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Foreign Citizen-Merchant Seaman


A foreign citizen seafarer — seafarers who are members of the crews of non-military vessels of foreign states, in the case of going ashore and temporary stay for more than twenty-four hours on the territory of a Russian Federation port open to the entry of non-military vessels of foreign states, or a port city of the Russian Federation1.

  1. Federal Law No. 109-FZ dated 18.07.2006 "On Migration Registration of Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons in the Russian Federation", as amended on 2019-05-01, Article 20, paragraph 4 // Official Gazette of the Russian Federation. 2006. No. 30. Item 3285. ↩