Visa_policy_of_Ukraine
Visa policy of Ukraine
Policy on permits required to enter Ukraine
Visitors to Ukraine must obtain a visa from one of the Ukrainian diplomatic missions unless they are citizens of one of the visa-exempt countries.
Ordinary passports
Holders of ordinary passports of the following countries and territories may enter Ukraine without a visa for the following period:[1][2]
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90 days 90 days within any 180 days
90 days within any 6 months 30 days 30 days within any 60 days 14 days |
ID - May enter with an ID card in lieu of a passport.
1 - Citizens of Belarus (mostly men of military age and sometimes suspicious-looking women) could be denied entry for reasons of national security or without any explanation at all.
2 - A visa is not required for business, private and tourist trips, provided that documents confirming the purpose of the trip (e.g. tourist voucher or invitation letter) are presented to the Ukrainian immigration officer.
3 - For holders of biometric passports only.
T - Temporary visa-free regime until 30 January 2025.
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Citizens of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have never required a visa to enter Ukraine.
Cancelled:
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Non-ordinary passports
In addition to countries whose citizens are visa-exempt, holders of diplomatic or official/service passports of Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Morocco, Peru, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, Vietnam and holders of diplomatic passports of India and Mexico may enter Ukraine without a visa.
Future changes
Ukraine has signed visa exemption agreements with the following countries, but they have not yet been ratified:
Ukraine introduced an e-Visa on 4 April 2018.[51]
An e-Visa may be obtained by civil servants, foreign correspondents or media representatives for a business or working trip to Ukraine, which covers the spheres of culture, science, education and sports. In addition, an e-Visa may be obtained by citizens who want to visit the country for private, tourist or medical purposes.[52][53]
The cost of e-Visa is 20 USD for single-entry visa and 30 USD for double-entry visa with decision within 3 business days. Urgent visa processing is available for double visa fee (40 / 60 USD) and decision within 1 business day.[54]
Citizens of the following countries and territories may obtain an e-Visa for 30 days:[55]
Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, e-Visa is currently suspended.
Crimea and parts of Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Luhansk, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia regions are currently illegally occupied by the Russian Federation due to the Russo-Ukrainian war.
The Government of Ukraine strictly prohibits the entry and transit of foreign citizens to the occupied territories. Foreign citizens who entered the occupied territories without permission will be denied entry and transit to Ukraine. However, all this does not apply to citizens of Ukraine.
On 4 June 2015, the Government of Ukraine has adopted the resolution No. 367 "About the statement of the Order of entrance on temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine and departure from the territory". According to the document, entrance of foreigners and persons without citizenship on temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine and departure from the territory is carried out through checkpoints according to passport documents and the special permission given by territorial authority, which, however, is not issued to regular visitors.
Ukraine introduced a biometric control (fingerprints, digital photo) at border crossings for citizens of the following 70 countries and territories on 1 January 2018: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.[56]
On 1 July 2022, Ukraine introduced an unilateral visa regime with Russia.[47][48] Russia did not introduce a visa regime with Ukraine.
Since the diplomatic missions of Ukraine (embassies, general and honorary consulates, ordinary consulates) in Russian cities were closed after Ukraine severed all official diplomatic ties with Russia (following the Russian invasion of Ukraine), Russian citizens residing in Russia must apply to commercial visa centers, which will only operate in a few Russian cities.[57][58] Those Russian citizens who are outside of Russia should apply for a visa at one of the diplomatic missions of Ukraine in other countries of the world.[47][48]
The Ukrainian and Russian services of Radio Liberty found out that even obtaining a Ukrainian visa by a Russian citizen does not guarantee and does not mean his admission to the territory of Ukraine. Ukrainian border guards are ordered to leave admission or refusal of entry at their discretion (if a person seems suspicious to him or if he cannot answer the border guard's questions reliably) even to holders of a valid Ukrainian visa.
Ukraine does not recognize the passports of Abkhazia, Northern Cyprus, the Sahrawi Republic, Somaliland, South Ossetia and Transnistria.
