The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched a new digital service that allows foreigners to apply for residence and work in the country. It announced this on Wednesday on the social network X and also made available the website timetoliveinrussia.com (Time to live in Russia). TASR writes about it according to the Reuters agency.
- Russia’s Foreign Ministry launched a digital service for foreigners on Wednesday.
- The service responds to the acute shortage of labor in Russian sectors.
- The program targets foreigners with desirable skills respecting traditional Russian values.
- The website timetoliveinrussia.com first reported error four hundred and four, then it worked.
- Eligible applicants must submit an application, resume, complete an online interview within one hundred and five days.
Russia has been facing a war in Ukraine since the beginning acute labor shortage in several sectors. Hundreds of thousands joined the military, and workers were lured away from civilian businesses by the better-paying defense industry.
The country also experienced a wave of emigration from 2022, when many people left because of the tightening of political control and restrictions on civil life after the start of the war with Ukraine. The “Time to Live in Russia” program targets foreigners with “desired skills” who show “respect” for “traditional Russian values,” the ministry wrote on the X platform.
The ministry’s post linked to a website that Reuters reported on Wednesday it showed “error 404 – page not found”. On Thursday, timetoliveinrussia.com was functional.
Eligible applicants include: scientists, entrepreneurs, athletes, creative professionals, talented students and graduates, investors and other in-demand specialists. They must submit an application and a short CV, provide documents confirming qualifications, complete an online interview and then wait for a decision with a maximum of 125 days for review.
The successful applicant will assigned a personal manager to assist him with visas, border procedures and accommodation.
