1. Choose the American Village location on our website, which you would like to be part of. As of now only "Big Water" in Istra, Moscow Region, is available.
2. Contact us and we will speak with you over a telegram or yandex telemost call, to discuss everything in detail and make sure you know what you are getting for your money.
3. Sign the required legal papers in order to purchase the home and land.
4. Send the funds to make the initial downpayment to purchase the land and start the first phase of construction the cost of the land + 50% of the cost to build the home. You can check the available ways to fully legally transfer money here. You can pay for everything 100% at this stage if you like.
5. Then construction begins. You will need to provide power of attorney to represent you if you are not in Russia.

• Passports - please make sure that the passport has enough empty pages in it to obtain the visa and arrival stamps in it. (4 or 5 free pages)
• Apostilled birth certificates of all family members
• Apostilled marriage certificate
• You will need to apply for a Russian visa in the Russian consulate in your country for each family member that will be coming to Russia.
• Apostilled criminal record or police check from the country of your citizenship. Please note that it is valid for 90 days from the moment of issue, so it is advisable to request one near to departing for Russia.

1. Upon arrival in Russia you and all of your family members will need to register at the address of stay within 7 working days. In the case of staying at a hotel, the hotel will do the registration. If you will be staying at an apartment, it’s the landlord that has to do the registration. It is advisable to try and find an apartment before arrival with a landlord that will agree to register you, many of them are NOT eager to do so.
2. Within 3 months of arrival you and all family members regardless of age will have to pass medical examinations and adults will need to be fingerprinted.
3. Adult family members will eventually have to pass a Russian language test. It is very basic and we can help you get through it.
4. We will help you file for the quota for temporary residency in the region where the relevant American Village is located.
5. Once the quota is approved, we will aid you in filing for temporary residency.
6. Then go collect the temporary residency and visa after 4-4.5 months from the moment of filing.
7. After 8 months of residing in Russia based on your temporary residency permit, you can then apply for permanent residency.
8. Your permanent residency can be collected after 4-4.5 months from the moment of filing.

• Applying for the Migration Quota is $500 USD per person.
• Then applying for a Temporary Residency Permit is $1000 USD per person.
• This legal support is seperate from the cost of the land + house!

This project provides for full legal support for you along your path way from arrival in Russia to getting your Temporary Residency Permit allowing you to start a new life in Russia. Doing this on your own with no assistance is dooming yourself to failure. This support will be provided by famous immigration lawyer Timur Beslangurov.

You can start construction for 50% of the cost to build the home + the cost of the land. Then after that you can pay the next 25% and final 25% at your own pace. This is common practice in Russia to build things in phases. We can also help you apply for a mortgage at local banks, however with the war on and your foreign status we cannot guarantee success with any mortage program.

Does buying or building a house in a country its fair share of con artists, when you don’t have a source of income or any knowledge of the local language and building codes, sound like a good idea? Of course it isn’t! Ee can guarantee you a solid home from a solid construction company, otherwise you'll get sold a lemon of a house or live in a commie-block apartment and that's not the life style you came for!