SIM CARDS FOR FOREIGNERS
Have your passport translated by a translation agency or other identity document and notarized.
To obtain a SNILS, you need to go to any MFC office in your area
You will need:
- passport or other identity document (for stateless persons)
- original certified translation of passport or other identity document (for stateless persons)
- actual email
It can take from 5 minutes to 5 days to prepare a SNILS. When your one is ready, you will receive a notification to your e-mail address.
As soon as you receive a sms-notification on readiness of SNILS, you need to go to any MFC office in your district and pick up your SNILS.
After 5-7 days from the day of receiving the SNILS, go to the MFC branch, where an employee will register you on the Gosuslugi portal.
It can take up to 14 days to confirm your account on the Gosuslugi portal. To check the status, go to your personal account.
If the entry is not confirmed, contact the MFC office in your area.
After confirming your account on the Gosuslugi portal, go to a bank office for biometrics.
You will need there:
- passport or other identity document (for stateless persons)
- Notarized translation of passport or other identity document (for stateless persons)
- SNILS
- Confirmed account on the Gosuslugi portal
- e-mail address indicated in your personal account on the Gosuslugi portal.
Follow the instructions of the bank employee: look into the camera and say a few digits.
Your biometrics will be registered immediately. You can check its status in your personal account on the Gosuslugi portal.
It can take up to 14 days to confirm your account on the Gosuslugi portal. To check the status, go to your personal account.
If the entry is not confirmed, contact the MFC office in your area.
Add your phone number in your personal account on the Gosuslugi portal. If there are any difficulties, any staff member of the operator will h yelp you out with that.