What to take with you when moving to another country?
When you reside to another country, you will be faced with the need to use specialized number of documents. Your remoteness and bureaucracy may cause you problems in completing the paperwork and procedures in your country of residence.
What documents you should take and how to draw them up.
Key Documents
- Passport. Make sure that the validity period is at least one year. You can also apply for a new passport at the Embassy of your country of citizenship abroad, but the waiting time is now about 5 months.
- Visa (if necessary). Check whether a visa is required for the country of relocation.
- For example, citizens of Belarus and Russia can enter Georgia, Kazakhstan or Turkey without a visa. As a general rule, a visa is required to enter Schengen countries. The most common type of visa is a tourist visa. Under the tourist visa conditions you will be checked for the expiry date of your visa. In case you enter a few days before the visa expiry date, you must have your return tickets, which will confirm that you will leave the Schengen area before the visa expires.
- Marriage certificate, children's birth certificate (apostilled by the civil registry office).
- Certificate of no criminal record (apostilled). The validity period is usually 3 months.
- Birth certificate (original / duplicate, with apostille of the civil registry office).
- Diploma of Education (apostilled).
- Employment contract, labour book.
- Medical records, prescriptions, vaccination certificates.
- Military ID.
- Driver's licence.
- Bank statement for the previous and current calendar years (stamped and signed by a bank employee).
- Certificate on absence of debts to the tax authority of the country of citizenship (with apostille).
- Certificate of income and tax amounts of an individual for 1 year (stamped by the tax authority and signed by the employee).
About power of attorney
Register a power of attorney for persons who remain in the country to deal with governmental authorities, manage and dispose the remaining property.
Delegation
You can make a power of attorney with power of attorney to transfer your rights to another person, which is useful if the authorised person cannot continue to act on your behalf. In this case, you will not have to register a new power of attorney yourself, but your original attorney can do so.
Deadline
Specify the duration of the power of attorney, otherwise the power of attorney may have a short duration.
Powers
The power of attorney must correctly state the powers that you grant to the authorised person. Usually, the authorities require specific wording to perform certain actions.
Recommendations for the wording of the terms of reference are provided in the appendix to the post
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Personal presence
It is important to note that not all actions can be performed by a fiduciary.
For example, in order to register at a new place of residence in the Republic of Belarus, conscripts and persons liable for military duty must first register for military service at the new place of residence. Without that it is impossible to register at the new place of residence. This action is possible only by personal appearance. This can cause a problem if you are not "discharged" from the flat and you want to sell it, and the buyer does not want the seller to keep the registration after the transaction at this address.
It is also possible to deregister minors from the place of residence only if the parents appear in person.
Restrictions on transactions
Citizens of the Russian Federation should take into account that a proxy will not be able to perform actions in his/her favour. For example, if you are considering flat’s ownership transfer to your proxy, such an action under a power of attorney is inadmissible. Also on the power of attorney cannot perform personal and legally significant actions, such as: wills, marriage contracts, employment contracts, registration of marriage, adoption of a child, etc. In this case, the power of attorney is helpful - a representative for a transaction in which he/she is restricted will issue a power of attorney for a third person who will represent the principal in this transaction with the attorney.
The documents need to be translated into the official language of the country of relocation.
Some countries require documents from the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation to be translated only by local translators. For example, documents that have already been translated in the Republic of Belarus or the Russian Federation will not be accepted by Georgian public authorities, as Georgia only recognize translations made by local translators.
Also, when a translation is notarized, the notary will stamp his or her certification in the official language where the notarisation takes place. If you need to submit the document in another country, a translation of the notarisation record itself may be required, resulting in an actual new translation and renotarisation in the country of destination.
About pets
If you are moving with a pet, you will need an international passport with all vaccinations and medications according to the country of relocation. More information about this is available in our article.
The above list provides a basic set of documents. The requirements for the list of documents depend on the basis of the relocation.
It is recommended to approach the collection of documents in advance to avoid unnecessary problems and unnecessary financial expenses.
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