Where and how to check out of the apartment: rules, procedure and order, deadlines, what is needed to check out of the apartment

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A change of place of residence haunts a person throughout his entire life. It’s not often you meet people who have lived their entire lives in one apartment. Most often, a change of residence is dictated by moving to another area, city or country.

Having settled in a new place, a person registers with the migration authority - in other words, obtains a residence permit. True, now the term “registration” has given way to a more modern definition – “registration accounting”. But before registering at a new address, you will need to check out of the apartment.

What needs to be done to check out of the apartment will be discussed in our article.

Is it possible to check out of the apartment?

The rules for deregistration and registration in Russia are regulated by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of July 17, 1995 No. 713 (as amended on May 25, 2017).

The law obliges citizens to check out if the apartment is no longer needed for living. For example, in the case of purchasing a new home in the same city or area.

At the same time, the owner of the apartment may not notify about his new residential address.

The new residential address is not indicated when:

• investing money in residential premises of a new building;
• departure for permanent residence (permanent residence) abroad;
• alienation of an apartment for debts as an object of collateral;
• sale of apartments and deregistration of temporarily registered persons.

Deregistration from an apartment occurs on the initiative of the tenant or owner being deregistered.

Where to go? Where to check out? Who should I contact?

The basis for discharge is the submission of an application along with a package of documents. The Department for Migration Issues of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is responsible for registration of citizens of the Russian Federation (as well as foreigners).

In addition, the powers are addressed to the regional branches of the State Budgetary Institution “My Documents” (formerly MFC) at the location of the property. But in the second case, the registration period will also increase. Employees of the State Budgetary Institution “My Documents” process requests within 3 days.

This adds another 3-4 days for the transfer of documents to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the place of registration of the apartment. The total time for discharge will be at least 7 working days.

Basic methods of leaving an apartment

Method number 1. Extract and registration at a new place of residence/stay

There are two options for the development of events: discharge and registration in the same city, or in different cities. The second option is much more difficult - it takes 2-3 months. You can be discharged and registered in one region within 14-30 days. Registration accounting is carried out automatically.

Deregistration occurs at the place of residence. But you can do it differently - contact the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the address of your new place of residence. The procedure is called “on request”.

This option is suitable for all those who buy or exchange apartments within the same locality (for example, the city of Moscow).

Procedure

Instructions for checking out of an apartment for registration at a new address:

1. Visit the territorial office of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at your new place of residence.
2. Inform the registrars of your intention to withdraw from one account and join another.
3. Fill out two tear-off slips of application No. 6.
4. Submit the application and documents to the responsible registrar.
5. Come at the appointed time to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and receive a passport with a stamp indicating your new place of residence.

As you can see, there is nothing complicated. However, in order not to be denied registration, you need to collect all the documents.

Required documents

Check-out from the apartment is carried out on the basis of the following documents:

• application in form No. 6;
• domestic Russian passport of the applicant;
• title document for the apartment - extract from the Unified State Register of Real Estate;
• house book (moving to a private house).

Do not forget to receive a coupon confirming the acceptance of documents for registration. Inspectors of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs only accept the original passport. The document is affixed with a stamp indicating registration at the new place of residence.

Method number 2. Extract without indicating a new address - “to nowhere”

The second option is suitable if you move to another city. It is not necessary to indicate the address of the new place of residence if the latter is not yet known. For example, a student moves to St. Petersburg to study and plans to rent housing. Consequently, he needs to obtain temporary registration by first checking out of his parents’ apartment.

It will not be possible to discharge minors without a mother or father “to nowhere.” Children have the right to live with their parents (Article 54 of the RF IC). If the latter discharge the child, they must deregister themselves.

Procedure

Instructions for discharge “to nowhere”:

1. Find out the address and opening hours of the migration office at your place of residence.
2. Make an appointment with inspectors (for example, through the State Services portal).
3. Fill out application No. 6.
4. Submit your original passport and receive an acceptance certificate.
5. Visit the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, pick up your passport and departure sheet.

Next, all that remains is to register at your new place of residence. You should not delay the procedure, otherwise the citizen will face an administrative fine - the laws are inexorable (Article 19.15.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation).

Required documents

With the second method, the candidate does not need to collect additional certificates. The list of documents for withdrawal is as follows:

• passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation;
• application in form No. 6;
• certificate of departure from the old place of residence.

It is noteworthy that the law obliges citizens to indicate the place of departure. But there is no need to rush to look for a new apartment. It is enough to write any address, even in another city. This will not affect registration records in any way.

Method No. 3. Extract by power of attorney

Legal practice knows many cases of transactions using a power of attorney. Checking out of an apartment is no exception. But in practice everything is much more complicated. Registrars are reluctant to meet powers of attorney. This creates some difficulties.

