Temporary identity card, no passport yet

A passport is, in fact, the main document that confirms the identity of a citizen. If it is lost or stolen, the question of restoration arises. A month after submitting the application and a complete package of papers, you will be issued a new passport. But what to do while the recovery process is underway? Is there an alternative identification document? Of course it exists! This is a temporary ID. It is issued at the time of registration of the passport.

Of course, you may not need this document. And it’s up to you to decide whether you need it or not. But there are situations when you simply cannot do without it. Especially if you lead an active lifestyle and your activities involve frequent business trips and moving around the country.

Temporary identity card when replacing a passport

After submitting a package of documents necessary to restore a passport, a person can ask to be issued a temporary identity card. How long will this procedure take? By law, it is issued immediately, and it should take up to ten minutes. In addition to the main package of documents submitted to restore your passport, you will need one more photograph - specifically for a temporary certificate.

What exactly is this document? What does he look like?

The citizen's temporary identity card has its own number and is registered in the journal. On its upper side it is indicated that this is a temporary document with a limited validity period.

The inner side contains information about the citizen, his date of birth, and registration address. The person’s personal signature is immediately affixed and a photo is pasted in.

The last page has columns indicating the reasons for issuing the document and the period during which it is valid. In addition, if necessary, notes about extending the validity period are made there.

Now in more detail about the procedure.

Features of using a temporary identity card: rights and restrictions

On average, the processing time for such a document takes no more than 10 minutes. The data from the previous old passport is recorded on the ID, and a photo is also pasted in. As a final result, such an almost complete substitute can be used in such cases as:

• purchasing tickets for domestic railways and flights of the country;
• interaction with banks (money transactions, opening, closing a personal account, and other situations in which the bank requires a passport);
• interaction with the employer (to draw up an employment contract when applying for a job);
• postal money orders;
• use of notary services.

Significant restrictions in the process of using a temporary certificate include:

• impossibility of traveling outside the country and obtaining a foreign passport on its basis;
• does not document the citizen’s registration;
• impossibility of use when concluding a marriage relationship, since it does not provide a column in which a note about the registration of marriage is entered.

How to get a temporary ID card?

According to the law, a citizen has the right to receive a temporary certificate even when he has submitted documents for passport restoration at a location other than his place of registration. Such a document is also issued to those who have lost their passport or become a victim of theft.

You need to contact the FMS at your place of registration. You can use the Internet and avoid standing in lines. However, even if you used a service such as the Unified Portal of State Services when submitting an application for passport restoration, you will still have to receive a temporary identity card of a citizen of the Russian Federation from the Federal Migration Service, since such papers are issued in person. This will become possible when your application receives the accepted status on the website.

Validity period of the certificate and other nuances

A temporary identity card is equal in level to a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation. Having this document with you, you can freely move around the country, purchase tickets for various types of transport, and carry out other actions. But! The certificate does not confirm the fact of registration at the place of residence, and it is also impossible to register a residence permit using it.

In accordance with the law, a “temporary temporary residence” is issued for two months. However, the period of a temporary identity card can be extended at the request of a person. A note about this is entered in a special column on the last page.

The temporary identity card of the Russian Federation is valid only on the territory of Russia. This document will not be valid abroad, and you will not be able to leave the country using it. As soon as you receive your new passport, your ID must be returned. There is no penalty if it is lost.

The mechanism for registration and receipt by a citizen of a temporary identity card

Since the current regulations do not provide for the automatic issuance of a document intended for a temporary identity card during the period a citizen is applying for a new passport, he must notify the employees of the territorial division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, by contacting them personally, of his desire to receive such a certificate.

The procedure for obtaining a temporary certificate is extremely simple; the entire process takes about twenty minutes. After an oral application, the applicant only needs to provide his personal photograph, therefore the demands of representatives of the territorial division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to submit other documents or fill out additional applications are illegal.

After issuing the certificate (in accordance with the established form), registering it in a special journal and assigning an identification (serial) number, a temporary identity card is issued to the citizen against signature.

Purchasing tickets using an ID

So, you already know what to do when your passport is lost. You order a new document, and during the period of its registration you receive a temporary certificate. People engaged in business and forced to move from one region of the Federation to another are wondering whether there will be problems with documents when purchasing tickets. For example, what should you do if you need to fly across Russia? Is it possible to purchase a ticket with a time-based certificate and then go through the check-in procedure for the flight?

Of course available. Moreover, the airline does not have the right to refuse you this, because the ticket is issued on the basis of a document confirming the identity of a citizen of the Russian Federation. You have one. This is your temporary ID. Of course, according to the Decree of the President of Russia, a passport is the main document confirming identity, but it is far from the only one.

Of course, carriers can set their own rules, but they cannot contradict the established rules for air transportation. In addition, there are clarifications from the Ministry of Transport from 2004 that a temporary certificate certifies the identity of a citizen. This means that no airline has the right, from a legal point of view, to refuse you.

All incidents that arise for citizens with a temporary certificate are mainly related to the fact that the details of the passport that is being reissued were not indicated on the form itself. This led to people receiving refusals from organizations to carry out certain actions. There have been quite a lot of similar complaints from citizens. This issue has been considered. To enter information about your passport, you had to enter some new column, since it was not provided. To do this, it would be necessary to change the standard form.

