UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS: RULES FOR THE SOJOURN OF FOREIGN CITIZENS

UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS: RULES FOR THE SOJOURN OF FOREIGN CITIZENSSource: International Legal Materials, Vol. 23, No. 6 (NOVEMBER 1984), pp. 1425-1435Published by: American Society of International LawStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20692783 .

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UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS: RULES FOR THE SOJOURN OF FOREIGN CITIZENS*

RULES FOR THE SOJOURN OF FOREIGN CITIZENS IN THE USSR

[adopted 10 May 1984; entered into force 1 July 1984]

. General Provisions

1. In accordance with the Law of the USSR "On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the USSR" and other acts of legislation of the USSR, the present Rules shall determine the procedure for:

(a) the issuance to foreign citizens of authorizations for permanent residence and residence permits in the USSR;

(b) the formalizing of documents for the right of residence in the OS R to

foreign citizens temporarily sojourning in the USSR; (c) the movement of foreign citizens about the territory of the USSR and

the selection by them of a place of residence in the USSR; Cd) the effectuation of organizational measures for ensuring the fulfill

ment of the requirements provided for by the present Rules.

2. The effect of the present Rules shall extend to stateless persons who are situated in the USSR.

3. Foreign citizens who have entered the USSR shall be obliged, by the shor test route authorized by foreign citizens, to travel to the center specified in the USSR entry visa, certificate (or telegram) of invitation, tour document, or other document confirming the purpose of the trip. Persons who enjoy the rigit to enter the USSR without a visa shall go to the center designated to them by representatives of the border guard when crossing the state boundary of the USSR in accordance with the purpose of the trip.

Upon arrival at the specified center, a foreign citizen shall be obliged within 24 hours to submit his documents for registration in the procedure estab lished by the present Rules.

11. Foreign citizens situated in the USSR shall be obliged to have with them

~the foreign passports or documents replacing such which have been registered in the procedure established by the present Rules and to present them at the re quest of representatives of the competent Soviet agencies.

A foreign citizen must notify at once the receiving organization (or enter prise, ,institution) and the internal affairs agency, which at the citizen's re quest shall issue him a certificate thereof, about the loss of a foreign pass port or document replacing such.

5. Control over the observance of the present Rules shall be effectuated by internal affairs agencies.

*[Both the Rules for the Sojourn of Foreign Citizens in the USSR and

the Rules for the Transit Passage of Foreign Citizens Across the Terri

tory of the USSR, at I.L.M. page 1432, are reprinted from translations

provided by Professor William E. Butler, Director of the Centre for the

Study of Socialist Legal Systems, University College London. The offi cial Russian text appears in SP SSSR (1984), No. 21, Item 113. These Rules replace unpublished decrees of the USSR Council of Ministers

adopted between 1962-1975.]



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IL. Issuance 19. Foreign Citzens Df Authorizations

fa.Permanent Residence .a.Rsidence Permits Inh US

6. Authorizations for permanent residence and for obtaining a residence permit in the USSR shall be issued to foreign citizens by the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, union and autonomous republic ministries of internal affairs, and chief

administrations (or administrations) of internal affairs of executive committees of territory, regional, and city soviets of people's deputies in the procedure established by the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs.

7. Applications for the issuance of authorizations for permanent residence in the USSR shall be issued to foreign citizens temporarily sojourning in the USSR

through the respective local internal affairs agencies, and to persons residing abroad, through the respective diplomatic representations or consular institu tions of the USSR.

When considering the said applications, authorizations for the residence of

foreign citizens in the USSR shall be issued initially, as a rule, for a period of up to two years, and upon the expiry of that period, for permanent residence without specification of the period.

8. A residence permit in he USSR shall be issued by an internal affairs agency to a foreign citizen at his authorized place of residence for the period of validity of the foreign passport or document replacing such, but for not more than two years.

A foreign citizen shall, not later than 10 days before the expiry of the

period of the residence permit, be obliged to apply to the internal affairs agency at his place of residence for an extension of the period of validity thereof or for the issuance of a new residence permit.

9. Residence permits in the USSR for stateless persons shall be issued by internal affairs agencies to foreign citizens who upon expiry of three months from the date the validity of their foreign passports or documents replacing such expired do not submit the respective new or renewed documents.