De-registration by power of attorney is possible only in the presence of compelling circumstances. Among them are:

• serving a sentence in prison;
• completing compulsory military service;
• severe illness (extremely rare).

The procedure for checking out of an apartment by power of attorney involves drawing up a permit document. The power of attorney is certified at the notary office at the place of residence of the principal. It is important to indicate in the power of attorney the fact of “extract from the apartment.” Registrars will not accept other wording. And then, the expanded powers of a not entirely honest trustee play a cruel joke on the trustee.

Procedure

Instructions for deregistration through a representative:

1. Call the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and find out if they are considering an extract by power of attorney.
2. Draw up a power of attorney and have it certified by a notary.
3. Come to the migration office.
4. Fill out the application form No. 6.
5. Provide documents and receive a coupon confirming acceptance of the application.
6. Come at the appointed time to collect your passport and certificate.

The applicant can use Method No. 1 or Method No. 2, depending on the nature of the extract.

Required documents

The list of documents for deregistration by proxy does not differ from the methods discussed above. The only addition is to attach the original notarized power of attorney.

Method number 4. Extract from the apartment on the State Services website

The difference between the remote option and the usual one is the use of the Unified Municipal and State Services portal. However, the deregistration procedure takes place in the same department of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the place of registration of the property.

Online applications are processed within 3 business days. Registrars send a response via email or SMS. In order to submit an application online, you must have a Personal Account on the State Services website. In addition, you will need to prepare electronic scanned copies of documents. In this case, the user must have their originals in their hands.

Procedure

Instructions for submitting an application for deregistration from an apartment through State Services:

1. Open the State Services website.
2. Click the Electronic Services menu and select Service Catalog.
3. Check the item “Migration Service”, then “Registration” (penultimate item).
4. Click “Get service” and confirm the processing of personal data.
5. Fill in your full name, date of birth, passport details, information about the apartment, exact address.
6. Select the nearest branch of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and click “Submit an application.”
7. Wait for a response by email or SMS.

The final step is to come to the migration office and submit the original documents. The stamp in the passport is affixed on the day of the applicant’s personal application.

Required documents

The list of documents for deregistration through State Services does not differ from the methods described above. But it is important to remember that electronic documents and their originals must match. Otherwise, inspectors of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will refuse registration.

Dates of discharge

How long does it take to check out of an apartment? How long does the procedure take?

The law does not establish exact deadlines for leaving the apartment. But there is a regulation according to which the deadlines are approximately as follows:

Extract and registration at a new place of residence	from 3 to 7 days – regular discharge; from 14 to 30 days – automatic discharge in one area; 2-3 months – discharge and registration in another city.
Extract "to nowhere"	from 3 to 7 days;
Extract through a representative	from 3 to 7 days; automatic – coincides with the first method.
Extract through the State Services website	from 3 days;

FAQ

Do I need the owner to check out of the apartment?

The procedure for discharge from housing occurs at the initiative of the applicant. The latter can be both owners and tenants. The owner's consent is not required when registering a third party. Likewise, the presence of the apartment owner is not required when applying for an extract. All work is done exclusively by the person signing out.

Do they take away your passport? How much?

The state service for deregistering persons from an apartment requires the transfer of the original passport. The identity card remains with the registrars until the documents are issued. A Russian passport is needed to affix a deregistration stamp. The corresponding stamp is also placed when registering a new place of arrival.

Is it possible to check out of the apartment for a couple of months?

Temporary deregistration from an apartment allows you to de-register and then re-register in the residential premises. The procedure is permitted for conscripts and prisoners.

You can confirm your status on the basis of a certificate from the military registration and enlistment office (conscription) or a copy of the court verdict. Documents are transferred to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs by relatives of absent persons, if the latter have already left for their place of stay.

In all cases, you must draw up an application for the consent of the persons to be deregistered + attach a notarized power of attorney.

After completing military service or serving a sentence in places of deprivation of liberty, citizens have the right to be reinstated in the registration records at their place of residence.

Certificate of discharge from place of residence

When submitting an application for deregistration from an apartment, the candidate fills out a departure form and a statistical sheet (moving abroad or renouncing Russian citizenship). When handing over the completed documents, the registrars also hand over a certificate of discharge from the place of residence - a departure slip. The certificate is valid for no more than 30 days, after which it loses legal force and requires re-issuance.

Deregistration at the place of residence will activate a 7-day period for registration of a new account. The deadline applies, in particular, to changing one permanent residence permit to another.

Violation of the law entails a fine of 2 to 3 thousand rubles (Article 19.15.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation).

Price

The procedure for deregistration is free of charge and is not subject to state duty. Expenses may be incurred when contacting a notary. For example, in the case of certification of a power of attorney. Otherwise you don't need to pay anything.

