Visa policy of Ukraine

Visitors to Ukraine must obtain a visa from one of the Ukrainian diplomatic missions or online, unless they come from one of the visa-exempt countries.[1]

Visa policy map

Visa exemption

Holders of passports (or national ID cards, where allowed) of the following 82 jurisdictions can enter Ukraine without a visa for a stay up to the duration listed below. Some nationals are required to provide additional documents or proof of sufficient funds in order to be granted visa-free entry, depending on nationality.[2]

90 days

90 days within any 180 days

90 days within any 365 days

30 days

30 days within any 60 days

14 days

ID - May enter with a national ID card (in card format) if arriving directly from the country of nationality.
A - Must hold proof of sufficient funds on arrival.
B - Visa not required for service, tourist and private trips, provided that documents certifying the purpose of the trip (e.g tourist voucher or invitation letter) are presented to the Ukrainian immigration officer.
C - Very often, citizens of this country (mostly men of military age and sometimes suspicious-looking women) are denied entry for reasons of national security or without any explanation at all.
D - Temporary policy until 30 January 2023.

Ukraine has signed visa waiver agreements with  Mongolia on 8 November 2019[47] and  Indonesia on 29 June 2022,[48] but they have yet to be ratified.

Non-ordinary passports

Additionally, only holders of diplomatic or official/service passports of Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Morocco, Peru, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Venezuela and Vietnam and only diplomatic passports of India and Mexico do not require a visa for Ukraine.

Electronic visas

Ukraine introduced electronic visas on 4 April 2018.[49] Visas are valid for tourism and business purposes for 30 days and cost US$85.[50][51] From 1 January 2019, electronic visas will also be available for the following purposes: treatment, activities in the field of culture, science, education, sports, in order to perform official duties of a foreign correspondent or representative of a foreign media.[51]

Starting November 1, 2020 visa cost will be reduced to US$20 for visa with single entry and US$30 for double-entry visa with decision within 3 business days. Urgent visa processing will be available for double visa fee (US$40/60) and decision within 1 business day.[52]

Nationalities eligible for e-Visas are as follows:[53]

Visa on arrival

The visa-on-arrival facility was terminated on 1 January 2019.[51] Previously, holders of passports of eligible countries could enter Ukraine by obtaining a visa on arrival at Kyiv Boryspil Airport, Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) and Odesa International Airport for a stay up to 15 days.[54][55][56]

Crimea

The Autonomous Republic of Crimea was annexed by Russian Federation after its military intervention of 2014.[57] 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. You may only legally enter Crimea from mainland Ukraine. Entrance into Crimea by any other entry point other than from mainland Ukraine, such as air, sea, or the Kerch Strait Bridge is illegal. You will be denied entry into mainland Ukraine and banned from entering Ukraine for five years. Time spent in Crimea will count against the 90 day visa-free period.[58]

Donetsk and Luhansk regions

Parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions are under de facto control of pro-Russian paramilitary forces, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic. These parts of country are declared an Anti-Terrorist Operation Zone. In November 2014, the Government of Ukraine imposed passport control on all persons entering or leaving this territory. Ukrainian citizens have to show their passports while foreigners also have to explain the purpose of their visit. Arrival through checkpoints on uncontrolled parts of the Russia–Ukraine border are against the law, and visitors will not be able to proceed further into Ukraine.[59] Entering Ukraine through the area of armed conflict is a violation of Ukrainian law. U.S. citizens who enter Ukraine illegally through the area of armed conflict along the Russian border will not be allowed to pass through government checkpoints to territory controlled by the government of Ukraine. Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) procedures at entry/exit points require that permit applications be submitted and approved electronically prior to travel in the zone of armed conflict. Foreigners who enter Ukraine from Russia through a separatist-controlled checkpoint at Donetsk or Luhansk won't be allowed through any government-controlled checkpoints that follow.

Fingerprinting

Countries required to go through biometric checks (in green)

Ukraine introduced biometric control (fingerprints, digital photo) at border crossings for nationals of the following 70 countries on 1 January 2018: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, 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.[60]

Visa policy towards citizens of the Russian Federation

Since 1 July 2022, Ukraine has introduced a unilateral full-fledged visa regime with Russia;[45][46] however, Russia has not yet introduced a visa regime with Ukraine. Since the diplomatic missions of Ukraine (embassies, general and honorary consulates, ordinary consulates) in Russian cities were closed after the rupture of diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Russia on the initiative of Ukraine, Russian citizens living in Russia must apply to commercial visa centers that will operate only in a few Russian cities to obtain a Ukrainian visa. 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.[45][46]

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.

