Criminal record and passport: the features of obtaining a document

For a trip abroad, regardless of the purpose, be it a business trip or a vacation, a Russian citizen must receive a "foreign passport" - a foreign passport. It is a document proving the identity of its owner when leaving the country, entering it, and also while staying abroad. Getting the zagran. Passport is often associated with various problems: it takes time to collect documents, visit the necessary institutions. In addition, the complexity can deliver and such a fact as the existence of a criminal record.

What is a criminal record?

A conviction is a condition of a citizen recognized as having been convicted by a court of law of committing a crime if criminal-corrective measures (punishment) have been applied to him. In other words, if a punishment against a person is abolished, it is considered to be undesirable.

A conviction entails certain legal restrictions. This is the prohibition to engage in certain types of activities, and occupy certain positions, and travel abroad. However, even if a person has a criminal record and a passport can not be obtained, do not get upset, because the phenomenon is not permanent: the law provides for a mechanism for repaying criminal records.

Withdrawal and repayment of a criminal record

The repayment of a criminal record is a termination of its validity and cancellation of legal consequences, which is carried out automatically. Different crimes have different terms of repayment relative to the termination of execution of punishment:

• With a conditional sentence, the conviction is repaid immediately;
• With punishments (for example, fines) that are softer than deprivation of liberty - after one year;
• When convicted of crimes of a minor severity - after three years;
• When committing a serious crime - in six years;
• If the crime was particularly serious - in 8 years.

Among other things, the criminal record can be extinguished before the expiration of the specified terms in a judicial procedure in the case of impeccable behavior of the convict, and also as a result of amnesty.

It is enough to remove the previous conviction, and the passport can be obtained in the usual way. However, a citizen needs to take a certificate to the police department at the place of residence stating that his criminal record has been withdrawn (repaid). You can apply for it personally (through a representative) or through a written application (by mail). The received certificate is then to be submitted to the city GUVD to correct the data on the repayment of the criminal record.

Where to make out the passport, what documents are needed to receive it

Passport can be issued in the bodies of the FMS at the place of residence or actual residence, the Foreign Ministry and its representative offices, consular offices and diplomatic missions. In addition, you can submit an online application on the Unified Portal for the provision of public and municipal services.

"Zagranka" for people who have a criminal record, and a foreign passport for the rest of the citizens of the Russian Federation are practically not distinguished by a set of necessary documents. It will be necessary to provide:

• Russian passport;
• Originals and copies of birth certificates of children under the age of 14;
• Application for a "zagranki";
• A receipt for payment of duties and forms;
• 4 photos (necessary photo parameters must be known in advance at the place where the passport is issued);
• A certified copy or the original of the work record card;
• Men of military age - a certificate from the military registration and enlistment office;
• A certificate stating that the existing conviction has been canceled;
• And the foreign passport issued earlier (with the expired term).

The term for issuing a passport when submitting an application at the place of residence does not exceed one month, at the place of stay (when a temporary residence permit) - four months. If there is a documented need to receive a document in connection with the acute need for treatment, as well as the death of a close relative abroad, the time for issuing a passport should not exceed three days.