Federal Migration Service

Federal Migration Service of the Russian Government
FMS of Russia

Abbreviation

FMS

Logo of the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Government

Flag of Federal migratory service, 2007

Agency overview

Formed

June 14, 1992

Preceding agencies

OVIR, Department of Visas and Immigration
Passports and Visas Service of MVD
Migration Committee

Dissolved

5 April 2016

Superseding agency

Directorate for Migration Affairs of MVD

Legal personality

Governmental: Government agency

Jurisdictional structure

Federal agency

RUS

Governing body

Government of Russia

General nature

Operational structure

Headquarters

Upper Radishchevskaya Street 4 D. str. 1, Tagansky District in Moscow, Russia

Elected officer responsible

Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of Russia

Agency executive

Konstantin Romodanovsky, Director

Parent agency

Government of Russia

Child agency

Immigration Control Directorate

Notables
Anniversary	June 14

Website

http://www.fms.gov.ru/

The Federal Migration Service (Федеральная миграционная служба, ФМС России) was a federal law enforcement agency responsible for implementing the state policy on migration and also performing law enforcement functions, functions for control, supervision and provision of public services in the field of migration. The Federal Migration Service was responsible for the issuing of Russian international passports, resident registration and immigration control in Russia.^[1] Headquartered in Moscow, FMS was charged with the investigation and enforcement of over 500 federal statutes within the Russian Federation. FMS is led by a Director who is appointed by the Prime Minister of Russia.

FMS was the one of the largest investigative agency in the Russian government, following the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, Investigative Committee of Russia and the FSKN.

The Russian Federal Migration Service was created in June 14, 1992 replacing the Migration Committee of the Ministry of Labor and Employment. The service was established on basis of Governmental Decree No. 740 from September 22, 1992.

On April 5, 2016 the FMS was dissovled, and its functions and authorities are transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs

History

The Russian Federal Migration Service was created in June 14, 1992, replacing the Migration Committee of the Ministry of Labor and Employment.

In 1999, President of Russia Boris Yeltsin signed a Decree to dissolve the FMS and reestablish it as Ministry for Federation Affairs, Nationalities and Migration Policy.

In 2001 the Ministry was dissolved and its functions were transferred to the MVD.

In February 23, 2002 President Putin organized the establishment of the Department for Migration Affairs under the MVD.

On July 19, 2004 President Putin signed a decree to reestablish the Federal Migration Service. The service was reorganized in its current form by Presidential Decree № 928 of July 19, 2004 "Issues of the Federal Migration Service".^[2]

The territorial organs of tre FMS of Russia were established on January 1, 2006, bringing together the Passport and Visa Service and the Immigration Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Until 2012, the service was under the jurisdiction of the MVD. From 2012 til 2016, FMS was under direct subordinate of the Russian Government.^[3]

Structure

Law Directorate
Directorate for Analytic organization
Directorate for Immigration Control (Управление иммиграционного контроля)
Directorate for Citizenship Affairs
Office for immigrants
Directorate for organization of visas and registration
Directorate of external labor migration
Directorate for organization of passports and registration of public accounting
Department of International and Public Affairs
Directorate of Compatriots Affairs
Inspection and Accountability Office
Financial and economic Affairs
Department of organizing activities for mobilization training
Center fof citizens, passport and visas issues
Center for Logistics
Information Center
Centers for temporary accommodation of displaced persons
Centers for Medical and psychological rehabilitation of displaced persons
Department for Base material and technical resources
Center for temporary accommodation of immigrants
Training Center
Federal State Institution "Center for detention of persons subject to readmission"

Professional holiday

Since 2007, June 14 is the official Day of the worker of the Migration Service in the Russian Federation.

Directors of the Federal Migration Service

No.		Term of Office	President(s) served under
1.	Tatyana Regent^[4]	July 1992 - February 1999	Boris Yeltsin
2.	Andrey Chernenko	3 June 2004 — July 20, 2005	Vladimir Putin
2.	Konstantin Romodanovsky	July 20, 2005 — April 5, 2016	Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev

References

↑ Resolution of the Government of Russia from July 13, 2012, № 711
↑ Presidential Decree № 928 of July 19, 2004 'On the Federal Migration Service' on Kremlin website
↑ Presidential Decree "On Federal Migration Service", Official FMS Website
↑ as the director of the Migration Department in the Interior Ministry.

External links

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International agencies comparable to FMS

Links to related articles

Law enforcement in Russia

Investigative Committee Ministry of Internal Affairs Police Traffic Police Dept. National Guard of Russia National Guard Forces OMON SOBR Naval Service Federal Protective Service Presidential Security Service Federal Security Service Federal Drug Control Service Border Guard Service Federal Migration Service Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation Federal Penitentiary Service

Government of the Russian Federation

Offices subordinated to the President of Russia

Ministry of Internal Affairs	Police of the Russian Federation Internal Troops

Ministry for Affairs of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief	Russian State Fire Service State Inspectorate for Small Ships

Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Agency of CIS affairs

Ministry of Defence	Service of Military-Technical Cooperation Service of Technical and Export Control Service for Defence Contracts Agency of Special Construction

Ministry of Justice	Federal Penitentiary Service Service of Court Bailiffs

Presidential Services and Directorates	Foreign Intelligence Service Federal Security Service Federal Drug Control Service of Russia Federal Protective Service Special Communications Service State Courier Service Chief Directorate of Special Programs of the President Federal Financial Monitoring Directorate of the President

Offices subordinated to Government of Russia head by the Chairman

Ministry of Health	Service of Supervision in the Sphere of Public Health Services Medical and Biologic Agency

Ministry of Culture	Federal Archival Agency

Ministry of Education and Science	Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Education and Science Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks Agency of Education Agency of Science and Innovation Federal Youth Agency

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment	Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring Service of Supervision in Sphere of Wildlife Management Agency of Water Resources Agency on the use of Mineral Resources

Ministry of Industry and Trade	Agency of Technical Regulation and Metrology

Ministry of Regional Development (–2014)

Ministry for Development of Russian Far East

Ministry of Crimean Affairs (-2015)

Ministry of Communications and Mass Media	Agency of Communication Agency on Information Technologies Federal Agency on Press and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media

Ministry of Agriculture	Service of Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision Agency of Forestry Agency of Fisheries

Ministry of Sport

Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities

Ministry of Transport	Federal Service of Supervision of Transport Air Transport Agency Road Agency Agency of Railway Transport Agency of Sea and River Transport

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs	Federal Service for Labour and Employment

Ministry of Finance	Federal Tax Service Service of Insurance Supervision Service of Financial-Budgetary Supervision Treasury

Ministry of Economic Development	Agency for State Reserves Agency for State Property Management State Statistics

Ministry of Energy	Russian Energy Agency

Governmental committees, services and agencies	Federal Migratory Service Federal Antimonopoly Service Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare Service for Hydrometeorology and the Monitoring of the Environment Federal Customs Service Service of Ecological, Technological and Nuclear Supervision Service on Tariffs Federal Financial Monitoring Service Financial Market Service Federal Space Agency Agency for Deliveries of Military and Special Equipment of Material Means Agency on the Arrangement of the State Boundary Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography

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