At the same time, if earlier the concept of fictitious migration registration extended only to residential premises, now it also applies to cases of registration of foreign citizens at the place of stay in non-residential premises.
The following changes have been made to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: it has been established that fictitious migration accounting means:
• submission of knowingly false (false) information or documents when registering at the place of residence of foreign citizens;
• registration of foreign citizens at the place of stay in the premises without their intention to actually reside (stay) in this room;
• placement of foreign citizens without the intention of the host party to provide them with this room for actual residence (stay);
• registration of foreign citizens at the place of residence at the address of the organization in which they do not carry out labor or other activities not prohibited by the legislation of the Russian Federation in accordance with the established procedure.
The following types of liability are provided for fictitious registration at the place of residence of a foreign citizen (Article 322.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation):
• a fine in the amount of 100 thousand rubles to 500 thousand rubles or in the amount of wages or other income of the convicted person for a period of up to three years;
• forced labor for up to three years with or without deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to three years;
• imprisonment for up to three years with or without deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to three years.
The Federal Law comes into force on November 23 , 2018 .