10. A residence permit in the USSR for a stateless person, if the possessor thereof submits to internal affairs agencies a valid foreign passport or docu ment replacing such, may be replaced by a residence permit in the USSR for a foreign citizen.

11. Foreign citizens permanently residing in the USSR shall be subject in the established procedure to residence registration at the place of permanent resi dence, to residence registration or registration during a temporary arrival at the particular population center, and to departure registration when departing from the permanent place of residence, obligatorily making a personal appearance for this purpose at the internal affairs agency and submitting their residence permits and foreign passports or documents replacing such.

a im USSRt ft Freign, Citizen

12. Foreign citizens temporarily sojourning in the USSR shall reside on the territory of the USSR according to foreign passports or documents replacing such which have been registered in the procedure established by the present Rules.



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13. There shall be registered in internal affairs agencies: (a) foreign passports or documents replacing such of foreign citizens who

have arrived in the USSR for study, production practice, raising qualifications, or work in accordance with intergovernmental agreements, and their family mem

bers, as well as who have arrived in the USSR on private matters, under entry, entry-exit, or certificates (or telegrams) of invitation;

(b) foreign passports or documents replacing such of foreign citizens who have arrived in the USSR for official, trade, or social matters, and their

family members, unless such persons reside in hotels; (c) foreign (diplomatic or official) passports of personnel of the depart

ments of foreign affairs of foreign countries who have arrived in the USSR on private matters, and their family members, unless such persons reside in hotels;

(d) foreign passports or documents replacing such of foreign citizens who have arrived in the USSR for household work (as housemaids, governesses, cooks, and others) for the heads of diplomatic and consular representations, diplomatic personnel, consular officers, or workers of the apparatus of military attaches, foreign correspondents, personnel of airlines, banks, commercial and industrial firms, and other such permanent foreign representations.

14. Official cards of an established form may be issued to these citizens in individual instances by internal affairs agencies as confirmation of regis tration of the documents of foreign citizens.

15. The documents of foreign citizens who have arrived in the USSR for official, trade, or social matters, for study production practice, raising qualifications, or work in accordance with intergovernmental agreements, and likewise the issuance of visas for exit abroad and the extension of the period of sojourn in the USSR to such persons, shall be registered in internal affairs agencies on the basis of written petitions of ministries, departments, ed ucational institutions, and other organizations under whose auspices the foreign citizens have arrived in the USSR, without the personal appearance of such citizens at the internal affairs agencies.

The documents of foreign citizens who have arrived in the USSR on private matters shall be registered on the basis of visas or certificates (or telegrams) of invitation, such foreign citizens appearing personally at the internal affairs agencies. An extension of a visa for exit abroad and the period of sojourn in the USSR for such persons shall be on the basis of their written application.

The documents of the persons specified in point 13 of the present Rules, and also the issuance of visas for exit abroad and extension of the period of sojourn in the USSR for such persons, shall be registered in internal affairs agencies on the basis of written petitions of the foreign representations in the USSR, without the foreign citizens whose documents are subject to registration personally appearing at the internal affairs agencies.

The respective ministries, departments, educational institutions, and other organizations, as well as foreign representations in the USSR, shall be obliged to send the petitions specified in the present point to internal affairs agencies not later than 4I8 hours from the moment the foreign citizens have handed over the necessary documents for registration.

16. There shall be registered in hotels: (a) foreign passports or documents replacing such of foreign citizens who

reside in hotels and who have arrived in the USSR for official, trade, or social matters, treatment or leisure, as tourists, and in exceptional instances, also on private matters.



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In the event foreign citizens arrive for treatment or leisure directly at

hospitals, sanatoriums, or rest homes, the foreign passports of such persons shall be registered in internal affairs agencies.

(b) foreign (diplomatic or official) passports of personnel of departments of foreign affairs of foreign countries and members of their families who have arrived in the USSR on private matters and who are living in hotels.

17. The documents of the persons specified in point 16 of the present Rules, except for persons who have arrived on private matters, shall be registered in

hotels on the basis of written petitions of the ministries, departments, and

organizations who are receiving these persons in the USSR. The documents of persons who have arrived on private matters shall be

registered in hotels on the basis of written petitions of foreign represen tations in the USSR.

