Saratov and Saratov Region for Relocants

Saratov Region is part of the Volga Federal District. It borders Samara, Ulyanovsk, and Penza Regions to the north; Voronezh and Tambov Regions to the west; Volgograd Region to the south; and Orenburg Region and the Republic of Kazakhstan to the east. The regional capital is the city of Saratov, 858 km from Moscow.

Saratov Region is implementing a compatriot resettlement program through 2030. Both compatriots and repatriates may participate in the State Program in this region.
The entire region is designated as a resettlement area.

The regional resettlement program provides the following support measures for compatriots:
🔹reimbursement of medical examination costs;
🔹reimbursement of participants’ costs for recognition of academic degrees, academic
titles, education and/or qualifications obtained in a foreign country;
🔹reimbursement of rent for large families and families with a child under the age of three.

Compatriots are responsible for arranging their own housing in the region.

Requirements for vocational education and work experience do not apply to compatriots from unfriendly countries or to persons recognized as refugees or granted temporary asylum in the Russian Federation. Citizens of unfriendly countries may apply to the compatriot resettlement program in the region.

📌For more details about moving to and living in Saratov Region, see our regional group

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