Health Care and Insurance for Foreign Citizens

Health Care and Insurance for Foreign Citizens.

In 2005, the Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development of the Russian Federation recommended that all educational institutions that train foreign citizens must purchase voluntary medical insurance policies for all foreign students.

Students undergo regular medical examinations, and seek medical help, if necessary, at the polyclinics and clinics of the University, where they receive highly qualified medical care.

Medical care is provided on the basis of a voluntary medical insurance policy purchased at the expense of a foreign citizen's personal funds.

Foreign citizens temporarily staying and residing on the territory of the Russian Federation are required to comply with the rules for the entry and stay of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation, in particular the provisions of paragraph 5 of Article 27 of the Federal Law dated August 15, 1996 No. 114-ФЗ “On the procedure of exit from and entry to the Russian Federation” and paragraph 1 of Article 18.8 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses.

When entering the Russian Federation, a foreign citizen or a stateless person must have a contract (policy) of voluntary medical insurance valid on the territory of the Russian Federation and ensuring the provision of primary health care and specialized medical care in an emergency form for the entire period of the foreign citizen's stay in the Russian Federation.

If a foreign citizen or stateless person violates the rules of entry into the Russian Federation or of the regime of stay (residence) in the Russian Federation, this shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine in the amount of two thousand to five thousand rubles, with or without administrative expulsion from the Russian Federation.

A medical insurance policy must be purchased annually no later than 3 days after the date of entry into the territory of the Russian Federation.

Foreign citizens entering the territory of Russia are required to have medical insurance policies, and in case of their absence, immediately apply for purchasing such a medical insurance policy in insurance companies in the city of Saratov.