Legal assistance

A free consultation with our portal’s lawyers will help you carry out the procedure without unnecessary risks. Our specialists will advise you on the best way to check out of your apartment. We will calculate the deadlines and prepare all documents for registration with the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Independent discharge may result in a violation of the current regulations. For example, regarding the definition of the territorial migration authority.

Not everyone knows that the absence of a registration mark in the passport is an administrative offense. All this results in financial sanctions for a person. The situation is aggravated by drawing up an application in Form No. 6.

Errors and blots when filling out serve as a refusal to accept documents for discharge.

Contacting a lawyer will help you avoid common problems with the extract. Our experts are well versed in current legislation and will advise you on all issues of Housing Law.

Where and how to check out of an apartment: rules, procedure, procedure for checking out of an apartment

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Life is complex and unpredictable, even such a procedure as deregistration can be the result of completely different circumstances.

Some are moving to a new, more comfortable permanent place of residence, some have joined the army, and some are less fortunate - their discharge “to nowhere” was initiated by the owner of the premises.

Let’s find out how this procedure occurs and what documents are needed in each specific case.

Do I need the owner to check out of the apartment?

When checking out of an apartment, it is not necessary to warn the owner of your intentions, and therefore, his presence when submitting an application for deregistration is not required. However, if, when checking out of one housing, you simultaneously register in another, then you must ensure the presence of the owner of your new place of registration.

If there is a need to forcibly deregister the owner himself, this can only be done through the court. The likelihood that the judge will side with the plaintiff is negligible, since the decision in this case will contradict Article 40 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Therefore, you cannot do without the help of a good lawyer.

You will learn how to evict a person from a residential premises through a judicial procedure from this article.

Where to go, where to apply, where to check out of the apartment

To initiate the deregistration procedure, you need to fill out the appropriate application, attach the necessary documents to it and submit everything: either to the Migration Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (previously this unit was called the Federal Migration Service of Russia), or to the branch of the State Budgetary Institution “My Documents” (MFC) closest to the registration address.

The first method is preferable, since it will take three days for the employees of the State Budgetary Institution to process the request, plus it will take time to transfer the package of documents to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, that is, you will reduce the time of the entire procedure, but contacting the MFC will not save you from the need to visit the passport office.

What needs to be done to check out of the apartment

Depending on how the checkout occurs, the sequence of your actions may differ slightly. There are three ways in total:

1. Extract with subsequent registration at a new place.
2. Extract "to nowhere".
3. Extract through the State Services website (the service is provided free of charge).

After reviewing all the options, you can choose the most accurate guide to action.

Procedure and procedure

1. With simultaneous registration. At the passport office at the new place of registration, ask for an application form (form No. 6) for discharge and an application form for registration, and fill them out. Provide: Russian passport; an extract from the Unified State Register of Real Estate about the property; house register (only when registering in a private house).

   After checking the application and the authenticity of all documents, the employee takes the applicant’s passport and sets a day for receiving the document with an extract mark.

2. Extract "to nowhere". At the passport office at your current place of registration, ask for an application form (form No. 6) and fill it out.

   In the “address of new place of residence” column, you can indicate any address, even if you do not plan to register there. Provide a Russian passport. After checking the application, the employee takes the applicant’s passport and sets a day for receiving the document with a mark on deregistration.

3. Through the Gosuslugi portal (only for citizens of the Russian Federation).

   Register on the website of the Internet portal “State Services” and fill out an application for deregistration. Within three days, the application will be processed and you will receive an SMS notification about this with an already appointed date and time of reception at the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. You must come there in person and provide the originals of the documents specified in the online application.

   After checking the application and documents with the originals, you will immediately receive a corresponding stamp in your passport.

If for a number of reasons you do not have the opportunity to submit an application for deregistration from the apartment yourself, you can ask another person to do this.

But first you should visit a notary’s office and issue the appropriate power of attorney. The further algorithm of actions can be any of the three above.

Registrars are not willing to accept applications from trusted persons, even despite a correctly executed power of attorney, so choose as your assistant a person who can defend your legal rights and interests.

Documentation

In order to check out of the apartment you need to submit the following documents:

• completed application for discharge (form No. 6);
• passport of the person being discharged;
• an extract from the Unified State Register of Real Estate or a certificate of registration of property rights;
• house register (if subsequent registration in a private house is planned).

Read more about the documents that need to be provided in various special cases in this article.

Forced deregistration of a non-owner

If the owner decides to expel a person from a privatized apartment, he must obtain the appropriate court order and only then contact the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

In this case, the procedure will look like this:

• payment of state fees (legal expenses);
• collecting a package of necessary documents and other evidence of your case;
• filing a claim to remove the defendant from registration in the magistrate’s court at the location of the disputed property (to recognize the defendant as having lost the right to use the apartment);
• participation in court hearings;
• obtaining a ruling from a judicial authority;
• submitting an application to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the discharge of the defendant along with the court document in hand.