Most visitors arriving in Ukraine were from the following countries of nationality:[59]
| Country | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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 Moldova |  4,435,664 |  4,296,409 | 4,393,528 | 4,368,355 | 5,417,966 |
 Belarus | 2,727,645 | 1,822,261 | 1,891,518 | 1,592,935 | 3,353,652 |
 Russia | 1,464,764 | 1,473,633 | 1,231,035 | 2,362,982 | 10,284,782 |
 Poland | 1,144,249 | 1,195,163 | 1,156,011 | 1,123,945 | 1,259,209 |
 Hungary | 1,058,970 | 1,269,653 | 1,070,035 | 874,184 | 771,038 |
 Romania | 791,116 | 774,585 | 763,228 | 584,774 | 877,234 |
 Slovakia | 366,249 | 410,508 | 412,519 | 416,158 | 424,306 |
 Turkey | 270,695 | 199,618 | 140,691 | 116,302 | 151,706 |
 Israel | 261,486 | 216,638 | 149,386 | 101,799 | 120,913 |
 Germany | 209,447 | 171,118 | 154,498 | 131,244 | 253,318 |
| Other countries | 1,499,357 | 1,503,510 | 1,065,837 | 1,038,829 | 1,757,103 |
| Total | 14,229,642 | 13,333,096 | 12,428,286 | 12,711,507 | 24,671,227 |
- "Visa and passport". Timatic. International Air Transport Association through Emirates. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- Under the Agreement (exchange of notes) between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of the Republic of Korea on the abolition of payment of visas for citizens of the two countries and visa-free entry citizens of the Republic of Korea in Ukraine for up to 90 days on 25 May 2006
- Previous visa-free agreement under different terms was applied in period 1990-2011 (was signed between USSR and Yugoslavia).
- "В Бразилию теперь можно ездить без виз" [Now you can travel to Brazil without visas] (in Russian). LB.ua. December 30, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
- Previous visa-free agreements were applied in period 1990-2010 (was signed between USSR and Yugoslavia) and from 27 August 2010 to 22 December 2019 (Without a voucher from 15 August 2012 to 15 March 2020)
About temporary introduction of a visa-free regime for citizens of the Republic of Macedonia from 15 August 2012 to 15 March 2013 (in Ukrainian)
About temporary introduction of a visa-free regime for citizens of the Republic of Macedonia from 16 March 2013 to 15 March 2015
Спрощення візового режиму з Республікою Македонія Simplification of the visa regime with the Republic of Macedonia
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a decree on the temporary introduction of a visa-free regime for the citizens of North Macedonia when entering or transiting Ukraine from March 16, 2019, to March 15, 2020. - "Уряд затвердив безвіз із Маршалловими островами - Новинарня". novynarnia.com (in Ukrainian). 12 February 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- Was applied under the Agreement between USSR and Vietnam on 15 July 1981
Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on mutual visa-free trips of citizens on 21 October 1993 - Was applied under the Agreement between USSR and Cuba on 10 January 1985
Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the Republic of Cuba about conditions of mutual trips of citizens on 20 May 1995 - Was applied under the Agreement between USSR and Yugoslavia on 31 October 1989
Agreement on mutual travel of citizens between Ukraine and Bosnia and Herzegovina on 2002 (in the form of an exchange of notes) - The agreement was concluded between the USSR and North Korea in 1986. The terms of the agreement allowed visa-free entry for group and individual trips with a tourist document. Tourist documents define the national tourism organizations. After the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine and North Korea have not determined the form of the tourist document for visa-free travel. This visa-free regime has not been applied for citizens of Ukraine with ordinary passports from 1991. Ukraine denounced the agreement in 2016.
- "Украина отменила безвизовый режим для граждан Северной Кореи" [Ukraine abolished visa-free regime for citizens of North Korea] (in Russian). UNIAN. August 31, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
- "Ukraine to introduce visas for Russians: Zelenskyy". CNA. Mediacorp. Agence France-Presse. 17 June 2022. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- "Russians Hoping To Travel To Ukraine Will Need Visa As Of July 1". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- "The Consular Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs starts issuing e-Visas for entry into Ukraine". mfa.gov.ua. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- "Постанова Кабінету Міністрів України "Про внесення змін до Правил оформлення віз для в'їзду в Україну і транзитного проїзду через її територію"" [Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On amendments to the Rules of issuing of visas for entry into Ukraine and transit through its territory"]. www.kmu.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. November 14, 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- "З 01 січня 2018 року Державною прикордонною службою України запроваджується фіксація біометричних даних іноземців та осіб без громадянства з 70 держав, у т.ч. Російської Федерації" [From January 1, 2018, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine introduces fixation of biometric data of foreigners and stateless persons from 70 countries, including Russian Federation]. mfa.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. December 30, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
- Свобода, Радіо (1 August 2022). "Visa regime month with Russia. About 80 Russians submitted visa documents – spokesman for the State Tax Service". Radio Liberty (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- "Ukraine cuts diplomatic ties with Russia after invasion". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
"Ukraine breaks off diplomatic ties with Russia". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 2022-02-24. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
Kitsoft. "Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine – Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Regarding the Severance of Diplomatic Relations with the Russian Federation". mfa.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 2022-02-24. Retrieved 2022-02-24.