Checking a subcontractor before site access: the director and founders by INN — nominee director, bankruptcy, debts and account freezes. Workers' passports go into your records with no retyping, foreign nationals are checked against the Ministry of Internal Affairs register of controlled persons, everyone — against wanted lists. Before the crew starts its first shift.
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A construction company is not a subject of Federal Law No. 115‑FZ on countering money laundering: it has no duty to check every counterparty. But three regimes meet on site: the Ministry of Internal Affairs looks at who actually works there, the tax authority — whether the subcontractor had real resources, and the customer and the town-planning law — whether the contractor is entitled to carry out the work at all.
NeuroVision collects data on the subcontractor, the people behind it and the workers before admission. Notifications to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, SRO membership and the admission decision stay with you.
Code of Administrative Offences, Art. 18.15; Federal Law No. 115‑FZ on the Legal Status of Foreign Nationals, Arts 13, 31.1.
Tax Code, Art. 54.1; Federal Tax Service letter of 10.03.2021 No. БВ-4-7/3060@.
Town Planning Code, Arts 52, 55.8; Federal Law No. 44‑FZ, Art. 31; Government Resolution No. 570.
The same subcontractor is checked three times: by the developer when admitting the general contractor, by the general contractor when admitting it to site, and by the bank at payment. The set of checks depends on who you are in the chain.
Each question — a check against registers with a date and a source. You choose the set to fit your admission procedure: shorter for one-off work, wider for a general contract running for years.
A sign of a nominee or serial director — by the director's INN. The company itself — status and signs of a shell company — is part of the KYB scenario.
Most often enabled:
Bankruptcy of the director and founders, bankruptcy cases and arbitration disputes over debts — by INN, with no namesakes.
Most often enabled:
Account transaction freezes and the director's tax arrears — before you transfer an advance for materials.
Most often enabled:
Workers' passports are read from a photo: full name, number, dates and MRZ — into your records with no retyping. Anti-fraud shows traces of editing and photos of a screen.
Most often enabled:
A foreign national — against the Ministry of Internal Affairs register of controlled persons, every worker — against the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Federal Penitentiary Service wanted lists, a Russian passport — against the validity database.
Most often enabled:
The director and founders — against the Rosfinmonitoring list and the OFAC, EU, UK and UN sanctions lists.
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Three steps from the subcontractor's application to the admission decision. The data leaves your contractor register or HR system and returns to it.
The contracts department passes the company's INN, and the subcontractor uploads photos of the workers' passports via a link. The passport fields are read with no manual entry, and the document goes through an anti-fraud check.
The director and founders are checked by INN, foreign nationals — against the Ministry of Internal Affairs register of controlled persons, all workers — against wanted lists. Database checks run asynchronously: the result is collected by the run ID, usually within a few minutes.
For each check — “passed”, “match found” or “not enough data”, the records found and the source. Clean workers go on to your site list, disputed ones — to a specialist. The decision is yours.
As of October 2026 the law contains no direct duty for a general contractor to check a subcontractor's foreign nationals. But the Code of Administrative Offences punishes admission to work “in any form”, and an inspection on site starts with whose site it is. It is safer to assume the question will be put to you.
Under the Code of Administrative Offences, engaging a foreign national to work means any admission to work, not only an employment contract. The fine goes to the party that actually admitted the person, and is calculated per worker.
The Supreme Court has noted that a contract clause on compliance with migration rules does not in itself make the general contractor an offender. But there are rulings where a contractor was punished for not controlling the admission of a subcontractor's people to its site.
In 2026 the Ministry of Internal Affairs put forward for discussion bills that would oblige the general contractor to observe migration requirements when admitting people to site and introduce a fine of up to 800 000 ₽, and up to 2 500 000 ₽ for a repeat offence. As of October 2026 they have not been adopted.
A clause on migration rules in the subcontract, a list of workers with documents before going on site, a check of each against the Ministry of Internal Affairs register, and a report with a date. This does not remove liability, but it shows that control was exercised.
A Ministry of Internal Affairs raid in the first week
The subcontractor brought in twenty people and nobody asked for the list of workers. Three have another region on their patent, one is on the register of controlled persons. The fine is calculated per person.