The statement of claim must be drawn up in three copies: the first for the court, the second for the defendant, the third for yourself.

Also, before going to court, you can try to reach an agreement with the defendant pre-trial. To do this, draw up a demand for eviction and ask him to sign your copy, or conduct all negotiations in the presence of two witnesses who will be able to confirm your words in court.

You can learn more about the procedure for filing an eviction request by following this link.

Documents required for court

The following must be attached to the claim:

• a copy of the applicant's passport;
• copies of all title documents for the apartment;
• a copy of the divorce certificate (if the former spouse is discharged);
• extract from the Unified State Register of Real Estate;
• receipt of payment of state duty.

How to draw up a claim correctly

The main rule is that when presenting your motivation, try to describe the situation logically and without emotional embellishment, using only those facts that you can confirm with documents or testimony.

The grounds for forced discharge may be:

• divorce;
• use of residential premises for other purposes;
• failure to comply with sanitary, fire and other requirements
• leading an antisocial lifestyle
• change of owner based on a contract of sale, exchange or donation of real estate
• long-term evasion of utility bills;
• residence of a person in another place for a long time;
• fictitious registration.

Having indicated the reason for expulsion from the apartment with reference to the available evidence, it is necessary to clearly formulate your request to the court, for example: “I ask that the rights of the former tenant to use and dispose of the living space be declared lost” or “I ask that the grounds for acquiring rights to the apartment be declared illegal and that the defendant be removed from the registration accounting" and so on.

Filing a claim

To save both time and nerves, obtain information in advance from the court about reception days and the number of the office in which incoming documents are received. In court, claims are accepted in the office. Within five days, the judge will make a decision on whether to accept the claim or leave it without consideration.

Remember that any little detail in the preparation of a document can become grounds for refusal to accept your application, so if you are not confident in your competence, it is better to entrust this work to qualified lawyers.

You can learn how to properly evict a registered person who is not the owner of the property by reading this article.

Arbitrage practice

Based on judicial practice, in most cases, when considering such property disputes, the court sides with the plaintiff, provided that the claims do not violate the legal rights and interests of the defendant or other persons.

A favorable outcome in the case is possible only if each argument in the claim is supported by evidence, which usually includes:

• various receipts and certificates;
• police reports, complaints from neighbors, documented in writing;
• audio, video recordings;
• testimony of witnesses invited to the meeting.

After the court makes a decision to discharge the defendant from the apartment, the plaintiff must take it to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

What is the price

Voluntary deregistration from an apartment by submitting an application in person or remotely through the State Services portal is free of charge.

If deregistration occurs forcibly through the court, the plaintiff must pay a state fee. In Russia, in courts for citizens it is 300 rubles.

You can learn more about what to do after receiving a court decision by reading this article.

How long does it take to check out of an apartment?

Many people are interested in information about how many days they are discharged from the apartment? The fact is that the laws do not contain information about the exact timing of deregistration.

Duration of the procedure

How long the procedure takes depends on each specific case:

1. When applying to the passport office, the statement takes up to a week, sometimes the period can be extended to 14 days.
2. It will be possible to withdraw from the place of registration by remotely submitting an application on the State Services portal or going to the State Budgetary Institution “Mom Documents” in 3-4 days.
3. Forced deregistration through the court will take 1-2 months.

Maximum term

The forced discharge procedure takes the longest when it becomes necessary to present a court order to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs as a legal basis for accepting the application for work. In this case, the legal battle may take several months.

Minimum term

A discharge “to nowhere” will take the least amount of time; usually a person manages to leave his place of registration on the day of application, but sometimes the procedure takes a week.

Do they take away your passport? How much?

When carrying out the public service of registering citizens, the passport is transferred to the registrar. The person receives the document back with a stamp on the corresponding page at the next arrival a few days later (maximum 14).

Is it possible to check out for a couple of months?

You can deregister temporarily, but only if there are good reasons. There are two of them:

1. A citizen is discharged before military service.
2. A person is deregistered at his place of registration due to serving a sentence in prison.

To confirm their status, those discharged must provide the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation with a certificate of conscription or a copy of the sentence. If it is impossible to independently initiate the discharge procedure due to the person’s departure, then his temporary discharge should be carried out only by his close relatives.

Having returned from the army or from prison, a citizen has every right to register again at his previous place of residence.

Example. Kozlov S.P. was sentenced to serve a sentence of imprisonment for a term of 6 years. His mother turned with a copy of the verdict to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and wrote an application for temporary deregistration of her son. The passport officer entered the relevant information.