Troublesome. And a document issued for 2 months is not worth it. Therefore, the MFS decided to enter the details of the old passport into one of the columns of the temporary certificate. This made it possible not to change the approved form itself and at the same time get out of difficult situations.

VUL and passport: what are the differences

It is believed that a temporary identity card should replace a passport if lost or reissued. However, in reality, there are many situations when presenting a VUL instead of a passport will not help in any way. Most of them are due to the fact that a temporary identity card has a much lower level of security and is easier to forge - in connection with this, the level of trust in the VUL is much lower. Let's consider such situations in more detail.

1. Bank operations. Since the temporary certificate does not contain any references to the citizen’s previous passport, bank employees may refuse to receive cash or transfer funds from previously opened accounts. Theoretically, this problem can be solved with the help of written confirmation from the FMS to the bank that the ID is genuine, but obtaining such confirmation will require time and hassle.
2. Registration at place of residence. It cannot be changed due to the fact that the temporary certificate does not provide for registration stamps.
3. Marriage registration. It will not be possible to officially create a new family if you have a temporary certificate in hand. This is due not only to the fact that the VUL form does not provide for marriage stamps, but also to the fact that before registration, civil registry office employees are required to make sure that the bride and groom are not in an existing marriage, and the temporary certificate does not contain such information.
4. Registration of a foreign passport. And this operation on the basis of only a temporary identity card is not possible.
5. Travel outside the Russian Federation. You can cross the state border only with your passport - the VUL is a substitute document exclusively on the territory of the Russian Federation.
6. Employment. There are also difficulties here, since the list of mandatory documents provided by the employee to apply for a job includes a passport. You can agree and bring it later, after receiving it, but not all employers are willing to accommodate applicants. However, in this case, you can seek protection of your rights in the labor inspectorate and in court - if you manage to get the employer to refuse to hire you in writing, indicating the lack of a permanent passport as the reason.
7. Purchasing travel tickets. Using VUL you will not be able to buy tickets for an international plane or train flight. As for domestic flights, difficulties may arise here too. Some airlines do not include a temporary identity card in the list of possible documents for passengers. The legality of this nuance can be disputed, but immediately at the time of check-in for a flight, having only a VUL instead of a passport can be an insurmountable obstacle. Rail transportation has a different feature. A temporary certificate is officially included in the list of documents accepted at the ticket office of Russian Railways, but boarding the train is possible only with the document for which the ticket was purchased. In other words, if you bought a ticket at the advance ticket office by presenting your passport, then if you lose it, you will not be able to board the train via VUL in the future - you must exchange your passport for a new one, which will indicate the number of the previous one.
8. Checking documents by police officers. In this situation, most often the presentation of the VUL should be sufficient. However, the risk that it will arouse suspicion and you will be taken to the department for additional verification is higher than if you have a passport.

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Is it possible to get a job without a passport, but with a temporary certificate?

What to do if a person wants to get a job, but his passport is being processed? After all, the recovery process can take two months. Does an employer have the right to refuse employment due to the presence of only a temporary certificate?

All labor relations are prescribed in the Labor Code of the Russian Federation. Its article 65 states that when applying for employment, a person must show a passport or other identity document. Consequently, there are no difficulties in this matter, and a citizen has the right to get a job with a certificate. Get a new passport - present it to the HR department. In cases where the employer refuses to hire you, you should request a written refusal from him, which will subsequently be reviewed by the labor inspectorate.

The procedure for obtaining a temporary identity card when replacing a Russian passport

During the period of registration of a new passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation

• in case of replacement,
• lost or
• theft

A citizen of the Russian Federation, at his request, may be issued a temporary identity card .

clause 17 of the Regulations on the passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation, approved. Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated July 8, 1997 No. 828 (as amended on November 20, 2018); clause 119 of the Administrative Regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the provision of public services for the issuance and replacement of passports of citizens of the Russian Federation, approved. By Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia dated November 13, 2017 No. 851

A citizen of the Russian Federation may need a temporary identity card, for example:

• when applying for a new job,
• choosing a medical organization providing medical care,
• receiving a pension.

Article 65 “Documents presented when concluding an employment contract” of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation; pp. 2 clause 5 of the Procedure for a citizen to choose a medical organization when providing him with medical care within the framework of the program of state guarantees of free provision of medical care to citizens, approved. By Order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of Russia dated April 26, 2012 No. 406n; pp. “a” clause 30, clause 48 of the Administrative Regulations for the provision by the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation of state services for the payment of insurance pensions, funded pensions and pensions for state pension provision, approved. By Order of the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation dated November 1, 2016 No. 600n

Taking into account that a temporary identity card is issued to a citizen of the Russian Federation upon issuance (replacement) of a passport, it is recommended to follow the following procedure to obtain it.

