Address registration

Notify a change of residence within ten days of moving.

Responsible body: Passport and Residence Service, Ministry of Internal Security

Guide to this service

Everyone who lives in the ISEZ notifies a change of residence within ten days of moving. The notification is made at the Passport and Residence Service desk of the district or city office for the new address. It is free, and the new address is printed on a sticker for the back of your identity card while you wait.

Who can apply

Every resident who moves, including within the same city or district.
Children under 16 are notified by a parent, at the same visit as the parent.
Foreign nationals with a residence card, or with the receipt for a residence card application.
Residents of the tribal regions are registered temporarily, for the period of the clan council's permit.
Students living in a university hostel are registered by the university; they do not apply themselves.

What to bring

Your identity card or passport
Form PRS-3, completed and signed
Housing you own: the ownership certificate
Rented housing: the lease, registered with the Tax Service, and the owner's written consent, signed in front of the official or certified by a notary
Housing of relatives: the owner's ownership certificate, and the owner in person with his or her identity card
A hostel or staff dormitory: a letter from the administration, with its stamp
Moving from another district or city: the deregistration slip (part B of form PRS-3) stamped by your previous district office
Moving from the tribal regions: the clan council's permit, registered by the Republican Gendarmerie at the crossing point

Fees and state duty

Registration of a change of address	free
Late notification (after ten days)	fine IS 20

The fine for late notification is paid at Talasbank before the notification is accepted.

How long it takes

Notify within ten days of the date of moving. A move can be notified only after it has taken place.
Registration is made at the counter in one visit if the documents are complete.
In the online submission pilot the notification is processed in three working days.

Where to go

The Passport and Residence Service desk of your new district or city office, Monday to Friday, 9:00–13:00.
If you did not deregister before leaving, request the slip from your previous district office by registered letter, with a stamped addressed envelope.

Common reasons for refusal or return

The lease is not registered with the Tax Service.
The owner's consent is not signed at the counter or certified by a notary.
The deregistration slip from the previous district is missing.
The clan council's permit was not registered at the crossing, or has expired.

Online submission (pilot)

This service is in the e-Irad online submission pilot. Form PRS-3 can be submitted on the Applications online page instead of at the counter; the receiving body's term is 3 working days. Originals are presented when the result is collected.

Forms for this service

Notification of change of address of residence PRS-3 · PDF

Print on A4 paper and complete by hand in block capitals, in black or blue ink. Forms printed from e-Irad are accepted at every counter.

Legal basis

Residence Regulation 2010 (Regulation 2010/3) registration of residence; the ten-day period; temporary registration of residents of the tribal regions
Tax Code of the ISEZ 2009 (№ 09-11) registration of leases