Ukraine Immigration Law Blog
Guides on Ukrainian immigration law for foreigners: visas, residence permits, permanent residence, citizenship by descent and company set-up. Written by UA-Residency, the practice of Ukrainian attorney Taras Guk.
Latest articles
- Ukraine E-Residency in 2026: Where the Programme Actually StandsUkraine uResidency gives a 5 per cent tax rate and a Ukrainian sole trader registration without living in Ukraine. New applications are suspended and four countries are eligible. What the law says and what works instead.
- Your First Ukrainian Passport After 18, When You Hold No Ukrainian DocumentsA first Ukrainian ID card after 18 takes seven working days and costs nothing. Everything that goes wrong happens before that: which law applies to your date of birth, and how to prove it.
- Getting a Ukrainian Passport Abroad When You Have Never Held OneA Ukrainian embassy or consulate can issue a travel passport even if you have never held a Ukrainian document. What the consulate checks, what you take, and how long it takes.
- Ukraine’s immigration quota in 2026No Cabinet act sets an immigration quota for 2026. Since 2023 Ukraine sets a quota only on a mass arrival of immigrants. What it means for you.
- Renewing or exchanging a Ukrainian residence permit in 2026How to renew or exchange a Ukrainian temporary or permanent residence permit in 2026: deadlines, the end of the wartime extension, fines, documents.
- Dual citizenship with Ukraine: the list of countries in 2026Which 34 countries’ citizens can keep their citizenship when becoming Ukrainian by descent: CMU Resolution 1412 as amended by 589 and 826, what to file.
- Exams for Ukrainian citizenship by descent under Law No. 4502-IXUkrainian citizenship by descent exams since 16 January 2026: B1 language, Constitution and history, who is exempt, where and how to sit them in Ukraine.
- Archive records for Ukrainian citizenship by descentWhich Ukrainian archive records prove descent, where they are kept, how a lawyer’s request works (5 to 20 working days) and what if the archive was lost.
- Ukrainian citizenship through a grandparent or great-grandparentWho qualifies for Ukrainian citizenship through a grandparent or great-grandparent after Law 4502-IX, the conditions, and how to prove the family link.
Guides
- Ukrainian citizenship by descent: what changed under the 2026 law
- How much is the Ukraine visa fee?
- 1-year residence permit and D-10 visa
- 2-year residence permit through employment (D-04)
- Permanent residence in Ukraine by qualification (2026 list)
- Company registration in Ukraine for foreigners
- Ukrainian tax number (RNOKPP) for foreigners
- Apostille in Ukraine
- Notarised translation of a passport in Ukraine
- Medical insurance for a Ukrainian visa or residence permit


