Visa policy of 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.

Some Ukrainian migration policies should also be implemented in accordance with some agreements on mobility rights within the Commonwealth of Independent States, namely, the Agreement on Medical Assistance,^[1] the Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Labor Migration and Social Protection of Migrant Workers,^[2] the Convention on the Legal Status of Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.^[3]

Visa policy map

Visa policy of Ukraine

  Ukraine

  Areas of Ukraine occupied by Russia

  Visa not required (90 days)

  Visa not required with some condition (90 days)

  Visa not required (30 days)

  Visa not required (14 days)

  Visa required

Visa exemption

Ordinary passports

Holders of ordinary passports of the following countries and territories may enter Ukraine without a visa for the following period:^[4][5]

90 days  Brazil  Israel  Kyrgyzstan 90 days within any 180 days European Union member states  Albania  Andorra  Antigua and Barbuda  Argentina  Armenia  Australia  Azerbaijan  Bahrain  Belarus1  Canada  Chile  Colombia  Dominica  Ecuador  GeorgiaID*  Grenada  Iceland  Japan  Kazakhstan  Kuwait  Liechtenstein  Marshall Islands  Moldova  Monaco  Mongolia2  Montenegro  New Zealand  North Macedonia  Norway  Oman  Panama  Peru  Qatar  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  San Marino  Saudi Arabia  Serbia  South Korea   Switzerland  Tajikistan  TurkeyID  United Arab Emirates  United KingdomT  United States  Uruguay  Uzbekistan  Vatican City 90 days within any 6 months  Paraguay 30 days  Brunei 30 days within any 60 days  Bosnia and Herzegovina 14 days  Hong Kong

_{ID - May enter with an ID card in lieu of a passport.
ID* - May enter with an ID card if arriving directly from the country of nationality.
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.
T - Temporary visa-free regime until 30 January 2026.}

Date of visa changes
Citizens of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have never required a visa to enter Ukraine. 20 December 1979 (signed as USSR): Mongolia 1 July 2005: United States[6] 1 August 2005: Canada[7] and Japan[8] 1 September 2005: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom[9] 1 January 2006: Andorra, Iceland, Monaco, Norway, San Marino and Vatican City[10] 24 June 2006: South Korea[11] 1 January 2008: Bulgaria and Romania[12] 28 May 2009: Paraguay[13] 24 October 2010: Montenegro[14] 3 November 2010: Hong Kong[15] 9 February 2011: Israel[16] 2 October 2011: Argentina[17] 2 November 2011: Brunei[18] 27 November 2011: Bosnia and Herzegovina[19] 8 December 2011: Serbia[20][21] 30 December 2011: Brazil[22] 1 June 2012: Croatia[23] 1 August 2012: Turkey[24] 16 August 2013: Panama[25] 21 October 2015: Chile[26] 27 January 2017: Saint Kitts and Nevis[27] 1 April 2017: Albania[28] 31 December 2017: United Arab Emirates[29] 29 June 2018: Antigua and Barbuda[30] 2 November 2018: Qatar[31] 15 February 2019: Uruguay[32] 13 November 2019: Dominica[33] 22 December 2019: North Macedonia[34][35] 30 January 2020: United Kingdom (temporary visa exemption) 12 February 2020: Marshall Islands[36] 2 April 2020: Ecuador[37] 17 April 2020: Colombia[38] 1 August 2020: Australia, Bahrain, China (temporary visa exemption), Kuwait, Macao (temporary visa exemption), New Zealand, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Taiwan (temporary visa exemption)[39] 1 March 2021: Grenada[40] 7 April 2021: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[41] Cancelled: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (was resumed in 2005) Vietnam: 6 December 1993[42] Cuba: 23 May 1996[43] Turkmenistan: 19 June 1999 Czech Republic and Slovakia: 28 June 2000[44] (was resumed in 2005) Bulgaria: 1 October 2001[45] (was resumed in 2008) Hungary: 1 November 2001 (was resumed in 2005) Bosnia and Herzegovina: 13 March 2002[46] (was resumed in 2011) Poland: 1 October 2003 (was resumed in 2005) Romania: 16 July 2004 (was resumed in 2008) North Korea: 10 October 2016[47][48][49] China, Macao and Taiwan: 31 January 2021 (was applied from 1 August 2020 as a temporary visa exemption) Russia: 1 July 2022[50][51]

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:

Country	Passports	Agreement signed on
Cambodia[52]	Diplomatic, official	17 September 2024
Mauritius[53]	Ordinary	8 August 2024
Indonesia[54]	Ordinary	29 June 2022
Mongolia[55]	Ordinary	8 November 2019

In June 2024, Ukraine declared its stance on the Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA-IL) system implemented by Israel, stating that it considers the ETA-IL to be a violation of the existing visa-free agreement between the two nations that had been in place since 2010. In response to Israel's decision, Ukraine announced it would implement similar pre-approval requirements for Israeli citizens. This reciprocal action was confirmed by the Ukrainian Embassy in Israel on 20 June 2024. These measures are intended to mirror the additional requirements imposed by Israel, including the requirement for visitors to the Rosh Hashana kibbutz.^[56] Previously, Ukraine planned to suspend the agreement due to the large number of entry refusals for Ukrainian visitors despite the visa-free agreement. Other issues included the confiscation of passports, extended interrogations lasting 5–10 hours at border crossings and the deportation of refugees.^[57]

ETA

In August 2024, Ukraine announced the launch of its own Electronic Travel Authorization for visa-exempt visitors.^[58]

Electronic Visa (e-Visa) (suspended)

Ukraine introduced an e-Visa on 4 April 2018.^[59]

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.^[60][61]

The cost of an e-Visa is USD 20 for single-entry visa and USD 30 for double-entry visa with decision within 3 business days. Urgent visa processing is available for double visa fee (USD 40 / 60) and decision within 1 business day.^[62]

Citizens of the following countries and territories may obtain an e-Visa for 30 days:^[63]

Bahamas  Barbados  Belize  Bhutan  Bolivia  Cambodia  China  Costa Rica  Dominican Republic  El Salvador  Fiji

Guatemala  Haiti  Honduras  India  Indonesia  Jamaica  Kiribati  Laos  Macao  Malaysia  Maldives

Mauritius  Mexico  Micronesia  Myanmar  Nauru    Nepal  Nicaragua  Palau  Philippines  Saint Lucia  Samoa

Seychelles  Singapore  Solomon Islands  South Africa  Suriname  Taiwan  Thailand  Timor-Leste  Trinidad and Tobago  Tuvalu  Vanuatu

Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, e-Visa is currently suspended.

Conflict area

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.

Fingerprinting

Countries required to go through biometric checks (in green)

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.^[64]

Russia

On 1 July 2022, Ukraine introduced a unilateral visa regime with Russia.^[50][51] 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.^[65][66] 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.^[50][51]

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.

Admission restrictions

Ukraine does not recognize the passports of Abkhazia, Northern Cyprus, the Sahrawi Republic, Somaliland, South Ossetia and Transnistria.

Visitor statistics

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

Country	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013
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

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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External links

• eVisa of Ukraine. Ministry of Foreign Affairs