Translate a Foreign Residence Permit or ID Card for Russia
Send us clear scans of both sides of your residence permit or ID card. We translate it into Russian and have a Russian notary certify the translator's signature — ready in 2-3 business days. Most important: these documents are never apostilled anywhere, so the notarized translation is the complete job.
- In-country team in Krasnodar since 2001
- Fixed quote before you pay
- No Translation Error Guarantee
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What to Send Us
- A clear scan or photo of both the front and back of your residence permit or national ID card — both sides make up one document and both must be translated
- Your full name exactly as it appears in your Russian passport or ID, so we spell it the same way in the translation
- What you need the translation for: a visa extension, housing registration, a bank account application, a residence permit renewal, or another purpose
- A phone number, email, or Telegram handle so we can reach you with any questions
Why Russia Requires Notarized Translations of Foreign Residence Permits and ID Cards
A foreign residence permit or national ID card is not a passport — it carries information a passport does not: a registered address, immigration status, permit expiry date, and in some countries a nationality or security classification. When you apply to extend your Russian residence permit, register a new address, open a bank account, or apply for citizenship, a Russian authority often asks for a certified translation of the residence permit or ID card you hold abroad. The document is foreign, the receiving office cannot read it, and an unofficial translation is not enough. Under Article 81 of the Fundamentals of Legislation on Notaries of the Russian Federation, a Russian notary certifies the signature of a translator who holds a recognized translation diploma and is registered with that notary’s office. Our translators hold those credentials, so every notarized translation we deliver meets the standard Russian authorities have learned to expect.
The Essential Rule: Residence Permits and ID Cards Fall Outside the Hague Convention
Here is the single most important fact: a residence permit or national ID card is never apostilled anywhere, because these documents fall outside the 1961 Hague Convention on the Legalization of Foreign Public Documents. No country issues an apostille for a residence permit or ID card — not the country that issued it and not Russia. This means the notarized translation of your residence permit or ID card into Russian is the complete job. There is no legalisation step before, no apostille to obtain, no consular work required. The translation alone is what you need.
The Two-Sided Card Problem: Both Sides Are One Document
A residence permit or national ID card is printed on both sides — front and back — and both sides together make up a single document. When you translate it, both sides are translated as one complete document, not as two separate pages, and both are included in the one flat price below. This is the single most common source of misunderstanding: a person sends us a photo of one side only, and we cannot start work until we see the other side, because the back usually carries data the front does not — a chip number, an address, a status code, validity dates — and all of it has to be translated in full.
The Name Spelling and Transliteration Rule
Russian authorities cross-check your documents. Your name spelling in the residence permit translation must match exactly how it appears in your passport translation, birth certificate, and all other papers in your file. We choose one consistent spelling and apply it across all your documents — this is the file standard, and we confirm it with you before we translate anything.
What the Russian Notary Certifies
Once you send clear scans, we produce a Russian translation of your residence permit or ID card and have it certified by a Russian notary registered with our office. The notary does not verify the accuracy of the translation, your immigration status, or the permit’s validity — only that the translator holding a recognized diploma signed the translation. That certified signature is what banks, landlords, and migration offices are trained to recognize as valid.
Price and Ordering
Translation of a foreign residence permit or national ID card is €39 per document, both sides and notarization included. That figure is on our pricing page alongside everything else we translate, and if you send us scans of both sides we confirm it within 2 hours during working hours — fixed before you pay, not adjusted afterwards. If you also need a Russian residence permit application checklist or another foreign document translated alongside this card, we can combine them in one order and quote accordingly.
Residence Permit / ID Card Translation — Price
Residence Permit or National ID Card Translation
€39per document, both sides
Certified Russian translation of both sides of your residence permit or national ID card, plus notarization of the translator's signature by a licensed Russian notary
2-3 business days
No Translation Error Guarantee
If a Russian authority rejects your translation because of a mistake we made — a misspelled name, a mistranslated field, a missing date or number — we redo it at no charge, on a rush basis.
Applies to our own translation and notarization work; it does not cover requirements set by the receiving office, such as pages or data it did not ask for, or a format it does not accept.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Does my residence permit or ID card need an apostille?
No. Residence permits and ID cards fall outside the Hague Convention and are never apostilled anywhere. A notarized Russian translation is the complete step — there is no apostille step.
I only have a photo of one side. Can I order?
Not yet. We need clear scans of both sides to translate the document — the price is the same flat €39 either way, but we cannot start work until we can see the back as well.
What does the notary certify?
The notary certifies that the translator holding a recognized diploma signed the translation. Russian authorities recognize this as valid; the notary does not verify the translation's accuracy or your immigration status.
How long does translation take?
Standard turnaround is 2-3 business days from the moment we receive clear scans of both sides, your name as it appears in your Russian ID, and confirmation of the purpose.
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Send scans of both sides now — you will have a fixed price and an honest deadline within 2 hours during working hours, and you pay nothing until you approve.
We are not a Russian government agency, bank, or migration service. Residence permits and national ID cards fall outside the 1961 Hague Convention and are never apostilled anywhere. A Russian notary must certify the translator's signature under Article 81 of the Fundamentals of Legislation on Notaries — this is what Russian authorities accept, not foreign certified translations on their own. We translate documents exactly as they are and cannot add information an issuing country left out. We do not decide what a specific bank, landlord, migration office, or employer requires — confirm the exact requirements with the office or person who asked for the translation before you order.
