In order to start preparing for a foreign trip with confidence - to apply for a visa, buy tickets or a tour - you need to make sure that the migration authority not only made a positive decision to issue the main traveler's certificate, but also took measures for its production. Having completed all the necessary steps, you are looking forward to receiving the document and the opportunity to check the readiness of the passport will come in handy.
As stated in the Administrative Regulations, it takes 1-4 months to verify the applicant's data and produce his passport. Decisive in this matter is the place of application (at the place of permanent or temporary registration) and access to state "secrets". Of course, there is no need to worry ahead of time. But when the specified deadlines come to an end, applicants are interested in whether it is possible to find out if the passport is ready, and how to do it.
In addition, for busy people, an important criterion for choosing a verification method is the time factor. How to find out if a passport is ready or not, while spending a minimum of time? Not everyone can set aside a few hours or even a couple of days to personally appear at the GUVM unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and stand in line.
To begin with, we suggest figuring out where to find out if a passport is ready. Here are the main ways to get the information you need:
- Official website of the GUVM MIA.
- Portal of public services.
- Personal contact with an employee of the migration service unit (visit, call).
The latter method requires the presence of free time, and sometimes even patience. It must be admitted that in the high season - the period of mass submission of documents - the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are reluctant to check the readiness of the passport on the call of the applicants.
It should be mentioned that for applicants who submitted an application at Russian consular offices located abroad, there is a check of the readiness of the passport by the reference number or registration number of the document.
Checking the status of the document on the website of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
The easiest way to find out if a passport is ready is on the official website of the migration service. Information comes, so to speak, firsthand. After all, it is this body that is engaged in the consideration and approval of applications, and if we are talking about a document of the “old” format, then its production.
By clicking on the link, you will see a form to fill out. Please note that the verification of the readiness of a foreign passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation containing biometric data is carried out according to the series / number of the national identity card - an internal passport.
If we talk about a five-year "paper" document, then checking the readiness of the passport on the website of the Main Department of Internal Affairs (UFMS) is done a little differently - the applicant must enter:
- region;
- date of birth;
- number of the passport or other document on the basis of which the application was considered (for example, a birth certificate).
The agency warns that the service is intended only to obtain preliminary information: this data does not have legal significance.
It is advisable to additionally check the readiness of the passport directly at the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (UFMS). In each territorial body, you can familiarize yourself with the list of citizens whose document is ready for issuance. These lists are updated once a day and posted on the information board.
In addition, so that all efforts are not in vain, before traveling abroad, you need to find out if you have a travel ban, this will help the proven service not to fly.rf, which will provide you with information about the presence of debts on loans, fines, alimony, housing and communal services and other things, and also assess the likelihood of a ban on flying abroad.
Checking through the portal of public services
If you are interested in how to check the readiness of a passport at the State Services, we offer an easy way to stay up to date - even when submitting an application, indicate the preferred type of notification: via SMS or e-mail. The convenience of the service lies in the fact that at each stage of the process, the applicant is sent free messages about the status of the document.
After the electronic registration of the application, the system will send information on the date and time of submission of the documentation package, and as soon as the passport is ready, it will inform the time of its receipt. Therefore, checking the readiness of a new generation passport online is automatic. The applicant can only wait for timely notifications.
Is it possible to find out about the readiness of a passport through the State Services? Yes, such an opportunity exists, but only for those who have been verified and are a registered user of the service. One of the functions of a personal account is to track the progress of consideration of all your applications.
How to find out if a foreign passport is ready online if you are already registered on the Unified Portal of Public Services? To do this, you need to log in, enter your personal account by entering the password received during registration on the site and the SNILS number.
Call to GUVM
Although the Internet is spreading at an incredible speed, the elderly, and even middle-aged people, do not yet often take advantage of it. "Conservatives" can use another way to determine the status of a passport - a phone call to the migration service office where their documents were accepted. This right of a citizen is reported in clause 13 of Order No. 211 of the FMS of Russia (dated March 26, 2014). 
