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АЕБ (Association of European Businesses) is indignant by the new order of registration of the foreign specialists.

The association of the European businesses (АЕБ joints 600 companies from the countries of EU and other states) was indignant by the new order of registration of the foreign specialists and it asked to cancel it in address to the president Dmitry Medvedev.

The new order came into force from February, 15th. Before that the foreign citizens were registered in Russia by admitting party accordance to the residence location – by the address of the office or company. In the other words “domestic premise, which is not being place of residence” was understood as the place of temporary residence.

In new edition of the migratory legislation it is straightly stipulated, that the employer will not be able to register the foreign specialist for migratory registration by place of his (her) work. The place of temporary residence should be used for residing, as it is said in the law. The legislators, who made these changes, had a goal – struggle against illegal migration.

But АЕB first of all sees in this innovation infringement of the rights of the foreign specialists. The Executive director AEB Frank Shauff thinks, that changing of procedure of registration will result in limitation of the offers in the market of housing rent. Proprietors of apartments, as a rule, do not want to register renters in order to not to not inform the tax inspection. The new order will increase the cost of rent, and procedure of registration will be more bureaucratic.

«We are extremely concerned by this change, it was accepted without consultations with the representatives of international business-community in Russia », - Shauff speaks.

He is convinced, that this measure contravenes to the purpose about modernization of economy of Russia and liberalization of the migratory legislation, which was declared by the president Dmitry Medvedev. It is surprisingly, but this initiative is to be carried out on the back of efforts of the Kremlin about cancelling of visas for the Russian tourists, who are leaving in the countries of the European Union, Shauff informs.

There are no issues for concern to be seen in the Federal Migration Service. After February, 15th the company-employer keeps the right in its own name to register its worker for immigration registration, but by the address of his (her) actual residence. Residential Lease Agreement (RLA) must be a basis for this purpose. It is concluded between the foreign specialist and a landlord. Landlord can be as the company-employer as well as the third party, too (for example, the citizen of the Russian Federation).

According to the data of FMS (Federal Migration Service), in the present time there are about 4 millions labour migrants in Russia. Need of Russia in the foreign workers in 2011 was specified by the government in 1,746 million persons.