The formalization of the registration of documents for the right of resi dence in the USSR should not exceed 48 hours from the moment of the arrival of a

foreign citizen in the hotel. Documents shall be registered for the period

specified in the petitions (and the registration of documents of tourists, for the period of the tour), but within the limits of the period of validity of the visa and for not more than three months.

18. Extension of the sojourn in the USSR for a period exceeding three months and extension of an exit visa for foreign citizens whose documents have been registered in hotels shall be by internal affairs agencies on the basis of

written petitions of the ministries, departments, or organizations who 're

receiving these persons, and for those who arrive on private matters, on the

basis of written petitions of foreign representations in the USSR.

19. On the basis of reciprocity there shall be relieved from the registration of foreign passports or documents replacing such in internal affairs agencies:

(a) heads of diplomatic and consular representations, diplomatic personnel, consular officials, administrative technical and service personnel of diplomatic and consular representations, workers of the apparatus of military attaches and

trade representations and members of their families, and likewise the guests of the heads of diplomatic and consular representations, if such guests live in the residences of the heads or on the territory of the said representations;

(b) personnel of departments of foreign affairs of foreign states who have arrived in the USSR on official business and have diplomatic or official pass ports, and members of their families;

(c) deputy chairmen of the Headquarters of the Unified Armed Forces of States-Parties of the Warsaw Pact, personnel of organs and institutions of the Council of Mutual Economic Assistance and international economic organizations of member-countries of the Council of Mutual Economic Assistance, International Bank for Economic Cooperation, and International Investment Bank, and members of their families.

The documents of the persons specified in subpoints (a), (b) and (c) of the

present point shall be registered in the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs. If such persons do not reside in Moscow, then their documents shall be registered in the ministries of foreign affairs of the union republics or in diplomatic agencies of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Diplomatic, official, or consular cards shall be issued to the said per sons, or a notation made concerning registration directly on the foreign pass ports or documents replacing such, by the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs,



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union republic ministries of foreign affairs, or diplomatic agencies of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

(d) officials of the Headquarters and other agencies of administration of the Unified Armed Forces of States-Parties of the Warsaw Pact and members of their families.

In accordance with the Convention on the Legal Capacity, Privileges, and Immunities of the Headquarters and other Agencies of Administration of the Uni fied Armed Forces of States-Parties of the Warsaw Pact, the documents of these persons shall be registered by the Headquarters of the Unified Armed Forces, and the possessors thereof shall be issued special identity cards.

20. The USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the union republic ministries of foreign affairs shall be granted the right, when necessary, to register docu ments of state and public figures of foreign countries and members of their families who have arrived in the USSR on official, trade, social, or private matters, for treatment or leisure, when the ministries, departments, organi zations, or diplomatic representations receiving them so petition, and likewise to register the documents of personnel of international organizations not speci fied in point 19 of the present Rules. Foreign citizens in such instances shall be relieved from the registration of documents in internal affairs agencies and

hotels.

21. There shall be relieved from registration the foreign passports or docu ments replacing such of:

(a) the secretaries, members, and candidate members of the Central Com mittees of communist and workers' parties of foreign countries, heads of states and governments of foreign countries, members of party, party-governmental, governmental, and parliamentary delegations who have arrived in the USSR upon the invitations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union or the central committees o the union republic communist parties, the USSR Supreme Soviet, or union republic supreme soviets, the USSR Council of Mini sters, or union republic councils of ministers, the technical personnel of such delegations, and the family members of the persons enumerated;

(b) persons who have arrived in the USSR on passports issued by the United Nations;

Cc) crew members of' f'oreign warships which have arrived in the USSR in the established procedure. The coming on shore and movement on the territory of' the USSR shall be authorized f'or such persons by the senior naval (or military) head at the Soviet port (or garrison) in accordance with the plan f'or receiving the ships which have arrived.

The same procedure shall apply with respect to members of' the crews of' foreign military aircraf't which have arrived in the USSR in the established procedure;

Cd) persons who are crew members of' f'oreign nonmilitary vessels, while in Soviet ports and port cities, and when such persons during organized trips are on excursions, also in other cities of' the USSR. The coming of' such persons on shore shall be authorized by representatives of' the border guard in accordance with the rules and instructions prevailing in the particular port;

Ce) persons who are crew members of' civil aircraf't of' international air lines or brigades of' international railway trains, when in airports or in stations specif'ied in the prevailing timetable;

Cf') foreign tourists on cruises.