His mother tried to challenge this decision in court, but her claims were not satisfied.

Is it possible to check out without a passport?

Extract is a certain procedure regulated by law, which states that in order to remove a citizen from registration, his passport is required. No registrar will accept your application for discharge without a basic identification document. But, if desired, you can find a way out of any situation.

In order to be discharged without a passport, a person wishing to be deregistered must initiate the issuance of a new document to replace the lost or expired one. Since the authorized body will not be able to carry out this process without prior discharge from your current place of residence, at the time of receipt of the new document you will be successfully discharged from the apartment.

Well, of course, minors under 14 years of age are discharged without a passport, since this document has not yet been issued to them, but they will need a passport of one of their legal representatives.

Is it possible for the owner to leave a privatized apartment?

The owner can voluntarily deregister at any time; this procedure is no different from the algorithms described in this article. But it is very difficult to forcibly deregister the owner of an apartment. To do this, you will have to go to court and present compelling arguments for the defendant’s violations.

It should be understood that the extract is in no way connected with the alienation of property, therefore, having been deregistered, the owner does not lose his rights to residential real estate and can continue to dispose of it at his own discretion.

Example. Strelova L.M. lived in an apartment with two minor children. Before selling the apartment, she was forced to check out of it and also remove minors from registration. To do this, she had to obtain the consent of the guardianship authorities, and then apply to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, where within three days she and the children were discharged.

Ways to quickly check out of an apartment

The only possible option to urgently check out in one day is to come in person to the passport office and fill out an application on form No. 6, indicating that you will register at your new place of residence later.

If you do not know the exact address of your new registration, you can indicate any street, house or apartment in your locality. This information will have absolutely no effect on anything in the future. If you are lucky and the passport office employees are not overworked, the stamp will appear in your passport within a few hours.

Need a lawyer

Issues related to leaving an apartment, despite its apparent simplicity, are quite complex and there are often cases when the help of a qualified specialist is needed. If you have such a need, be sure to contact the lawyers of our website and they will be able to advise you free of charge on all your questions.

An experienced lawyer can help you:

• issue a power of attorney to represent interests;
• collect all required documents;
• contact the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation;
• draw up the necessary statements, including a statement of claim;
• fully represent your interests in all organizations.

• Due to constant changes in legislation, regulations and judicial practice, sometimes we do not have time to update the information on the site
• In 90% of cases, your legal problem is individual, so independent protection of rights and basic options for resolving the situation may often not be suitable and will only lead to a more complicated process!

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1 star 2 stars 3 stars 4 stars 5 stars Is it possible to check out somewhere and is it necessary to come to the passport office? In the article we will talk about all possible situations and give instructions for each of them.

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Before we tell you how to check out of an apartment, we will answer the questions that are asked most often.

The concept of “registration” is now defined as registration and deregistration. Both definitions will appear in the text. We are talking about the same process.

All about how to check out of the apartment:

FAQ

Extract through MFC and FMS branches

• For those who are not registered with the military
• Instructions for military personnel

Through "State Services"

By proxy

• If you are in Russia
• If abroad

Discharge to nowhere

How to speed up the process

5 frequently asked questions about leaving housing

1. Is the presence of the owner required?

No. The owner of the property is not needed to submit an application, complete all documents and visit the Federal Migration Service. The presence and consent of the owner is required only when registering a temporary or permanent stay on its territory.  

2. How quickly do they leave the apartment?

Exact deadlines are not established by law, but there are approximate ones. Usually the process takes from 1 to 9 business days if you are in the same city and there are no nuances. Forced discharge can last several months. By proxy - from 3 to 7 days.  

3. Is it possible to deregister temporarily?

This is possible if the person is:

• In the army. You must present a passport and a certificate of conscription from the military registration and enlistment office.
• Prison. If the convicted person is registered in municipal housing, his permission is not required. In the case of privatized real estate, his written consent, a copy of the court order and an identity card will be required.

In both cases, after returning, you can restore your registration without any problems. To do this, they again contact the same department.  

4. Will they take away your passport?

It remains with the FMS representatives until the discharge stamp is affixed at the stated address. Remains with the applicant if he is in another country or city. You can ask the department for a temporary certificate - an identity card.  

5. Is there a state duty? 

Deregistration for citizens of the Russian Federation is free of charge. Only additional services are paid for. For example, issuing a power of attorney.  

In this way, you can check out of the apartment through the MFC, passport office, or local FMS department. Multipurpose centers are often a more convenient option for three reasons:

• Schedule. Many departments have short working hours or a shortened week. It can be difficult to get into them with a busy schedule. MFCs are usually open daily.  
• Possibility of applying in another city. 
• Fast processing of all paperwork. 