The advance for materials was not returned
The company is a year old, and the director is listed as head of several other firms. The sign of a nominee director is visible by their INN before the advance is transferred.
The tax authority disallows the costs
The work was done, but the completion certificates name an intermediary with no people or equipment. The tax authority asks why exactly this one was chosen. A report with the date of the check shows the choice was deliberate.
The project stands still, with no guarantees
The current subcontractor's director is in bankruptcy proceedings, and the company faces arbitration disputes over debts. This is visible by INN before the contract is signed.
The worker is not the person in the documents
The crew list contains another person's passport or a photo of a document taken from a screen. Document anti-fraud and a check against the Ministry of Internal Affairs database show the problem before a pass is issued.
Admission
Checking a crew and subcontractor
The Ministry of Internal Affairs inspects employers of foreign nationals only on an unscheduled basis — on paper or with a visit to the site. The grounds may be a complaint or monitoring data, and then no advance notice of the inspection is given.
Inspectors match the people on site against documents: passport, basis for work, region and occupation in the patent. The question “whose worker is this” is put to whoever runs the site.
They request employment and civil-law contracts with foreign nationals and the Ministry of Internal Affairs notifications about them. A late notification is a separate offence.
A general contractor will find useful the subcontract, the list of admitted workers with dates and copies of their documents. This helps show who actually engaged the person.
For each worker — the date of the check, the register of controlled persons, wanted lists and the passport recognition result. The validity of a patent and notifications are not part of the report.
Enable only the checks you need — you pay for those completed. If a check lacked data, it returns with the status “not completed” and is not charged.
The company and the people behind it
The director and founders — by INN, the company — as part of the KYB scenario.
Status and signs of a shell company — as part of the KYB scenario.
on request
Learn moreSigns of a nominee or serial director by the director's INN or full name.
5 ₽
Learn moreBankruptcy of an individual, bankruptcy cases and arbitration disputes — by INN, with no namesakes.
5 ₽
Learn moreTax arrears and decisions to freeze transactions on the director's accounts.
5 ₽
Learn moreCrew: foreign nationals
The document, the register of controlled persons and wanted lists.
Full name in Latin script, number, dates and MRZ with check digits — as fields into your system.
from 16 ₽
Learn moreTraces of editing, photos of a screen and inconsistencies in the document — in the same check.
in the package
Learn moreBy full name, date of birth and passport data. A person on the register has no legal grounds to be in Russia.
5 ₽
Learn moreBy full name and full date of birth — for foreign nationals and Russian citizens.
5 ₽
Learn moreCrew: Russian citizens
Passport, validity, Federal Penitentiary Service wanted lists and self-employed status.
Series, number, issuing-unit code and dates — with no manual entry, with an anti-fraud check.
from 16 ₽
Learn moreExpired, replaced, lost and invalid passports.
5 ₽
Learn moreBy full name and date of birth. Together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs wanted lists — before a pass is issued.
5 ₽
Learn moreFor crews on the professional income tax — before the contract and payment.
5 ₽
Learn morePeople behind the subcontractor and workers
Lists, sanctions and international screening.
The director, founders and workers — by full name.
5 ₽
Learn morePeople behind the subcontractor — in Latin and Cyrillic script.
5 ₽
Learn moreSanctions of other countries, politically exposed persons and adverse media — for foreign founders.
36 ₽
Learn moreThe director and founders — by full name.
5 ₽
Learn morePeople behind the subcontractor. The director and founders by INN: nominee status, bankruptcy, arbitration, tax debts, freezes, lists and sanctions.
The crew's documents. Russian and foreign passports — as fields with no manual entry, with an anti-fraud check.
Workers against registers. The register of controlled persons, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Federal Penitentiary Service wanted lists, validity of a Russian passport.
SRO membership. The register of members of a self-regulatory organisation — on the SRO website and in the unified NOSTROY register.
Patent and work permit. Validity — in the Ministry of Internal Affairs services and on Gosuslugi.
Notifications. Of a contract with a foreign national — to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, via Gosuslugi or in person.
Contract and admission. Subcontract terms, the list of workers, a site pass and the admission decision.
Occupational safety and timesheet. Briefings, certificates, time tracking — in your own systems.
Reply to the inspector. The subcontractor's file and check reports with dates.
We do not issue passes, keep timesheets or check patents and SRO membership. We remove manual retyping of passports and assembling files on each person — and leave in the file the date, source and result of each check.
You pay for completed checks, with no subscription fee. You choose the set of registers: one for a subcontractor, another for a crew.
Plus 5 ₽ for each register check: Ministry of Internal Affairs controlled persons, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Federal Penitentiary Service wanted lists, validity of a Russian passport.
5 ₽ per check against one register
The director and founders: nominee director, bankruptcy, arbitration, tax debts, freezes, lists and sanctions.
36 ₽ for compliance screening
Sanctions of other countries, politically exposed persons and adverse media.
A check of the company itself by INN — as part of the KYB scenario, priced on request. Checks that lacked data are not charged. For large volumes the price is calculated individually.
A general contractor with dozens of sites needs an API into the contractor register and the HR system. A subcontractor can start with the web account and a link through which workers photograph their passports with a phone.
On a test scenario in your account. Support — via a ticket system.
On a construction site checking is a stream: subcontractors change by stage, crews — every week. You need one service for the company, the people behind it and the workers' documents.
The people behind the subcontractor, workers' passports and the Ministry of Internal Affairs registers are checked by one service. There is no need to retype passports into a spreadsheet and check each person by hand on the agencies' websites.
There is no need to assemble a solution from several vendors and reconcile their responses.
Company checks, due diligence and Federal Law 115‑FZ requirements — in our blog.
By INN: the director and founders — the sign of a nominee director, bankruptcy, arbitration cases, tax debts and account freezes, lists and sanctions; the company itself — as part of the KYB scenario. SRO membership is checked against the register of SRO members, if the contract requires it. The crew — by passports and the Ministry of Internal Affairs registers.
As a general rule, membership is needed by whoever concludes a contract with a developer, a technical customer or a regional operator, where the contract exceeds 10 million ₽. A subcontractor under a contract with a general contractor, as a rule, does not need it. The requirement may be set by the general contractor itself or by the customer in a procurement.
As of October 2026 the law contains no direct duty: the fine under Art. 18.15 of the Code of Administrative Offences goes to whoever actually admitted the foreign national to work. The courts decide differently, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has proposed a bill on the general contractor's migration duties. A list of workers and a check of each before admission reduce the risk.
You need the full name, date of birth and the foreign national's passport data with the issue date. NeuroVision reads the passport from a photo and passes these fields to the check — with no manual entry. The check costs 5 ₽, and it is worth repeating when a worker is moved to a new site.
There are no scheduled inspections of employers of foreign nationals — only unscheduled ones, on paper or with a site visit. Inspectors match the people on site against documents, contracts and notifications. The subcontractor's file with the list of admitted workers and the dates of the checks helps the general contractor.
No. The validity of a patent and a work permit is checked in the Ministry of Internal Affairs services and on Gosuslugi. We read the worker's passport and check it against the register of controlled persons and wanted lists.
No. A site pass, access control and time tracking by face are not part of the product. We check the document and the person against databases, while the access regime stays in your system.
A photo of the passport: the fields are read automatically. The Ministry of Internal Affairs wanted-list check needs the full date of birth, the register of controlled persons — also the foreign passport data, self-employed status — a Russian passport with a patronymic. Run the check with the worker's consent.
Do not admit them until clarified and pass the result to the responsible specialist. A match by full name without a date of birth may turn out to be a namesake, so the decision is made by a person, not by the system.
Yes. Each worker is a separate run of checks via the API, and your system can send the whole list. The crew photographs passports via a link from the account, and the result is collected in one report.
Before a new stage, when people in the crew change and before a large advance. A status on the register of controlled persons may change after admission. There are no automatic change alerts yet — a repeat check is started by a request.
A check against one register — 5 ₽, a passport with an anti-fraud check — from 16 ₽, compliance screening — 36 ₽. A company check by INN — as part of the KYB scenario, on request. There is no subscription fee, and test access is on application, on a test scenario.
Tell us who you are in the chain and how many subcontractors and workers go through admission each month. We will propose a set of checks, an admission procedure and a way to connect.
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