Is a citizenship stamp on a child's birth certificate mandatory in 2025 to travel to Bahrain?

Previously, the citizenship stamp on the birth certificate was not mandatory, and it was sufficient that both parents had a stamp of Russian citizenship in their documents. Now the laws have 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 citizenship confirmation is lacking, they may not be allowed across the border in 2025. The Border Service of the FSB of Russia (not customs!!!), which processes citizens at the border, has issued clarifications: Now, to take a child under 14 abroad, one of the following documents must be presented at passport control:

• A stamp on the birth certificate.
• A separate insert confirming citizenship.
• The child's entry in the parents' passport with a stamp and signature from an FMS employee.
• The child's own passport or internal passport after turning 14.

Note that at least one of these citizenship confirmations is sufficient, and this works in practice and complies with Russian law. In other words, if the child has their own passport or internal Russian passport obtained at age 14, or has a citizenship insert, or is listed in your (parents') passport with an FMS employee's signature and stamp, then it is not necessary to get a stamp on 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 are inaccurate information as of 2025.

To summarize, we reiterate that the question can be answered definitively as follows:

• If you are traveling with a child to a distant country where entry is strictly by passport, 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 the passport confirms citizenship.
• If you are traveling with a child to a country where Russian citizens can enter with an internal passport or birth certificate (currently Abkhazia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, South Ossetia) and the child does not have their own passport, Russian passport, insert, or is not listed in your passport with a signature and stamp, then the child must have a stamp on the birth certificate.

To get a stamp on the birth certificate, you need to apply to the FMS of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Usually, this is done in one visit within a few minutes, but sometimes it takes several days (depending on the workload of the FMS department). Stamps are also placed in some MFC offices, but this takes much longer, and not all MFCs do it.

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