Order No. 13579 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation "About the confirmation of administrative regulations of the performance of the state function of state civil registration of citizens of the Russian Federation living outside the territory of the Russian Federation"
A procedure to execute the state function of state civil registration of Russian citizens living outside the territory of the Russian Federation by the MFA of Russia. Within the limits of the state function, the MFA of Russia conducts the state registration of birth, marriage/divorce, adoption, establishment of paternity, name and death change; makes decisions about the change of civil registrations; re-issues certificates about state civil registration, etc. Recipients of the state function are Russian citizens living outside the territory of the Russian Federation, and also foreign citizens and stateless persons. The performance periods of state functions are provided: at a birth – on the day of submitting all proper documents at a foreign establishment; at a wedding registration - as a rule, after one month from the date of submitting the documents; at an adoption – at the day of the approach on the condition of submitting the corresponding documents. Concerning each certificate of registration, a list is presented with the necessary documents to submit. The defined list is the reason, for which the state function is not executed.