The main document issued by the state for identification of any citizen of the Russian Federation throughout its vast territory is primarily a passport. Everyone who lives in Russia and has already reached the age of fourteen is required to have it, although a passport can be obtained even before reaching the indicated age.
Such a procedure as replacing a passport is carried out in the following necessary cases:
- when a citizen is twenty years old;
- when he reaches the age of forty:
- when legally changing the name, patronymic or last name, as well as the date of birth or its place:
- with a correspondingly certified gender change;
- in case of further impossibility to use this document due to its loss, damage, wear, etc .;
- upon detection of an error or inaccuracy in the entry made in the passport;
- with a radical change in the appearance of its owner.
Replacement of a passport is carried out by the territorial body of the migration service at the place of stay, residence or at the place of application of the citizen in the order determined by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. Documents and photographs are handed over within thirty days from the moment when the reason for the replacement.
Replacement of a passport, the documents for which have already been submitted to the relevant authorities, is carried out within ten days provided that it is issued at the place of residence or if the previous, lost one was received in the same unit.
Only after providing the relevant documents is the passport replaced:
1. a replacement application written in form No. 1P;
2. two photographs taken in the appropriate format;
3. documents on the basis of which a Russian passport should be replaced:
- for citizens who have reached 20 or 45 years of age - a passport that must be changed;
- for citizens who have changed their data in the manner prescribed by law - a passport that must be changed, a certificate confirming the name change, a new birth certificate, a marriage registration certificate;
- for citizens who change their passport because of the impossibility of its further use or because of a change in their appearance - a document that must be replaced
4. of all the necessary documents, on the basis of which the corresponding notes in this document will be affixed - a military ID, as well as a certificate of marriage registration, birth certificate (for children under the age of fourteen, divorce certificate, certificates confirming registration of a citizen by the specified address;
5. receipt of duty.
According to the Tax Code, the fee is 500 rubles.
If a citizen expresses a desire, then for the period during which the passport will be replaced, he will be given a temporary certificate or a certificate stating that he has been handed over all the documents for issuing a new passport.
In the event that a citizen has submitted for the replacement of a passport not a complete package of documents or his photographs do not meet the established standards, then he is invited to change them or provide missing certificates.
A citizen who permanently resides outside the borders of the Russian Federation and arrives at a place of residence in Russia can obtain a new passport on the basis of the document that certifies that he is a citizen of the Russian Federation outside our country, provided that they have the appropriate deregistration mark at the appropriate diplomatic or consular representation of their state.
Those persons who do not have the appropriate registration at their place of residence or residence have the opportunity to apply for a replacement passport to the regional visa passport office located at their place of residence.