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    Immigration permit to Ukraine

    Posted by 26 February 2025 in Insight

    Immigration permit to Ukraine

    Posted by:
    Taras Horbatiuk
    Yurii Bielokon

    Taras Horbatiuk, Managing Partner

    Yurii Bielokon, Senior Partner

    Immigration permit to Ukraine

    About

    An immigration permit to Ukraine is a decision of a specially authorized central executive authority on immigration and its subordinate bodies, which grants foreigners and stateless persons the right to immigrate.

    How to Obtain an Immigration Permit to Ukraine?

    There are many reasons for which a foreigner can obtain an immigration permit to Ukraine, but we will talk only about the most common and those that are most often used by foreigners, namely:

    • territorial origin of the foreigner
    • family ties with citizens of Ukraine
    • highly qualified specialists
    • investments in the economy of Ukraine
    • persons who were previously citizens of Ukraine

    To obtain an immigration permit to Ukraine, a foreigner must collect the necessary documents and write an application for obtaining an immigration permit (made out electronically when submitting documents) to the State Migration Service, a territorial body of the Migration Service or a territorial branch of the State Migration Service.

    There are 14 grounds for obtaining an immigration permit: quota and non-quota.

    A quota is the maximum number of people who are eligible for an immigration permit. Such quotas are approved by the Government of Ukraine every year.

    Outside the quota are, for example, territorial origin, marriage to a citizen of Ukraine, etc.

    There is a general list of documents and additional ones. The general list is the same for all grounds for obtaining an immigration permit. And additional documents confirm your reason for applying for an immigration permit. For example, a marriage certificate, permission of the Ministry of Social Policy, birth certificate, etc.

    Immigration permit to Ukraine

    • List of documents to obtain an immigration permit to Ukraine:
    • Application (to be filled out and signed when submitting documents)
    • Original passport (or a copy of a temporary residence permit and a certificate from the place of registration)
    • Residential address in Ukraine (notarized application-consent of the lessor)
    • Passport of the home owner and ownership of this home
    • A document confirming the address of registration abroad (rights, certificate of registration), or a document confirming the absence of such a place of residence.
    • Certificate of criminal record
    • General medical certificate and act of narcological examination.
    • And other documents that will confirm the basis for obtaining an immigration permit
    • State duty payment receipt

    Exception: the items of documents specified in points 6 and 7 are not required in the case of issuing an immigration permit based on territorial origin and in the case of marriage with a citizen of Ukraine and stateless persons.

    All documents must be submitted exclusively by the applicant.

    The term of consideration of documents lasts up to 12 months, but in practice it can be faster, it can be 4 months or 6 months.

    Intermarium Law Firm provides a full cycle of support for foreigners wishing to obtain an immigration permit.

    Posted by:
    Taras Horbatiuk
    Yurii Bielokon

    Taras Horbatiuk, Managing Partner

    Yurii Bielokon, Senior Partner

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