Federal Migration Service

Federal Migration Service of the Russian Government
FMS of Russia
Federal Migration Service of the Russian Government; FMS of Russia
Abbreviation	FMS
Agency overview
Formed	June 14, 1992
Preceding agencies	OVIR, Department of Visas and Immigration; Passports and Visas Service of MVD; Migration Committee;
Dissolved	5 April 2016
Superseding agency	Directorate for Migration Affairs of MVD
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	RUS
Governing body	Government of Russia
General nature	Civilian police;
Operational structure
Headquarters	Upper Radishchevskaya Street 4 D. str. 1, Tagansky District in Moscow, Russia
Elected officer responsible	Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of Russia;
Agency executive	Konstantin Romodanovsky, Director;
Parent agency	Government of Russia
Child agency	Immigration Control Directorate;
Notables
Anniversary	June 14;
Website
	http://www.fms.gov.ru/

The Federal Migration Service (Федеральная миграционная служба, ФМС России) was a federal law enforcement agency of Russia responsible for implementing the state policy on migration and also performing law enforcement functions, functions for control, supervision, and provision of public services in the field of migration. The Federal Migration Service was responsible for the issuing of Russian international passports, resident registration and immigration control in Russia.^[1] Headquartered in Moscow, the FMS was charged with the investigation and enforcement of over 500 federal statutes within the Russian Federation. The FMS was led by a Director who is appointed by the Prime Minister of Russia.

The FMS was one of the largest investigative agencies in the Russian government, following the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, Investigative Committee of Russia and the FSKN.

The Russian Federal Migration Service was created on June 14, 1992, replacing the Migration Committee of the Ministry of Labor and Employment. The service was established on the basis of Governmental Decree No. 740 from September 22, 1992.

On April 5, 2016, the FMS was dissolved, and its functions and authorities were transferred to the Main Directorate for Migration Affairs, part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD).

History

The Russian Federal Migration Service was created on June 14, 1992, replacing the Migration Committee of the Ministry of Labor and Employment.

In 1999, President of Russia Boris Yeltsin signed a decree to dissolve the FMS and reestablish it as Ministry for Federation Affairs, Nationalities and Migration Policy.

In 2001, the Ministry was dissolved and its functions were transferred to the MVD.

On February 23, 2002, President Putin organized the establishment of the Department for Migration Affairs under the MVD.

On July 19, 2004, President Putin signed a decree to re-establish the Federal Migration Service. The service was reorganized in its current form by Presidential Decree No. 928 of July 19, 2004 "Issues of the Federal Migration Service".^[2]

The territorial organs of the FMS of Russia were established on January 1, 2006, bringing together the Passport and Visa Service and the Immigration Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Until 2012, the service was under the jurisdiction of the MVD. From 2012 til 2016, FMS was under direct subordinate of the Russian Government.^[3]

Structure

Law Directorate
Directorate for Analytic organization
Directorate for Immigration Control (Управление иммиграционного контроля)
Directorate for Citizenship Affairs
Office for immigrants
Directorate for the organization of visas and registration
Directorate of external labor migration
Directorate for the organization of passports and registration of public accounting
Department of International and Public Affairs
Directorate of Compatriots Affairs
Inspection and Accountability Office
Financial and Economic Affairs
Department of organizing activities for mobilization training
Center for^{[clarification needed]} citizens, passport and visa issues
Center for Logistics
Information Center
Centers for temporary accommodation of displaced persons
Centers for Medical and psychological rehabilitation of displaced persons
Department for Base material and technical resources
Center for temporary accommodation of immigrants
Training Center
Federal State Institution "Center for the detention of persons subject to readmission"

Professional holiday

Since 2007, June 14 is the official Day of the worker of the Migration Service in the Russian Federation.

Directors of the Federal Migration Service

No.		Term of Office	President(s) served under
1.	Tatyana Regent^[4]	July 1992 - February 1999	Boris Yeltsin
2.	Andrey Chernenko	3 June 2004 — July 20, 2005	Vladimir Putin
2.	Konstantin Romodanovsky	July 20, 2005 — April 5, 2016	Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev