The Role of Administrative Regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia on State Service Rendering in the Migration Sphere in the Modern Statutory Regulation of Migration Relationships

Abstract

The issues of accessibility and quality of the provision of public services in the field of migration are relevant for every citizen of modern society, as a result of which the improvement of this sphere of activity of the internal affairs bodies is one of the most important areas of increasing the efficiency of their functioning. The transfer of powers to the abolished federal migration service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia served as the starting point for the agency’s active rule-making activities aimed at legal regulation of a new area of activity related to migration relations. The result of this work was a significant number of administrative regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the provision of various kinds of state services in the field of migration. However, not all of the above existing administrative regulations today effectively fulfill their purpose, as a result of which their enforcement needs constant monitoring in order to timely eliminate existing shortcomings, such as the implementation of duplicate administrative actions, redundant functions, etc., which, in the end, may lead to a violation rights and legitimate interests of recipients of public services. In turn, the systematic work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia to improve the quality of the provision of public services in the field of migration will undoubtedly serve to increase public confidence and citizens’ support for the department’s activities. The authors of the article raise the actual problems arising in the implementation of the administrative regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the provision of public services in the field of migration, and suggest some ways to solve them.