If you plan to register at a different address, then you don’t have to do anything in advance. The previous registration is canceled automatically as soon as the current one appears. To do this, you simply write an application in a new place. Within one locality, this will take from 14 to 30 days. When living in another city - two or three months. Sometimes things work out faster.  

For those who are not registered with the military 

In this case everything is simple. Contact the department convenient for you and fill out form No. 6 with a tear-off coupon.

Take with you originals and photocopies of your Russian passport, ownership of the apartment you are moving into, or a house register when moving to a private house.

It is not necessary to bring proof of ownership. They are needed only for those who immediately want to apply for a new registration.  

Sometimes you are asked to present a certificate of absence of utility debt.

If you are checking out automatically while already in another city or area, bring proof of ownership or bring the owner to give written consent. When the application is completed, the employee will verify all the data and inform you of the date the documents will be ready.  

Instructions for military personnel 

It can be more difficult for those liable for military service to register and be discharged. Some departments may require you to first deregister with the previous commissariat and register with the new one. According to the law, this is not necessary. But if the organization’s employees insist, but there is no time or desire to argue, act as follows:

• Visit the FMS office at your new place of residence and write application No. 6. Enter the new address at the top and the old one at the bottom.  
• Present originals and photocopies of a Russian passport, an extract from the Unified State Register or house register, a military ID or registration certificate. 

The employee will fill out card No. 9 and give it to you along with the application and other documents. Bring all this to the old military registration and enlistment office and write an application that will be given to you. Then repeat the procedure at the new military registration and enlistment office. When the department employee puts the stamps, return with the same package of documents to the FMS office to submit them for registration. In 14-30 days everything will be ready.  

Try to collect all the necessary papers at once. If something is missing, don’t worry, the department will make a request on its own. But this will delay receiving the departure certificate.  

You can apply online, but that doesn’t mean you won’t have to go anywhere. After you submit the form on the website, you will receive a notification about the time of your visit to the Main Migration Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. You must have a verified account on Gosuslugi. The conditions for obtaining it are described in detail on the website.  

If you are already registered:

• Go to the “Registration at place of residence and stay” section.
• Click the "Get Service" button on the right. 
• Enter your personal details, addresses and other information.  

At the Ministry of Internal Affairs, you will fill out another application and give the originals of the documents specified in the application. Employees will verify the information and stamp the deregistration. Everything will take three days.  

Extract by power of attorney

So, what does it take to check out of an apartment without personal presence? Let’s clarify right away that passport office employees do not like to deal with such issues, as there is a possibility of fraud.

Therefore, call there in advance and find out if they will discharge you. This usually requires good reasons.

For example, imprisonment, serious illness, being in another city or country, military service. 

Instructions for those located in Russia

• Draw up and have a simple (not general!) power of attorney drawn up and certified by a notary. It must indicate your data, the data of the representative, his powers and their expiration date.  
• Write application No. 6. The form is issued by the FMS.  
• Give both documents to your representative. 

In some cases, department employees require you to provide your passport, military ID (if you are registered with the military), a house register, or proof of ownership of a new apartment.

The last two points are optional - just indicate any address. 

If you live abroad

You can check out remotely not only from another city, but also from another country. The procedure is as follows:

• At the Russian consulate, certify the application for deregistration and a simple power of attorney. 
• Through the postal company, send both documents along with a copy of your passport and visa to your representative.

The authorized representative acts according to the same scheme as in the first case.

Let's find out whether it is possible to check out of an apartment to nowhere, and how to do it. In fact, the process is not much different from regular deregistration.

Contact the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with your identification card and fill out form No. 6, which they will give you. In addition to basic data, it indicates the reason why the person is being discharged from housing and the new address.

 Enter any - this information is not verified. 

You can also make an appointment with an inspector at State Services and wait for a notification with an appointment time. Next, proceed according to the scheme described above. Usually everything takes seven days. A week later you will receive a departure slip. It is needed to register at a new place. Its validity period is 30 days.  

Problems may arise with the discharge of military personnel and minors.

Procedure for military personnel

• Contact the FMS office with your passport and military ID. 
• Fill out application No. 6. 
• Wait for the registration to be removed/approved. 

Or:

• Fill out form No. 6, present originals and copies of the above documents.
• Receive completed card No. 9 from the employee. 
• De-register at the old military registration and enlistment office and register at the new one. You need to bring form No. 6, No. 9 and identification cards.  
• Return to the FMS office and register at your new address. 

The child cannot be discharged to anywhere - there must be living space with similar characteristics. You can deregister it only with your parents and with their consent.

The procedure may vary depending on whether the minor has a share. If it is not there, the consent of the guardianship authorities is not required.

