Accreditation
Accreditation is authorization to engage in certain activities in a specialized area given by competent authorities.
Interdistrict Federal Taxation Service Inspection №47 in the city of Moscow currently serves as such authority (except for accreditation of credit organizations and those engaged in civil aviation).
Chamber of Commerce of Russia is also engaged in process of accreditation. It is responsible for the following:
- Authorizes the establishment of branch or representative offices of foreign chambers of commerce, mixed chambers of commerce, federations of entrepreneurs, business associations and unions.
- Provides personal accreditation of foreign employees of a branch or representative office (except for foreign employees branch or representative offices of credit organizations and those engaged in civil aviation).
- Certifies the number of foreign citizens employed in branch or representative offices of foreign organizations.
Registration procedure
- Drafting of the required applications.
- Authorization in Chamber of Commerce of Russia.
- Certification of the number of foreign citizens employed in branch or representative offices of foreign organization in Chamber of Commerce.
- Accreditation in Interdistrict Federal Taxation Service Inspection №47.
The duration of accreditation process is 2 months from the date of submission of the documents A state fee for accreditation is 120 000 Russian rubles.
A state fee for certification of the number of foreign citizens employed in branch or representative offices of foreign organization in Chamber of Commerce is 5 000 Russian rubles where there are no foreign employees and 15 000 where foreign employees are present.
The duration of certification of the number of foreign citizens employed in branch or representative offices of foreign organization in Chamber of Commerce generally does not exceed 3 working days.
With the end of accreditation process the applicant receives the following documents:
- Certificate of accreditation of a branch or representative office;
- Certificate of registration in tax inspection.