On the card there will be an image of the owner's face, as well as two papillary patterns of both hands - all this on an electronic data carrier, TASS specifies.
In addition, there will be other data in the certificate.
The department noted that they are going to issue a residence permit in the form of a card in biometrics.
Over the past three months, four hundred people have already received such cards.
Earlier it became known that migrants in Russia will be issued labor patents in the form of a card with a chip that will contain an electronic image of the face and the owner's fingerprints.