It is enough to bring your parents’ identity cards, birth certificate, technical passport of the new apartment to the department and fill out the applications that will be given to you.

To discharge the child owner, you will need permission from the guardianship authorities. 

What is required to make a decision:

• Technical passports for both properties
• Birth certificate
• Russian passports of parents
• Proof of ownership or house register
• Statement

The application is reviewed within 14 days.

If it is approved, you need to come to the FMS with the same set of documents and permission from the guardianship. Parents or the minor himself (if he is over 14 years old) fill out all certificates. After three working days, you will be able to pick up the departure sheet.

With it, registration at the new place of residence is carried out. 

How to quickly check out of an apartment

To remove yourself from registration in one or two days, contact the appropriate department in person. Pre-collect all the necessary documents and notify the organization’s employees that you want to speed up the process. If there is a justification for urgency, present it. For example, air tickets.  

You will need a passport, application No. 6, proof of ownership of real estate (optional), a military ID if you are registered with the military registration and enlistment office.

You may be denied quick discharge even if you provide justification. But, as a rule, employees meet halfway.  

4 ways to check out of an apartment - choose yours

Article updated: May 22, 2023

Hello. Thanks to my work as a realtor, I communicate with different people very often. Naturally, I ask who works for whom.

One day a woman came to me and needed to sell her apartment. It turned out that she was a passport officer for the HOA.

I gave her a big discount for her help in completing the transaction, and now I consult with her on issues of extracting or registration. These instructions are written based on her experience.

A small addition: For a long time there are no such concepts as registering or checking out of an apartment. But only - registration at the place of residence/stay or deregistration. But they ask me precisely in old terms. That's why I indicate them in the article. This makes it simpler and clearer for readers.

Method number 1. Discharge by registration to a new place of residence or stay

Important! If you want to check out and register in one city, then it is not necessary to check out in advance. You can simply register at your new place of residence and they will discharge you from your previous apartment. But the process of discharge and registration itself usually takes 14 days and a maximum of 30 days, and if you want to register in another city, it can take 2-3 months.

Some passport offices at the new place of residence do not want to sign citizens out from their previous place of registration and will send you to sign up first, but in this case their actions are unlawful. Threaten with the prosecutor's office for arbitrariness. Usually it helps. And if you don’t want to “bother” with this situation, you can check out first - instructions below.

Instructions for citizens who are not registered with the military registration and enlistment office

If you are the owner/one of the owners of an apartment and are not registered with the military commissariat, then here are the instructions:

1. Appear at the passport office at the new place of residence, fill out an application in form No. 6 with a tear-off coupon. It is necessary to fill out both the upper part of the “Application for registration at the place of residence” and the lower tear-off slip “Application for deregistration at the place of residence” (click on the names of the applications to download a sample). Forms will be provided at the passport office, and samples of completion are also available on the information board in the passport office. At the top of the application, indicate information about the new place of residence, and at the bottom about the previous one.

   Please provide the passport office employee (I advise you to provide both originals and photocopies):

   • Russian passport;
   • a document confirming the ownership of the housing in which you want to register. Since 2017, the document that confirms ownership of any real estate is an Extract from the Unified State Register of Real Estate about the property (in our case, an apartment). Title registration certificates have now been canceled and have not been issued since July 2016. Here is a link to instructions for obtaining this extract;
   • house book if you are registering in a private house.
2. The passport office employee will check the application and submitted documents, collect the passport and set a day for its receipt. Typically, registration takes 14 days and a maximum of 30 days.
3. On the appointed day, pick up your passport with a stamp confirming your discharge from your previous place of residence and registration at your new one. You are discharged and registered.

Important! Often, passport offices claim that, before issuing an extract and registration for citizens registered with the military registration and enlistment office, they must first deregister from the previous military registration and enlistment office and register with the new one.

This is a separate topic for debate, because... According to the law, only after a change of place of residence or stay is it necessary for a person liable for military service to register with military commissariats. You can threaten to appeal to the prosecutor's office against such employees for arbitrariness.

Usually it helps.

If the passport office has agreed to handle your extract and registration, then above (click on the link) there is already a procedure in this case. But if you are denied registration and you do not want to waste your time on disputes and court, the instructions are as follows (some points are taken from the instructions above):

1. Appear at the passport office at the new place of residence, fill out an application in form No. 6 with a tear-off coupon. It is necessary to fill out both the upper part of the “Application for registration at the place of residence” and the lower tear-off slip “Application for deregistration at the place of residence” (click on the names of the applications to download a sample). Forms will be provided at the passport office, and samples of completion are also available on the information board in the passport office. In the upper part you indicate information about your new place of residence, and in the lower part about your previous place of residence.

