ARMENIAN LABOR MIGRANTS PLANNING TO HEAD TO RUSSIA SHOULD BE AWARE OF CHANGES IN ITS IMMIGRATION LAW
YEREVAN, December 16. / ARKA /. A senior official of Armenia's State
Migration Service has urged today Armenian labor migrants planning to
head to Russia to learn about latest changes made to its immigration
laws.
Speaking at a news conference Marina Alaverdian, head of the migration
policy of the agency, said a set of recent changes made by Russian
parliament to its immigration law ban the entry of some Armenian
citizens to that country.
According to Armenia's State Migration Service, in the first quarter
of 2014 some 230,000 citizens of Armenia were registered by Russian
Federal Migration Service at their place of staying, another 15,000 had
permanent residence permits and over 10,000 acquired the citizenship
of Russia.
She also said the treaty on Armenia's accession to the Eurasian
Economic Union (EEU) entering into force on January 1, 2015,
allows citizens of Armenia to enter the territory of the Russian
Federation and work there without work permits if they have employment
contracts. According to her, the rights of citizens of Armenia are
equaled to the rights of Russian citizens.
The National Assembly of Armenia on December 4 ratified the agreement
on the country's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union. It was
also ratified by Russian parliament on December 10. Kazakhstan and
Belarus are expected to do so by the end of the year.-0-
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YEREVAN, December 16. / ARKA /. A senior official of Armenia's State
Migration Service has urged today Armenian labor migrants planning to
head to Russia to learn about latest changes made to its immigration
laws.
Speaking at a news conference Marina Alaverdian, head of the migration
policy of the agency, said a set of recent changes made by Russian
parliament to its immigration law ban the entry of some Armenian
citizens to that country.
According to Armenia's State Migration Service, in the first quarter
of 2014 some 230,000 citizens of Armenia were registered by Russian
Federal Migration Service at their place of staying, another 15,000 had
permanent residence permits and over 10,000 acquired the citizenship
of Russia.
She also said the treaty on Armenia's accession to the Eurasian
Economic Union (EEU) entering into force on January 1, 2015,
allows citizens of Armenia to enter the territory of the Russian
Federation and work there without work permits if they have employment
contracts. According to her, the rights of citizens of Armenia are
equaled to the rights of Russian citizens.
The National Assembly of Armenia on December 4 ratified the agreement
on the country's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union. It was
also ratified by Russian parliament on December 10. Kazakhstan and
Belarus are expected to do so by the end of the year.-0-
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