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22. An entry concerning registration in foreign passports or documents re

placing such of foreign citizens who have arrived in the USSR shall be made by internal affairs agencies or by the hotel administration in the Russian language and only at the place where these citizens initially arrived. An extension of the registration period shall be formalized by an appropriate entry on the same documents of the foreign citizens.

23. Foreign passports or documents replacing such of foreign citizens, except

for the documents of the persons enumerated in point 21 of the present Rules, shall not be grounds for sojourn in the USSR unless they have been registered in the established procedure.

24. Foreign citizens who have arrived in the USSR for a term exceeding one and

a half months, except for the persons enumerated in point 21 of the present Rules, and persons whose documents have been registered in hotels, shall be

subject to arrival and departure registration in internal affairs agencies at the place of residence for the registration period. Arrival registration should be formalized within not more than 72 hours from the moment of registering the

foreign passports or documents replacing such.

25. Arrival and departure registration of foreign citizens who have arrived in

the USSR for private matters shall be on the basis of registered foreign pass

ports or documents replacing such, the foreign citizens personally appearing at

the internal affairs agencies.

26. The formalization of the documents for arrival and departure registration of the foreign citizens enumerated in point 15, paragraph one, of the present Rules shall be entrusted to the ministries, departments, educational insti

tutions, and other organizations who receive these persons in the USSR.

27. The persons enumerated in points 19 and 20 of the present Rules shall, when

residing outside diplomatic and consular representations, be registered upon

arrival under the foreign passports or documents replacing such which were

registered in the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs, union republic ministries of

foreign affairs, or diplomatic agencies of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs, without the person being registered personally appearing at the internal affairs

agencies.

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28. Foreign citizens who permanently reside in the USSR or are temporarily sojourning in the USSR on private matters, including the persons specified in point 13(c) and point 16(b) of the present Rules and who wish to change their

place of residence in the USSR or temporarily to travel to another locality not specified on their residence permit, certificate (or telegram) of invitation, or entry visa shall be obliged to receive authorization therefor in internal affairs agencies at their place of residence.

29. Foreign citizens who have arrived in the USSR on official, social, or trade matters shall be authorized to visit localities provided for by the plans for teceiving such persons in the USSR and designated on the entry-exit documents. The visiting by such foreign citizens of centers not provided for by the recep tion plans and not specified in entry-exit documents shall be effectuated in accordance with the authorization of internal affairs agencies on the basis of written petitions of ministries, departments, and organizations receiving these persons in the USSR.



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30. Authorizations for a change of place of residence in the USSR, and likewise for travel to a sanatorium, rest home, on an excursion, to a place of production

practice, on private matters, and for other purposes for foreign citizens who have arrived in the USSR for study, production practice, raising qualifications, or work in accordance with intergovernmental agreements shall be issued by in

ternal affairs agencies on the basis of written petitions of ministries, depart ments, educational institutions, and other organizations who receive these

persons in the USSR.

31. The movement of persons who have arrived in the USSR as tourists shall be effectuated according to the confirmed tourist routes. Deviations from a route specified in a tour document shall be permitted only with the authorization of internal affairs agencies issued on the basis of a written petition of the tourist organizations who receive these persons in the USSR.

32. The entry, temporary sojourn, and residence of foreign citizens in a border zone or border belt, and likewise in localities closed for visits by foreign citizens, shall be prohibited except for instances when:

(a) the centers located in a border zone, border belt, or localities closed

for visits by foreign citizens have been specified in entry visas and certi ficates (or telegrams) of invitation of the foreign citizens;

(b) the foreign citizens have received a special authorization of internal affairs agencies for entry into the border zone or locality closed to visits by

foreign citizens or an authorization of the border guard for entry into the border belt.

33. The procedure for movement about the territory of the USSR of foreign citizens whose documents have been registered in the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs, union republic ministries of foreign affairs, or diplomatic agencies of

the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall be determined by special rules. The rules for movement about the territory of the USSR which prevail with

respect to personnel of diplomatic representations of the respective countries shall extend to foreign journalists accredited to the press section of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

341. Foreign citizens, including those effectuating international carraige by motor vehicle, may drive motor vehicle means of transport only along the roads open for international motor vehicle traffic.

