According to the Order of the Ministry of Economic Development dated 16.03.2016 No. 137 from 2017 the Federal Registration Service is obliged to notify applicants on progress of all governmental services they requested automatically and free of charge. The authorities will be able to send such notifications both by e-mail and via SMS.

The order includes official notifications on the following events: receiving the official fee for providing governmental services; acceptance of applications and supporting documents for processing; returning supporting documents without consideration (if there are reasonable grounds for this decision) and the time when those documents can be received; suspension of the state cadastral registration and (or) the state registration of rights or refusal to provide governmental services; termination of the state cadastral registration and (or) the state registration of rights; registration in the state cadastre and (or) state registration of rights and the process of obtaining relevant documents.