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After this page you will know what the first year involves: paperwork, costs, study or work, and who to ask.
The first year is mostly paperwork, housing and language, in that order. This path covers what registration and permits actually involve, what a month costs in Moscow and outside it, studying and working legally, and what people who moved here say about the parts that surprised them. Their experience is theirs, not a guarantee.
The path
- 01The first yearRegistration, housing and the order things happen in.
- 02What it costsRent, food and transport with check dates.
- 03StudyingAdmission, quotas and student paperwork.
- 04Working and businessCompany forms, banking and the practical steps.
- 05Foreign residents on cameraPeople already doing it, in their own words.
- 06Find peopleAsk someone who moved a year before you.
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