Ukraine temporary residence permit

Article 4 of the Law on the Legal Status of Foreigners and Stateless Persons lists the grounds. They include employment; participation in registered international technical assistance projects; religious activity at the invitation of a registered religious organisation; work at registered branches of foreign non-governmental organisations, foreign companies or foreign banks; cultural, scientific, educational or volunteer programmes; work as a correspondent of foreign media; being a founder, participant or beneficial owner of a Ukrainian company with a stake of at least EUR 100,000; study; and family reunification with Ukrainian citizens or with other permit holders.

Every applicant brings a passport with a D visa where one is required, a certified Ukrainian translation of the data pages, medical insurance valid for the full term of the permit, the fee receipt and, where available, the tax number. Foreign documents must be legalised and translated with a notarised translation unless a treaty provides otherwise. Students add proof of actual study and a letter from the institution promising to tell the migration service if enrolment ends.

Foreign founders and beneficial owners qualify when their share, or that of a foreign company they control, in the authorised capital of a Ukrainian legal entity is at least EUR 100,000 at the official National Bank rate on the date of investment. They submit the company's constituent document, a commitment by the company to notify the migration service if the foreigner's status as owner ends, and proof of the contribution: a certified statement of the cash share, customs and transfer documents for property, or a securities account extract for shareholders.

Applications are filed in person by applicants aged 16 or over, and by under-16s who arrived alone to study, at the State Migration Service, the state enterprise Document or a Centre of Administrative Services at the place of residence. For younger children or people without legal capacity, the family member they joined applies. The deadline is no later than 15 working days before the permitted stay ends, and the decision takes 15 working days. A new address must be declared within 30 calendar days.

A temporary residence permit is not extended; it is exchanged for a new card. Documents for the exchange must be filed no later than 15 working days before the current card expires. A refusal can be appealed to the State Migration Service within 30 calendar days of learning about it, and the complaint is decided within 30 days; the district administrative court can be approached within six months, or three months after an administrative complaint.