Foreign students studying at Rostov State Medical University may take part in the Program to assist the voluntary resettlement of compatriots living abroad to Russia.

The state program was approved by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated June 22, 2006, No. 637, and is designed for the participation of student compatriots.

This definition includes individuals who are connected to Russia through a common language, history, culture, and traditions — including the descendants of such individuals, former citizens of the USSR, emigrants, and those who have consciously chosen a spiritual and cultural connection with the Russian Federation.

They may take part in the program and receive a wide range of opportunities, including:

— getting Russian citizenship under a simplified procedure;

— employment in the Russian Federation for program participants and their family members without  a work permit or patent;

— the right to receive preschool, school, secondary vocational, higher, postgraduate, and additional professional education;

— the right to use free medical care within the framework of state guarantees and also  receive social services;

— financial support during the moving to the Russian Federation;

— benefits for settling in and settlement payments ;

— assistance in finding employment.

— a monthly allowance in the lack of income;

— housing subsidies.

For more detailed information, please refer to the MEMORANDUM FOR STUDENTS WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STATE PROGRAMME TO ASSIST THE VOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT OF COUSINS LIVING ABROAD TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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