35. Foreign citizens who have changed their place of residence in the USSR without the authorization of internal affairs agencies shall be obliged at the request of such agencies to return to their former place of residence.

36. Persons who have been invited foreign citizens to the USSR on private matters and who have provided them dwelling space shall be obliged to take measures to ensure the timely registration of the foreign passports or documents replacing such, the arrival and departure registration of such foreign citizens, and likewise to render them assistance in departing from the USSR upon the expiry of the specified period of sorjourn.

The provision by such persons of housing and means of transport to foreign citizens or rendering them other services shall not be permitted in instances when this knowlingly entails a violation of the present Rules.

In all instances of providing housing and means of transport to foreign citizens, the owners thereof shall be obliged to notify internal affairs agencies within not later than twenty-four hours.



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37. Foreign citizens shall be brought to responsibility for a violation of the

present Rules in accordance with the Law of the USSR "On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the USSR."

The question of the responsibility of the foreign citizens specified in Article 33 of the Law of the USSR "On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the USSR" shall be decided by diplomatic means.

A violation of the present Rules by persons who ensure the formalization of documents in the USSR and observance of the conditions for sojourn in the USSR of foreign citizens, or who have invited them to the USSR on private matters, and also who have rendered them services, shall entail responsibility in accord ance with USSR and union republic legislation.

RULES FOR TRANSIT PASSAGE OF FOREIGN CITIZENS ACROSS THE TERRITORY OF THE USSR

[adopted 10 May 1984; entered into force 1 July 1984]

1. In accordance with the Law of the USSR "On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the USSR," entry into the USSR and exit from the USSR of foreign citizens travelling across the territory or the USSR in transit shall be author ized according to valid foreign passports or documents replacing such when there are present transit visas issued by the diplomatic representations or consular insitutions of the USSR, unless provided otherwise by USSR legislation or by international treaties of the USSR.

2. The effect of the present Rules shall extend to stateless persons.

3. The transit passage of foreign citizens across the territory of the USSR to a country of destination by air, rail, or sea transport shall be authorized when

there are present documents valid for entry into a State adjacent to the USSR and respective travel documents with confirmation therein of the date of depar ture from the landing point on the territory of the USSR.

4. Travel across the territory of the USSR of foreign citizens by inter

national transit motor vehicles, and the transit passage thereof in passenger vehicles, shall be effectuated on the basis of inter-State agreements when there are present documents valid for entry into a state adjacent to the USSR.

5. Transit visas shall be issued without the right to stop on the territory of the USSR. In exceptional instances foreign citizens may be issued a transit visa with the right to stop at one or several centers on the territory of the USSR along the travel route to an adjacent State.

6. Foreign citizens who wish while in transit passage across the territory of the USSR to make a stop for official, trade, social, or private matters shall be obliged before arrival in the USSR to obtain not transit visas, but the respec tive visas for such instances.

7. Foreign citizens who wish while in transit passage across the territory of the USSR to make a stop for tourist purposes shall be obliged before arrival in the USSR to acquire Intourist tour documents and to have Soviet tourist visas authorizing a sojourn in specific population centers of the USSR specified in the tour document.



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8. Transit passage across the territory of the USSR without visas shall be authorized:

(a) when air transport passengers are making through flights across the territory of the USSR;

(b) when travelling on aircraft of international airlines with a landing and the passengers have documents for the right to enter the country of des tination and air tickets with a confirmed date of departure from the Soviet airport of landing, and the period of sojourn on the territory of the USSR will not exceed 24 hours. In so doing passengers shall not have the right to leave the limits of the territory of the airport specially allocated for them;

(c) for citizens of countries with which the USSR has respective inter governmental agreements.

9. Foreign citizens intending to make transit passage for tourist purposes in a personal automobile or as a member of a group on a bus shall be obliged before arrival in the USSR to acquire Intourist autotour documents and have the respec tive tourist visa specifying stopping points.

Citizens of states with which the USSR has concluded an agreement con cerning the conditions for reciprocal trips of citizens without visas shall be authorized entry into the USSR without Intourist autotour documents for transit travel across the territory of the USSR in personal automotive means of trans

port only in instances when the period of their sojourn in the USSR will not exceed 24 hours. If a lengthier period of time is required to travel along the established route to a State adjacent to the USSR, they shall be obliged before arrival in the USSR to acquire Introurist autotour documents.

