Russia to Hike Migration Fees Up to 12x From July 2026

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — Russia's Migration Fees Set to Surge Up to Twelvefold From July 2026 in Sweeping Cost Overhaul

Russia's State Duma has passed a package of laws sharply increasing government fees for a wide range of immigration procedures — with some charges rising more than tenfold — in a fiscal and administrative overhaul expected to generate 15.8 billion rubles annually once fully in effect.

The new tariffs are expected to take effect in July 2026, but no earlier than one month after official publication of the legislation, according to parliamentary reporting by Parlamentskaya Gazeta.

The new fee structure:

The most dramatic increase applies to citizenship applications and renunciations, where the fee rises from 4,200 to 50,000 rubles — nearly a twelvefold increase. Permanent residence permits will cost 30,000 rubles, up from 6,000, while temporary residence permits jump from 1,900 to 15,000 rubles.

Visa fees are also being revised upward: a single-entry visa will cost 2,000 rubles, while a multiple-entry visa rises to 6,000 rubles. Employers seeking to hire foreign nationals will pay 15,000 rubles for an attraction permit, with individual work permits set at 5,000 rubles. Invitations for foreign nationals will be charged at 8,000 rubles per invitee.

A new fee of 5,000 rubles is also introduced for replacement of lost, damaged, or stolen temporary residence documents.

The fiscal rationale:

Russian legislators framed the increases as partial cost recovery — compensating state agencies for verification procedures, data processing, and administrative management of migration cases. The measures are projected to generate approximately 7.9 billion rubles in the second half of 2026 alone, rising to 15.8 billion rubles per year thereafter.

Exemptions preserved:

Certain categories retain fee waivers. Participants in Russia's state resettlement program for compatriots abroad are exempt from citizenship fees, as are foreign nationals who have signed military service contracts during the special military operation and their immediate family members.

Digitization alongside the increases:

The legislation also expands digital payment options, enabling fee settlement through multifunctional service centers and the state services portal — a parallel modernization measure framed as reducing administrative friction, improving payment transparency, and limiting corruption exposure.

The fee overhaul lands with particular significance for Central Asian labor migrants — Uzbeks, Tajiks, and Kyrgyz nationals among them — who represent the largest cohort of foreign nationals navigating Russia's migration bureaucracy and for whom the cumulative cost increases across multiple document types could represent a meaningful financial burden.