Support for repatriates in the Chechen Republic

BY DECREE dated December 19, 2025, No. 276 “On providing social support measures to compatriots participating as repatriates in the State Program to Assist the Voluntary Resettlement to the Russian Federation of Compatriots Living Abroad,” the Head of the Chechen Republic established that social support measures apply to compatriots and their family members participating in the State Program as repatriates.

The Decree applies to legal relations arising from September 8, 2025.

In order to create conditions that encourage resettled compatriots to settle permanently in the Chechen Republic, the Subprogram provides for the implementation of measures aimed at assisting with the social integration of State Program participants and their family members, and helping them find employment.

State Program participants and their family members are entitled to: 
➖ receive state employment services in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.
➖ receive social services in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation (in education, healthcare, and social protection).

➡️Under the Subprogram, State Program participants and their family members who have arrived in the Chechen Republic from abroad, as well as persons recognized as refugees in the Russian Federation or granted temporary asylum who have become State Program participants, are reimbursed for the costs of undergoing the medical examination required for foreign citizens to obtain a temporary residence permit or residence permit in the Russian Federation.

The conditions for receiving reimbursement are:

➖ relocation of State Program participants and their family members to the Chechen Republic and their registration, in accordance with the established procedure, at their place of residence (stay) in the Chechen Republic;

➖ possession of a valid State Program participant certificate;

➖ completion by State Program participants and their family members of the medical examination required to obtain a temporary residence permit and residence permit in the Russian Federation, at medical organizations in the Chechen Republic.

The reimbursement amount is based on actual expenses incurred, but may not exceed 2 500 rubles per State Program participant and 2 500 rubles per each family member.

➡️State Program participants and their family members are entitled to reimbursement of the state duty for issuing a certificate recognizing foreign education and/or foreign qualifications and/or a certificate recognizing an academic degree or academic title obtained in a foreign country.

The reimbursement amount is based on actual expenses incurred, but may not exceed 5 500 rubles per State Program participant (family member).

➡️State Program participants and their family members who plan to start business activities in the Chechen Republic and/or are current entrepreneurs in the Chechen Republic are entitled to consulting, informational, and educational support through the “My Business” center.

➡️State Program participants and their family members receive state support in establishing and developing peasant (farmer) enterprises, as provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic.


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Information about the State Program on general terms