Russia plans to introduce additional payments for migrants from CIS countries.

 

The Russian government is preparing to introduce new rules for work permits and patent payments for labor migrants arriving visa-free from CIS countries starting in 2027. This was reported by Kommersant.

 

According to the draft from the Ministry of Finance:

• Migrants will have to pay for a work permit for their minor children and other dependents as well – amounting to 50 percent of the total sum.
• Upon reaching 18 years of age, children must obtain a work permit or leave the territory of Russia if they have no other legal basis for residence.

 

In the current patent system, the base payment for personal income tax starts at 1,200 rubles per month. When regional coefficients and deflators are taken into account, it ranges from 3,400 rubles in Chechnya to 27,300 rubles in Krasnodar Krai, and amounts to approximately 10,000 rubles in Moscow.

 

The changes will expand the obligation of patent payments and strengthen income control. The tax service will check that a migrant's official income is not less than the regional subsistence minimum. For this purpose, a new data exchange mechanism will be introduced between the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Federal Tax Service: migrants' incomes will be automatically submitted every quarter, and compliance with patent renewal and residence permit requirements will be monitored.

 

These measures are being implemented to more fully account for foreign workers and bring their incomes out of the shadow economy.