Is it mandatory to have a Russian citizenship stamp on a child's birth certificate in 2025 to travel to Azerbaijan?

Until 2024, a Russian citizenship stamp on a child's birth certificate was not mandatory, and it was sufficient that both parents had a note of Russian Federation citizenship in their parents' certificates. Now the legislation has changed. In 2023, Presidential Decree No. 889 of November 22, 2023, "Issues of Citizenship of the Russian Federation," was signed, according to which Russian citizens are now checked for the presence of Russian citizenship when leaving the country. And if there is no confirmation of citizenship, then in 2025 they may not be allowed through the border. The Border Service of the FSB of Russia (not customs!!!), which processes citizens at the border, has issued clarifications: Now for a trip abroad with a child under 14 years old, it is mandatory to show at border control any of the following documents:

• A stamp in the birth certificate.
• A separate insert on citizenship assignment.
• An entry of the child in the parents' passport with a stamp and signature of an FMS employee.
• The child's own passport or own passport after reaching 14 years of age.

We note that even one of the listed confirmations of citizenship is sufficient, and this really works in practice and complies with Russian legislation. In other words, it turns out that if the child has their own passport or internal Russian passport obtained upon reaching 14 years of age, or has an insert on citizenship, or is entered in your (parents') passport with the signature of an FMS employee and a stamp, then it is not necessary to put a stamp in the birth certificate even "just in case." And all the stories in chats and forums from users about not being allowed out without a stamp on the birth certificate under any circumstances – this is information that does not correspond to reality as of 2025.

To summarize, we repeat once again that the question can be answered unequivocally as follows:

• If you are traveling abroad with a child to one of the distant countries where entry is strictly by passport, and not by internal Russian passport or birth certificate, which is the vast majority of countries, then there is no need to worry about having a stamp at all, it is not required, since citizenship is confirmed by the passport.
• If you are traveling abroad with a child to one of the countries where Russian citizens can enter with an internal passport or birth certificate (currently these are Abkhazia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, South Ossetia) and the child does not have their own passport, Russian passport, insert, or is not entered in your passport with a signature and stamp, then the child must have a stamp in the birth certificate.

To put a stamp in the birth certificate, you will have to contact the FMS of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to obtain it. Usually this is done in one visit within just a few minutes, but sometimes it takes several days (depending on the workload of the FMS department). Also, stamps are placed in some MFC offices, but this takes much longer, and not all MFCs do this.

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