Visa policy of Ukraine


Visitors to Ukraine must obtain a visa from one of the Ukrainian diplomatic missions or online unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries.

Visa policy map

Visa exemption

Citizens of the following 5 countries can enter Ukraine without a visa for an indefinite stay.
ID - May enter with a national ID card if arriving directly from Georgia
1 - must hold proof of sufficient funds on arrival.
Holders of passports of the following 74 jurisdictions can enter Ukraine without a visa for a stay up to 90 days within any 180 day period, except where otherwise noted.
1 - up to 30 days within any 60 day period.
2 - up to 14 days.
3 - until January 30, 2021.
4 - until January 31, 2021 and up to 30 days whithin any 180 day-period
ID - May enter with a national ID card in card format if arriving directly from Turkey
A - must hold proof of sufficient funds on arrival.
B - visa not required for service, tourist and private trips on conditions that documents certifying the purpose of the trip are provided.
Date of visa changes

Visa free
  • Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Georgian, Kazakhstani, Kyrgyzstani, Moldovan, Russian, Tajik and Uzbekistani citizens have never needed a visa to gain access to Ukraine.
  • Mongolia Under Agreement between USSR and Mongolia on 20 December 1979.
  • 1 July 2005: United States
  • 1 August 2005: Canada and Japan
  • 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
  • 1 January 2006: Andorra, Iceland, Monaco, Norway, San Marino and Vatican
  • 24 June 2006: South Korea
  • 1 January 2008: Bulgaria and Romania
  • 28 May 2009: Paraguay
  • 27 August 2010: North Macedonia Without a voucher from 15 August 2012 to 15 March 2020.
  • 24 October 2010: Montenegro
  • 3 November 2010: Hong Kong
  • 9 February 2011: Israel
  • 2 October 2011: Argentina
  • 2 November 2011: Brunei
  • 27 November 2011: Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 8 December 2011: Serbia
  • 30 December 2011: Brazil
  • 1 June 2012: Croatia
  • 1 August 2012: Turkey
  • 16 August 2013: Panama
  • 21 October 2015: Chile
  • 27 January 2017: Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • 1 April 2017: Albania
  • 31 December 2017: United Arab Emirates
  • 29 June 2018: Antigua and Barbuda
  • 2 November 2018: Qatar
  • 15 February 2019: Uruguay
  • 13 November 2019: Dominica
  • 22 December 2019: North Macedonia
  • 30 January 2020: United Kingdom
  • 2 April 2020: Ecuador
  • 1 August 2020: Australia, Bahrain, China, Kuwait, New Zealand, Oman, Saudi Arabia
Cancelled:
  • Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
  • Vietnam: 6 December 1993
  • Cuba: 23 May 1996
  • Turkmenistan: 19 June 1999
  • Czech Republic and Slovakia: 28 June 2000
  • Bulgaria: 1 October 2001
  • Hungary: 1 November 2001
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: 13 March 2002
  • Poland: 1 October 2003
  • Romania: 16 July 2004
  • North Korea: 10 October 2016
Ukrainian government intends to sign reciprocal visa-free deals with the following states in the next five years: Guatemala, Costa Rica, Mauritius, Nauru, Palau, Peru, El Salvador, Samoa, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands and Jamaica.
Ukraine signed visa waiver agreements with the Marshall Islands on 28 November 2019 and Grenada on 16 July 2020, but they are yet to be ratified.

Electronic visas

Ukraine introduced electronic visas on 4 April 2018. Visas are valid for tourism and business purposes for 30 days and cost USD 85. From 1 January 2019, electronic visas will also be available for the following purposes: treatment, activities in the field of culture, science, education, sports, in order to perform official duties of a foreign correspondent or representative of a foreign media.
Nationalities eligible for e-Visas are as follows:

Visa on arrival

The visa-on-arrival facility was terminated on 1 January 2019. Previously, holders of passports of eligible countries could enter Ukraine by obtaining a visa on arrival at Kyiv Boryspil Airport, Kyiv International Airport and Odessa International Airport for a stay up to 15 days.

Non-ordinary passports

Additionally, only holders of diplomatic or official/service passports of Cambodia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Kuwait, Laos, Morocco, Peru, Qatar, Singapore, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Uruguay, Venezuela and Vietnam and only diplomatic passports of India and Mexico do not require a visa for Ukraine.
Ukraine signed a visa exemption agreement for diplomatic or official/service passports with Sri Lanka in September 2019, but it is yet to be ratified.

Crimea

The Autonomous Republic of Crimea was annexed by Russian Federation after its military intervention of 2014.
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. Hence, most non-Ukrainians can only enter Crimea from Russia, whereby no border control is carried out and no trace of the entry left in the person's passport. Nevertheless, if somehow discovered doing this, such as by trying to enter "mainland" Ukraine from Crimea, Ukrainian law provides that tourists having entered Crimea from Russia can face an entry ban and/or imprisonment.

Donetsk and Luhansk regions

Parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions are under de facto control of pro-Russian paramilitary forces, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic. These parts of country are declared Anti-Terrorist Operation Zone. In November 2014, the Government of Ukraine imposed passport control on all persons entering or leaving this territory. Ukrainian citizens have to show their passports while foreigners also have to explain the purpose of their visit. Arrival through checkpoints on uncontrolled part of Russia–Ukraine border are against law, visitors will not be able to proceed further into Ukraine.

Fingerprinting

Ukraine introduced biometric control at border crossings for nationals of the following 70 countries on 1 January 2018:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Rwanda, São Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Future plans

Ukrainian citizens can enter most of the countries whose citizens are granted visa-free access to Ukraine without a visa but they require a visa for Canada, Ireland, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom and the United States.

Visitor statistics

Most visitors arriving to Ukraine were from the following countries of nationality:
Country20172016201520142013
4,435,664 4,296,409 4,393,528 4,368,355 5,417,966
2,727,645 1,822,261 1,891,518 1,592,935 3,353,652
1,464,764 1,473,633 1,231,035 2,362,982 10,284,782
1,144,249 1,195,163 1,156,011 1,123,945 1,259,209
1,058,970 1,269,653 1,070,035 874,184 771,038
791,116 774,585 763,228 584,774 877,234
366,249 410,508 412,519 416,158 424,306
270,695 199,618 140,691 116,302 151,706
261,486 216,638 149,386 101,799 120,913
209,447 171,118 154,498 131,244 253,318
Total 14,229,642 13,333,096 12,428,286 12,711,507 24,671,227