Recruitment of foreign nationals for work on an experimental basis

The Ministry of Internal Affairs plans to conduct an experiment from January 1, 2027, to December 31, 2029, on the recruitment of foreign nationals and stateless persons for work through organized recruitment.
All regions will participate, except Moscow and the Moscow Region.

The experiment will not affect foreign nationals who permanently or temporarily reside in the Russian Federation or who have moved to the country under the state resettlement program.

They plan to create 2 registers: 
➖for employers who hire foreign specialists, and 
➖for foreign nationals wishing to work in Russia.

Entries in each register will be valid for up to one year from the date the information is added. The period may be extended repeatedly.

🔹 Foreign nationals participating in the experiment are to be issued identification cards containing information about their holders. Foreign specialists will not be entitled to work for another employer, or outside the region or in a profession not specified in the register.
The Government will be able to set an annual permissible share of foreign job applicants to be hired through organized recruitment.

🔹 In the territory where the experiment is conducted, the recruitment of foreign nationals for work by other means is to be prohibited.

To maintain employment relationships with foreign nationals, the parties will have to meet the requirement to be included in the registers no later than 180 calendar days after the amendments enter into force.

Draft Federal Law “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation” (prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, project ID 02/04/12-25/00163842)