In the ZakS of St. Petersburg in the first reading approved the rise in the cost of work for migrants

From 2027 in St. Petersburg, the labor patent for migrants will rise in price by 37.5% to 11 thousand rubles per month. The corresponding bill on November 11 in the first reading was approved by deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the city.

The regional coefficient, which reflects the peculiarities of the labor market in the Northern capital, will be set at 3.049457. Initially, this figure was planned to raise to 3.225428, because of which the patent would cost 11.5 thousand rubles.

The cost of the document is calculated by multiplying the basic advance payment (1200 rubles) by the regional coefficient and the federal index-deflator. In 2024, the coefficient was 1,597223, and the patent cost 4.6 thousand rubles. In 2025, these figures increased to 1.927525 and 6 thousand rubles, respectively, and in 2026 the cost reached 8 thousand rubles. According to the explanatory note to the document, in the Leningrad region in 2027, the price of a labor patent will remain the same as in St. Petersburg.

A work patent is a document that gives the right to work in Russia to citizens of visa-free countries that are not members of the Eurasian Economic Union. These include, for example, citizens of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan and Moldova.