Future plans

  • Ukrainian government considered the possibility of introducing visa regime with the United Kingdom.[61][62]
  • The MFA of Ukraine announced that it is possible that it will cancel visa-free regime for Israel as a reaction to frequent causeless denials of entry for Ukrainian citizens by Israeli border guards in Ben Gurion Airport (especially the case, when a whole plane of 140 people was denied entry with no explanations), as well as systematic violations of rights of Ukrainian citizens in Israel.[63]
  • Ukrainian government intends to sign reciprocal visa-free deals with the following states in the next five years: China,[64] Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nauru, Palau, Peru, Samoa, and Solomon Islands.[65]

 Ukraine and  China are preparing visa waiver agreement.[66]

Reciprocity

Ukrainian citizens can enter most of the countries whose citizens are granted visa-free access to Ukraine without a visa but they require a visa for Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Japan, Kuwait, New Zealand, Oman, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, United Kingdom and the United States.

Visitor statistics

Most visitors arriving to Ukraine were from the following countries of nationality:[67]

Nationality2006200720082009
 Russia6,429,264 7,258,222 7,638,202 6,964,435
 Poland3,979,453 4,430,140 5,242,980 2,546,132
 Moldova3,056,433 3,998,674 4,418,821 4,339,138
 Belarus2,127,250 2,918,694 3,407,064 2,984,672
 Hungary1,159,711 1,251,724 1,033,376 814,790
 Slovakia506,045 664,605 644,918 537,511
 Romania349,094 1,010,065 1,440,466 1,077,299
 Germany215,437 325,479 231,632 213,995
 United States113,507 132,376 128,122 123,001
 Italy63,337 77,054 70,625 73,737
 Turkey61,892 79,856 79,438 60,078
 Azerbaijan59,628 71,112 80,350 66,996
 United Kingdom56,662 66,132 68,709 66,851
 Israel53,032 58,932 90,353 68,303
 Lithuania46,624 52,645 56,991 48,314
 Uzbekistan45,632 78,074 86,874 96,341
 Czechia45,548 50,415 43,959 46,646
 Armenia43,561 57,995 56,050 53,373
 France42,840 48,160 50,403 49,810
 Georgia40,240 50,472 53,544 40,544
 Kazakhstan36,163 54,629 48,565 43,524
 Latvia33,582 39,773 44,737 35,555
 Austria25,765 31,623 30,044 27,218
 Netherlands24,886 28,019 30,305 31,548
 Canada23,795 28,485 28,855 31,372
Statelessness17,845 24,747 23,531 18,716
 Estonia17,361 19,997 21,094 16,016
 Bulgaria15,885 16,674 24,588 25,102
 China15,458 17,160 16,574 16,137
 Greece14,827 16,107 18,156 16,377
 Sweden13,926 15,865 16,992 16,050
 Spain12,589 13,669 14,135 13,453
 Switzerland12,533 13,243 13,878 13,266
 Serbia12,281 10,011 5,203 5,065
 Tajikistan11,747 25,149 29,875 29,463
 Belgium10,323 11,741 12,913 13,455
 Denmark9,655 10,605 10,996 12,697
 Kyrgyzstan7,351 11,122 19,859 20,520
 Japan6,833 6,903 6,437 5,439
 India6,821 7,370 7,262 8,183
 Norway6,689 8,142 8,892 10,712
 Iran6,584 7,483 7,698 8,883
 Finland6,404 7,801 8,298 7,992
 Australia5,412 6,784 5,277 5,224
 Slovenia4,847 6,527 7,570 5,499
 Syria4,692 6,653 6,084 5,290
 Ireland4,635 4,830 5,091 4,951
 Jordan4,390 5,162 3,613 5,221
 South Korea3,809 5,151 5,985 5,374
 Turkmenistan3,475 3,374 6,039 7,631
Other countries58,472 69,598 60,5982 69,094
Total18,935,775 23,122,157 25,449,078 20,798,342

See also

  • Visa requirements for Ukrainian citizens
  • Foreign policy of Ukraine
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ukraine)
  • State Border Guard Service of Ukraine

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