   Provide to the passport office employee (we recommend submitting both originals and photocopies):

   • Russian passport;
   • a document confirming the ownership of the housing in which you want to register. Since 2017, the document that confirms ownership of any real estate is an Extract from the Unified State Register of Real Estate about the property (in our case, an apartment). Title registration certificates have now been canceled and have not been issued since July 2016. Here is a link to instructions for obtaining this extract;
   • military ID or certificate of a citizen subject to conscription for military service (hereinafter referred to as capital).
   • house book if you are registering in a private house;
2. The passport office employee will fill out the registration card in Form No. 9 and give it to you. You also pick up your documents along with the application in Form No. 6.
3. Next, you need to deregister at the previous military registration and enlistment office and register at the new one (if there is only one military registration and enlistment office, then simply “redirect”).
1. Contact the military registration and enlistment office at your previous place of residence and notify of your desire to be deregistered. There you sign a standard application based on the following documents: Russian passport; military ID or capital; application from the passport office in form No. 6; citizen registration card according to form No. 9.

   After signing the application, the military registration and enlistment office employee will stamp the deregistration on the military ID (or capital) and on the registration card. You have been removed from the military register.

2. It is necessary to register with the military registration and enlistment office at your new place of residence. The procedure is the same - sign the application and present: Russian passport; military ID or capital; application from the passport office in form No. 6; citizen registration card according to form No. 9; a document confirming the ownership of the housing in which you want to register. Since 2017, the document that confirms ownership of any real estate is an Extract from the Unified State Register of Real Estate about the property (in our case, an apartment). Title registration certificates have now been canceled and have not been issued since July 2016. Here is a link to instructions for obtaining this statement.

   After signing the application, the military registration and enlistment office employee will put a stamp on registration on the military ID (or capital) and on the registration card. You have registered for the military.

4. Again go to the passport office and submit : Russian Federation passport; military ID or capital letter with new registration stamps; application from the passport office in form No. 6; citizen registration card according to form No. 9; a document confirming the ownership of the housing in which you want to register; foundation agreement; house register if you are registering in a private house;
5. After checking the submitted documents, the passport office employee will take the application, citizen registration card, passport and set a day for its receipt. Typically, registration takes 14 days and a maximum of 30 days. If you are registering in a private house, then the corresponding entry will be made in the house register and a stamp will be placed.
6. On the appointed day, come to the passport office to pick up a passport with stamps confirming your discharge from your previous place of residence and registration at your new one. You are discharged and registered.

If you are going to check out and register not in your own apartment, but in the same city, then the procedure for registering in someone else’s apartment is suitable for you.

If you just need to check out “to nowhere,” for example, when selling an apartment, then the required procedure is presented below.

1. Appear at the passport office and fill out an application according to form No. 6 on deregistration at the place of residence. You can download the application form here, and a sample from here. The form will also be given at the passport office; a sample form hangs on the information board. The application will need to indicate the address of the new place of residence., moreover, you can specify any address, even if you are not going to register there. But if after discharge you will register in another place, then indicate the real address of your future registration.

   Along with the application, submit only your passport .

2. An employee at the passport office will check the application, pick up the passport and set a day for receiving it . Typically, many passport offices issue passports on the same day of application, but the processing may take a maximum of 7 days.
3. On the appointed day, come to the passport office to pick up a passport with a stamp indicating deregistration at your place of residence and a departure slip. You have been discharged. The departure slip cannot be lost; it is needed for future registration at a new address. Its validity period is maximum 30 days.

If it is necessary to discharge a minor child from the country, the process becomes a little more complicated. Follow this link to read the conditions and instructions for discharging a minor.

Important! As stated above, passport offices often require those liable for military service to first de-register with their military commissariat before being discharged. But according to the law, this requirement is unlawful, because Removal from military registration must be done within 14 days after discharge. Threaten with the prosecutor's office, because... this is arbitrariness.

If the passport office has agreed to handle your discharge, then this link already has a procedure in this case. But if the passport office employees disagree and you don’t want to waste your time on disputes and court, read the order with minor additions:

1. At the passport office, fill out an application for registration, sign the citizen registration card according to form No. 9 (filled out by the employee). After signing, pick up the application and registration card.
2. Next, you need to deregister at the previous military registration and enlistment office and register at the new one (if there is only one military registration and enlistment office, then simply notify about the change of registration). To do this, at each military registration and enlistment office, sign an application in the established form and submit: a passport; registration applications from the prescriber and from the owners; military ID or certificate of a citizen subject to conscription for military service (capital). The employee will put a stamp on removal or registration for military registration on the military ID (or capital) and on the citizen registration card.
3. Go to the passport office again, where you can hand over your applications, registration card and passport. The employee will check the submitted applications and documents, pick up the passport and set a day for its receipt.
4. On the appointed day, pick up your passport with deregistration stamps.