The Ukrainian legislation contains such a notion as ascertainment of
Ukrainian citizenship. The given notion implies that, there being
certain grounds stipulated by the law, a person is entitled to Ukrainian
citizenship by submitting documents confirming such grounds to internal affairs
bodies.
A residence permit in Ukraine is processed and issued by territorial
subdivisions of the State Department of Citizenship, Immigration and
Registration of Natural Persons (hereinafter referred to as territorial
divisions of the Department) at a place of immigrants' residence.
These are territorial divisions or subdivisions of the State Department of Citizenship,
Immigration and Registration of Natural Persons (OVIR) that can prolong stay of
foreigners or stateless individuals, who have arrived for study, employment or
personal reasons in the order established by the Interior Ministry. Relevant
documents are issued, should there be written applications from a foreigner, a
stateless individual and a receiving party, as well as
other documents prescribed by the law to be
submitted within three working days before registration is over. Prolongation of
stay can be denied, should there be no grounds or guarantees from a receiving
part of financial resources to cover costs of such a stay by a foreigner or
stateless individual in Ukraine.
Immigration permit is a resolution of a specially authorized central
executive body on immigration and its subsidiary bodies entitling foreign
nationals and stateless
individuals to
immigrate.
Foreigner is a person who is not a citizen of Ukraine
being a citizen (national) of another state or states.
Stateless individual is a person with no registered citizenship of
any state.
Immigration is an arrival for long or continued stay of
foreigners and stateless individuals in the territory of Ukraine according to
the procedure prescribed by law.
Find out nationals of which countries require a visa
to enter the territory of Ukraine. For how long can a
foreigner stay in Ukraine if he requires no visa to
cross Ukrainian border.
Citizens of certain countries need to confirm the
availability of financial support of staying on the
territory of Ukraine or transit through the country and
cross its borders.
Nationals of states-members of the Convention
Abolition the Requirement of Legalization of
Official Documents, now no longer needed in the
process of legalization of documents.
The procedure of registration and issuance of temporary residence permit
in Ukraine
for an alien or stateless individual is established by the order of the Ministry
of Internal Affairs of Ukraine "On approval of the procedure of registration
and issuance of temporary residence
permit " (hereinafter referred to as "Procedure").
Determination of the legal
status, securing fundamental rights, freedoms and duties of aliens and
stateless individuals residing or temporarily staying in Ukraine, establishment
of the procedure of addressing the issues regarding their arrival in Ukraine or
departure from Ukraine are performed by the Law of Ukraine "On the legal status
of aliens and stateless individuals" (hereinafter referred to as "Law").
When foreigners
arrive in or leave Ukraine they go through the state border checkpoints by the
national passport and visa if available, if another procedure of entry is not
stipulated by the law or international treaties of Ukraine.
Thus, according to the Article 26 of the Constitution
of Ukraine, aliens and stateless individuals staying in
Ukraine on legal grounds shall enjoy the same rights and
freedoms and also perform the same duties as citizens of
Ukraine - with the exceptions established by the
Constitution, laws or international treaties of Ukraine.
