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

Previously, the citizenship stamp on the back of the birth certificate was not mandatory, and it was sufficient that both parents had a stamp indicating Russian Federation citizenship on their certificates. However, the legislation has now 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 confirmation of Russian citizenship when leaving the country. And if there is no confirmation of citizenship, in 2025 they may not be allowed to cross the border. The Border Service of the FSB of Russia (not customs!!!), which processes citizens at the border, has issued clarifications: Now, for a child under 14 years old traveling abroad, one of the following documents must be presented at border control:

• A stamp in 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 even one of the listed confirmations of citizenship is sufficient, and this works in practice and complies with Russian legislation. In other words, if the child has their own passport or internal Russian passport issued after turning 14, or has a citizenship insert, or is entered in your (parents') passport with an FMS employee's signature and stamp, then it is not necessary to get 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 are not accurate information as of 2025.

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

• If you are traveling with a child abroad to one of the distant countries 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, as it is not required since the passport confirms citizenship.
• If you are traveling with a child abroad to one of the countries 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 entered in your passport with a signature and stamp, then the child must have a stamp in the birth certificate.

To get a stamp in the birth certificate, you will need to contact the FMS of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to have it placed. 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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