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REGISTERED ADDRESS
Registered address ("propiska") is the address that
the local and federal governments have on file for a particular citizen. Each
citizen has to maintain a permanent address that is considered to be his or her
"residence" for the purposes of obtaining voting registration,
passport, licenses, as well as unemployment assistance, medical policy, and and
other locally-provided social benefits. Only an actual residence can qualify for
a registered address.
Facts about registered addresses:
- Everyone's registered address is stamped on the back
of his or her passport
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- Not all citizens live at their stated registered addresses, but all
residents have to maintain ties to their registered addresses, if they want to
be able to renew their passports and other identification documents
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- Citizens who decides to permanently change a place of residence
have to file
special forms with their local governments to inform the authorities about his move,
so that his social benefits and obligations could be transferred to the new
locale.
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- After moving to a new permanent residency, the new
address information will be stamped in the citizens' passports
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- Renting an apartment does
not give the citizens a right to claim the rental apartment as their "permanent
residency."
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- People who are registered as residents at a particular address
are usually either the owners of the residence or the family members of the
owner of the residence
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- Registered residents are
responsible for the property in the eyes of the law
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- Only registered residents can sell the property
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- Citizens of Russia and Ukraine have to apply for
passport, driving licenses, and tax payer ID in the district where
they are officially registered
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