Fingerprinting and medical examination

All foreign citizens (except for citizens of the Republic of Belarus and citizens having the status of temporary residence permit or residence permit) arriving in Russia since 29.12.2021 must undergo mandatory fingerprint registration, photographing and medical examination (in accordance with Federal Law No 274-FZ of 01.07.2021):

• Students, postgraduate students, trainees – within 90 days from the moment of entry into the Russian Federation
• Foreign teachers – within 30 days from the moment of entry into the Russian Federation

Order of passing:

1. Medical examination.
2. Receiving the results of the medical examination.
3. Photographing, fingerprinting.
4. Obtaining a certificate.

To undergo mandatory state fingerprint registration, photographing and medical examination, foreign nationals must apply in person to: St. Petersburg, 10-12 Krasnogo Tekstilshchika Str., lit. B (entrance 2 from the courtyard)

Working schedule:

Monday to Thursday: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Friday: 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Lunch break: 1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday: weekend

IMPORTANT: you must bring your passport, a notarized translation of your passport, a migration card and a valid registration.

Contact phones:

Tel.: +7(812) 318-01-22 – St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast branch of FSUE Passport and Visa Service

Tel.: +7(812) 318-05-67 – Unified Medical Center

According to the results, the foreign citizen receives a document confirming the passing of fingerprint registration and photographing and a certificate of acceptance of medical documents.

On the cost of services at 10-12 Krasnogo Tekstilshchika Str.:

• medical examination – 5700 rubles / 5 working days
• a photograph – 350 rubles
• dactyloscopy – free.

ATTENTION:The medical examination can be performed at the following address: St. Petersburg, 10-12 Krasnogo Tekstilshchika Str., lit. B (entrance 2 from the courtyard), or at any medical institution listed below:

The list of medical organizations authorized to issue in St. Petersburg documents confirming that a foreign citizen has no drug addiction and infectious diseases that pose a danger to others, provided by the list, to issue a certificate of absence of a foreign citizen's disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV infection) approved by the federal executive body authorized by the Government of the Russian Federation:

1. St. Petersburg State Budgetary Medical Institution “S.P. Botkin Clinical Hospital for Infectious Diseases”
2. St. Petersburg State Budgetary Medical Institution “Children’s Infectious Disease Hospital №3”.
3. North-West Research Center of Hygiene and Public Health
4. L.G. Sokolov Clinical Hospital N 122 of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency
5. St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution “Dermatovenerologic Dispensary №1”

Medical documents are valid for 12 months. After this period, foreign citizens must apply again within 30 calendar days to undergo a medical examination.

The period of temporary stay in the Russian Federation of foreign citizens is reduced if they fail to comply with the obligation to undergo mandatory state fingerprinting registration, photographing and (or) medical examination.

If as a result of a medical examination, the fact of the use of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances without a doctor's prescription or new potentially dangerous psychoactive substances is established, or it is established that these foreign nationals suffer from a disease caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV infection), the decision on undesirability of stay (residence) in the Russian Federation or the decision on non- admission to the Russian Federation is made.