The procedure for obtaining a new and old child passport
Only one of the parents or an official guardian can receive the document; trusted persons and family members cannot do this.Only a parent or guardian can apply for a passport for a child under one year oldPhoto: Getty To obtain a passport for children under one year old, the following documents are required:
- application form from parents to the child for issuing a passport;
- a bank receipt for payment of a state fee in the amount of 1 thousand or 1.5 thousand rubles - you can find out the payment details on the websites of the Federal Migration Service of Russia in your area of residence;
- the Russian passport of the applicant and his copy;
- the original and a copy of the metric, a stamp on citizenship;
- children's photos 4 pcs.
A child's regular passport is valid for 5 years.If you make a biometric document, its validity period is twice as long - 10 years. You do not need to paste a new photo into it. If you travel across the border with this document, when the child grows up and is unrecognizable in the passport photo, border guards may ask for a birth certificate. It should contain a mark on the issuance of the passport with its details.
Receipt of a document through the State Services
There are two ways to get a passport -personal visit to the FMS and on the State Services website. To obtain a document through the website, you must register on the State Services portal, log in to your personal account, order the service, and fill out a number of forms. A brief description of the procedure for obtaining a passport through the website:
You can pick up the completed document at the FMS office you specified. If the child is leaving the country with a relative, without parents, a power of attorney must be drawn up at a notary.