10. Foreign citizens travelling across the territory of the USSR in transit shall travel while observing the present Rules to the frontier exit point from the USSR along the established route and may have stops on the territory of the USSR only in centers specified on the Soviet transit visas.

11. Foreign citizens travelling across the territory of the USSR in transit on automotive means of transport, including while making international motor vehicle carriages of freight, may travel only along the roads open for inter

national motor vehicle transport. Stops for food, rest and lodging may occur only in centers along the travel

route where there are motels, camping, or specially allocated stopping places.

12. Foreign citizens who travel in the USSR by railway, including on trains transiting across the territory of the USSR, shall have the right to get off at stations specified in the prevailing timetable while the train is at stopping places.

13. Foreign citizens who have a transit visa specifying a stop in one or several centers on the territory of the USSR for a period exceeding 241 hours shall be obliged before arrival in such centers to register their foreign passports or documents replacing such in the procedure established by the Rules for the Sojourn of Foreign Citizens in the USSR and to depart from the USSR not later than the specified period of sojourn.

141. Foreign citizens in transit who have made a forced stop on the territory of the USSR for a period exceeding 241 hours shall be obliged within the next twenty-four hours from the moment of the stop to formalize an authorization for sojourn in the USSR at internal affairs agencies.



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A forced stop may occur:

(a) during natural disasters which delay train traffic, motor vehicle transport, vessels, or aircraft;

(b) for the repair of means of motor vehicle transport damaged as a result of some parts wearing out or a road acident;

(c) in the event of illness, when in a doctor's opinion further travel by the ill person would be dangerous for his health. In this event family members may remain with the ill person, or accompanying persons travelling with him;

(d) during delays in connections from one type of transport to another at a junction point.

A forced stop shall give foreign citizens the right to sojourn within the boundaries of the city or other population center where this occurred only until the reasons causing the forced stop have been eliminated.

The sojourn and extenstion of period of validity of transit visas shall be formalized upon the personal application of the foreign citizen, submitting a certificate of the respective Soviet organizations or institutions confirming the reasons for and duration of the delay en route.

15. A place for foreign citizens to reside during stops may be:

(a) Aeroflot hotels (for persons who are travelling by air transport); (b) Intourist hotels (for persons who are travelling by other forms of

transport); (c) the premises of accredited foreign representations when there are

present written petitions on their part indicating the specific person in the representation with whom the transit passenger is staying.

During stops the residence of foreign citizens in dormitories or private apartments shall be permitted only in exceptional instances and only with the authorization of internal affairs agencies.

16. Departure from the USSR of foreign citizens who have had a forced stop on the territory of the USSR for a period of less than 24 hours may be authorized without extending the transit visa in internal affairs agencies.

17. Foreign citizens in transit across the territory of the USSR who wish to change the travel route and border point for departure from the USSR shall be obliged to obtain authorization therefor from internal affairs agencies.

18. Foreign citizens may not be authorized entry into the USSR for transit travel across the territory of the USSR on the grounds provided for by Article 24I of the USSR Law "On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the USSR."

19. The provision to foreign citizens by citizens of the USSR of housing, means of transport, or the rendering of other services to them shall not be permitted in those instances when this knowingly entails a violation of the present Rules.

In all instances of the provision to foreign citizens of housing and means of transport the owners thereof shall be obliged to noify internal affairs agencies within not more than 241 hours.

20. Foreign citizens shall be brought to responsibility in accordance with the USSR Law "On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the USSR" for a violation of the present Rules.

The question of the responsiblity of foreign citizens specified in Article 33 of the Law of the USSR "On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the USSR" shall be resolved by diplomatic means.



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The provisions of the present Rules affecting the procedure for travel to the point of departure from the USSR, making stops during transit passage, and formalizing the respective authorizations, the selection of a place to stay

during a stop, and likewise responsibility for a violation of the Rules also shall extend to citizens of States with which the USSR has agreements on the conditions for reciprocal trips of citizens without visas.

A violation of the present Rules by persons who ensure the observance of the conditions for transit passage across the territory of the USSR of foreign citizens or who render them services shall entail responsibility in accordance

with USSR and union republic legislation.

21. Control over the observance of the present Rules shall be effectuated by internal affairs agencies.