First, take a photo for a temporary ID

To obtain a temporary identity card, a citizen of the Russian Federation will need:

• a black and white or color photograph measuring 35 x 45 mm with a clear image of the face strictly from the front without a headdress;
• at the same time, it is allowed to present photographs in hats that do not hide the oval of the face by citizens whose religious beliefs do not allow them to appear in front of strangers without hats;
• For citizens who constantly wear glasses, photographing with glasses is mandatory;
• the eyes must be clearly visible in the photograph;
• Photos in uniform will not be accepted.

clause 38 of the Administrative Regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the provision of public services for the issuance and replacement of passports of citizens of the Russian Federation, approved. By Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia dated November 13, 2017 No. 851

Secondly, contact the authorized unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the issuance (replacement) of a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation and obtaining a temporary identity card

Depending on the grounds, a citizen has the right to apply for the issuance (replacement) of a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation:

• directly to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs,
• through the MFC State Services or
• through the Unified Portal of State Services.

pp. 10, 14 of the Regulations on the passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation, approved. Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 07/08/1997 No. 828; pp. 22, 23, 71 - 74 of the Administrative Regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the provision of public services for the issuance and replacement of passports of citizens of the Russian Federation, approved. By Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia dated November 13, 2017 No. 851

After receiving a message that:

• an application for the issuance (replacement) of a passport submitted in the form of an electronic document or through the MFC of State Services has been accepted for consideration,
• or if this application was submitted directly to the migration department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs and accepted by an authorized officer,
• at the request of a citizen and upon presentation of a photograph, he may be issued a temporary identity card;
• To obtain a temporary identity card, you must personally visit the migration department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

clause 17 of the Regulations on the passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation, approved. Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 07/08/1997 No. 828;

clause 119 of the Administrative Regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the provision of public services for the issuance and replacement of passports of citizens of the Russian Federation, approved. By Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia dated November 13, 2017 No. 851

A temporary identity card is issued to a citizen of the Russian Federation for the period of registration of a passport.

clause 17 of the Regulations on the passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation, approved. Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 07/08/1997 No. 828

In addition, in the case of:

• loss or theft of a passport issued by another migration department, and
• lack of documents confirming the citizen’s identity,
• Without opening a case of loss (theft) of a passport, a temporary identity card may be issued for a citizen’s travel to his place of residence for up to 10 days .

In this case, a temporary identity card is issued to a citizen of the Russian Federation:

• without an application for the issuance (replacement) of a passport.

clause 141 of the Administrative Regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the provision of public services for the issuance and replacement of passports of citizens of the Russian Federation, approved. By Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia dated November 13, 2017 No. 851

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Is marriage registration possible?

I would like to note that the registry office will refuse to register your marriage using a temporary identity card. And it will be legal. You will ask why? It's simple. The Family Code states that marriage is registered on the basis of a passport or other identity document. But, on the other hand, when registering a union, they put a corresponding stamp in the passport.

Where should I put it on my temporary ID? Such an action is simply not intended. The passport may have a stamp indicating divorce or marriage. Without it, you will not be able to confirm or deny information. And the registry office employee is obliged to check whether you are married even when submitting the application. This means that the only option is to wait for the passport to be issued.

So it turns out that, whatever one may say, a temporary identity card has certain limitations, although at some point in time it certifies who you are.

Instead of an epilogue

Let's summarize. What is a temporary identity card? When replacing a passport, another document is issued - for the period of its registration - that confirms the identity of a citizen of the Russian Federation. It is valid only in Russia. A “temporary card”, of course, does not replace a passport, and if it has actually been lost, it needs to be restored as quickly as possible.

At the same time, the holder of a temporary certificate has almost the same rights as the holder of a passport. However, there are a number of limitations that you should keep in mind to avoid any unpleasant surprises. If you have a temporary certificate, you will be able to travel around the Russian Federation, manage your deposits, etc.

But you won’t be able to use it:

1. Travel abroad. And even to those countries that do not require a passport.
2. Use the services of airlines on international flights, even if it is a flight within the Russian Federation.
3. Get married.
4. Register using this ID, since it does not confirm the fact of registration.
5. It is also not possible to issue a foreign passport using a temporary certificate.

And do not forget that obtaining a temporary certificate is your initiative. It is not a mandatory document and will not be issued automatically. To do this, you must submit an application. The whole procedure will take no more than ten minutes. And any demands of FMS employees to present other papers or their refusal to issue a certificate are unlawful. If you encounter such difficulties, you should contact the department head directly.

A certificate replacing a general passport of the Russian Federation?

The document is drawn up in accordance with current legislation in Form 2-P. This form has characteristic visual components.

Mandatory details are indicated on the inside, which include:

• number;
• Recipient's full name;
• information about the place and time of birth of the person who is the holder;
• recipient's visa;
• place of residence (address);
• photo taken according to strictly defined standards. The general requirements for photography for official documentation are taken into account.

Below are the following marks:

• name of the structure that issued the document;
• validity period of a temporary passport;
• the grounds on which registration is made;
• visa of the person who is the head of the local branch of the Federal Migration Service;
• official seal.

The section with extension of the validity period is not filled out. This is the only position in the ID that remains empty.

receive a temporary identity card when replacing your passport in a strictly defined form. The document is printed on a special form made of thick paper. The sheet size complies with the standards - 12.5 x 17.6 centimeters.