Visa policy of Ukraine
Policy on permits required to enter Ukraine
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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 or citizens who may obtain an e-Visa.
Visa policy map
Visa exemption
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.
ID* - May enter with an ID card if arriving directly from Georgia.
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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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Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA)
In August 2024, Ukraine announced the launch of its own Electronic Travel Authorization for visa-exempt countries.[51]
Non-ordinary passports
In addition to countries whose citizens are visa-exempt, holders of diplomatic or official/service passports of Cambodia, 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:
Electronic visa (e-Visa)
Ukraine introduced an e-Visa on 4 April 2018.[54]
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.[55][56]
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.[57]
Ukraine resumed issuing e-Visas on 19 February 2025 after it was suspended in 2022 due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[58]
Citizens of the following countries and territories may obtain an e-Visa for 30 days:[59]
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Conflict area
Crimea, including Sevastopol, and parts of Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Luhansk, Mykokaiv, Sumy and Zaporizhzhia regions are currently illegally occupied by Russia 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
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.[60]
Russia-related restrictions
On 1 July 2022, Ukraine introduced a unilateral visa regime with Russia.[49][50] 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.[61][62] 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.[49][50]
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 their 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 them or if they 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:[63]
| 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 |
See also
Notes
- 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.
- 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.
- Temporary visa-free regime for British Citizens only until 30 January 2027.