Visa requirements for Ukrainian citizens

Ukrainian citizens can enter all 29 Schengen states without a visa, for up to 90 days in any 180-day period across the whole area.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, Ukraine and 74 of them let each other’s citizens in without a visa obtained in advance (visa-free, on arrival or with an ETA; an e-visa counts as a visa).

7 countries ask holders of the Ukrainian passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Ukraine without one: Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and 2 others.

The reverse holds for 57 countries: holders of the Ukrainian passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Ukraine (Bangladesh, Barbados, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde and 52 others).

33 countries ask holders of the Ukrainian passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 10 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Ukraine.

23 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Ukraine, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Ukraine, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Poland (5), Russia (5), Belgium (3) and Belarus (2).

The United States refused 34% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Ukraine in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 105 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 91 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Visa-free travel with the Ukrainian passport

By continent, the Ukrainian passport is visa-free in 44 countries in Europe, 22 countries in the Americas, 14 countries in Asia, 5 countries in Africa and 4 countries in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for Ukrainian citizens are allowed in Georgia (360 days), Antigua and Barbuda (180 days), Armenia (180 days), Costa Rica (180 days), Peru (180 days) and El Salvador (180 days).

Visa on arrival

Ukrainian citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti and 30 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Ukrainian citizens enter Australia, the Bahamas, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 27 others. Israel, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Suriname ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Ukraine’s neighbours

Poland, Moldova, Hungary, Slovakia, Belarus, Romania and Russia admit Ukrainian citizens without a visa.

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Polish passport ranks 19th (160 destinations), the Hungarian passport ranks 19th (160 destinations), the Slovak passport ranks 19th (160 destinations), the Romanian passport ranks 28th (159 destinations) and the Russian passport ranks 79th (115 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 81 can enter visa-free, 44 need an e-Visa and 73 need a visa from an embassy or consulate for Ukraine.