or even the abolition of the patent system. In particular, the leader of the “Fair Russia — For Truth” party, Sergey Mironov, proposed to abandon the patent system and replace it with a mechanism for organized recruitment of foreign workers based on intergovernmental agreements.
President Vladimir Putin said, “The abolition of the patent system for migrants — we need to think about it. It is widely applied. I do not rule anything out. I will ask you to work on this together with your colleagues,” in response to the relevant proposal from the chairman of the “Fair Russia — For Truth” party, Sergey Mironov.
At the same time, despite the fact that labor migrants bring tens of billions of rubles to the Russian budget annually, their situation in the country continues to deteriorate.
In addition to regular raids and reports of the forced recruitment of migrants for the war in Ukraine, Russian deputies are considering and adopting a number of new legislative initiatives in the field of migration policy.
Thus, Speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin reported that several bills aimed at tightening migration policy have been submitted to parliament. Among the proposed measures are reducing the period during which migrants must undergo a medical examination after entering the territory of the Russian Federation from 90 to 30 days; introducing administrative liability for evasion of medical examination; and requiring medical institutions to transmit information about examination results to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Rospotrebnadzor.
Furthermore, a bill has been submitted to the relevant committee of the State Duma, according to which labor migrants will have to make advance payments not only for themselves but also for their family members who are dependent on them in Russia.