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russian citizenship by naturalization for temporary student

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bra-tac Just Starting Joined: 17 Aug 2009 Posts: 1	Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:54 am    Post subject: russian citizenship by naturalization for temporary student hey everyone. i'm a foreign student in russia,this is my first year in studies,and i intend to study 4 extra years,so after 5 years would i be able to aquire russian citienship by naturalization? by reading the conditions that apply to this option i should be able to get it,but the first condition wich seems explicit : -the person has been a PERMANENT resident of Russia for not less than 5 years. assuming that i'll get a renewable temporary student-visa for every year,and so these 5 years would not be permanent,i guess i dont meet with the prior condition!? thanks for help.
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SV1973 Just Starting Joined: 24 Aug 2009 Posts: 3 Location: Moscow	Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:40 pm    Post subject: By `should be a permanent resident`, it is meant `a person holding a permanent residence permit (vid na zhitelstvo)`. That is something different than visa`s. So, to answer your question: not possible to be naturalised based on the fact that you have lived here 5 years. First you have to apply for a temporary residence permit (quite difficult if you are out of the quota), a couple of years later for the permanent residence permit. Then after 5 years for citizenship. Not that easy as you can see.
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