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Taxpayer Identification Number (RNOKPP/INN) in Ukraine
Taxpayer Identification Number
The taxpayer registration number (RNOKPP, commonly called INN) is the unique number used to identify an individual taxpayer in Ukraine. It is required for official employment, purchase or sale of property, bank-account opening, business registration and other activities involving taxes or mandatory payments, and for certain public and banking services.
The number may be issued regardless of age or citizenship. It is assigned once and remains with the person for life. The taxpayer card is the paper document showing the number, while the State Register of Individual Taxpayers is the official database in which RNOKPP records are kept.
When does a foreign national need an RNOKPP?
Foreign nationals need the number where they plan to work in Ukraine, open bank accounts, own taxable assets, register as an entrepreneur, establish a Ukrainian legal entity or otherwise carry out financial transactions requiring tax identification.
The religious-objection procedure is available only to Ukrainian citizens. Foreign nationals cannot use that procedure instead of obtaining an RNOKPP where tax identification is required.
Where is it obtained?
A foreign national may apply through a Taxpayer Service Centre of the State Tax Service at the place of registration or actual stay. The applicant must be lawfully present in Ukraine.
Documents
passport translation into Ukrainian, notarised, including the personal-data page and relevant entry/visa pages;
temporary or permanent residence permit and address-registration evidence, where available;
for a child, birth certificate and, where issued abroad, a notarised Ukrainian translation;
passport of one parent and, where relevant, translations and residence documents for the child and parent;
for a Ukrainian citizen, a copy of the Ukrainian passport and address-registration evidence where required.
A foreign national who holds a Ukrainian residence permit does not need to submit a passport translation for this purpose.
Registration period
Registration in the State Register generally takes one to three working days from filing and in many cases the RNOKPP is issued on the day of application. These are administrative periods, not UBC service turnaround times.
Validity, changes and duplicates
The RNOKPP has no expiry date and does not change when a person changes surname, name, citizenship or place of residence. The underlying personal data should, however, be updated with the Tax Service and a new taxpayer card may be issued.
If the card is lost, the number is not assigned again. The person applies for a duplicate using the same basic document set. An electronic copy may be available through the taxpayer's online account or the Diia application.
RNOKPP and INN
RNOKPP is the current official name. INN is the older term that remains widely used in everyday and banking practice; both terms are referring to the same taxpayer number.
Structure and use of the number
An RNOKPP consists of 10 digits. It describes the first five digits as encoding the number of days from 1 January 1900 to the date of birth, the ninth digit as encoding sex, and the tenth digit as a control digit.
A number may be issued even to a newborn child, including through the eMaliatko procedure, when an ID card is issued at age 14, or through the Taxpayer Service Centre.
Initial issuance is not available fully online, but it may be arranged remotely through an authorised representative using copies of the required documents.
The number itself cannot be changed; only the personal data associated with it can be updated.
Work Permit for a Foreign National in Ukraine
What Changed in 2026
In 2026 the state payment for issuing and extending permits for the employment of foreign nationals is calculated by reference to the current subsistence minimum.
For initial issuance, the source gives: up to 6 months — UAH 9,984; 6 to 12 months — UAH 16,640; 1 to 2 years — UAH 26,650; 2 to 3 years — UAH 33,300. For extension, it gives UAH 6,700, UAH 13,350, UAH 23,300 and UAH 30,000 respectively.
Work Permit in Ukraine
A work permit allows a Ukrainian employer to lawfully employ a foreign national or stateless person in a specified position for the period stated in the permit. The employer, not the foreign national seeking work, applies for the permit.
The employer may be a legal entity or an individual entrepreneur. Depending on the category, a permit may be issued for between six months and three years and may be extended repeatedly. The foreign national's education is not generally determinative.
Who may work without a permit?
foreign nationals permanently resident in Ukraine;
recognised refugees and persons holding an immigration permit;
persons recognised as requiring additional protection or granted temporary protection;
certain representatives of foreign shipping and airline companies;
persons recognised as stateless by the State Migration Service;
accredited foreign-media employees;
professional athletes, artists and art workers working in their profession;
emergency and rescue workers carrying out urgent work;
employees of registered foreign representative offices;
clergy invited by religious organisations for canonical activity;
participants in international technical-assistance projects;
foreign nationals invited to teach or carry out scientific activity at vocational pre-higher and higher-education institutions;
other categories provided by Ukrainian legislation and international treaties.
Categories for which a permit is required
The source includes ordinary foreign employees and gig workers, seconded foreign workers, intra-corporate transferees, certain asylum applicants and appellants, applicants for recognition as stateless persons and foreign students who intend to work during or after study. For students, employment must begin no later than 30 calendar days before completion of study.
Issuing authority and procedure
The employer applies to a territorial body of the State Employment Service.
prepare the application, passport translation, photograph, draft employment or gig contract and evidence of the state payment;
file the documents with the Employment Centre;
the Employment Centre examines the application and issues its decision;
after issuance, conclude the employment or gig contract and provide the required copy to the Employment Centre.
A contract or gig contract must be concluded no later than 90 calendar days from the permit date and a certified copy must be filed no later than 10 days after the contract is concluded.
If the employer does not pay the unified social contribution for the employee during two months from conclusion of the contract, the permit is cancelled and the employer is restricted from obtaining new permits for one year from cancellation.
Permit terms by category
ordinary foreign employees and gig workers — for the contract term, but no more than 2 years;
seconded foreign employees — for the foreign-economic contract term, but no more than 3 years;
intra-corporate transferees — for the transfer decision and employment-contract term, but no more than 3 years;
other categories — no more than 1 year.
Extension and amendments
The permit may be extended an unlimited number of times. An extension application may be filed no earlier than 50 calendar days and no later than 20 calendar days before expiry.
Amendments are required when the employer's name or organisational form changes, the individual entrepreneur's name changes, the foreign national receives a new passport or changes name, or the job title changes or the worker is transferred to another position with the same employer within the permit term.
Grounds for cancellation
The employer should request cancellation where the employment/gig contract ends, the underlying Ukrainian–foreign commercial contract ends, or the Migration Service recognises the person as a refugee or person requiring additional protection.
The source also lists cancellation by the Employment Centre for failure to file the contract, failure to request cancellation when required, undisclosed inaccurate information, a forced-return or expulsion decision, employment on conditions other than those permitted, final refusal of relevant refugee/protection status, a final criminal conviction, a cancellation request from competent state bodies, non-payment of the unified social contribution for two months, and expulsion of a foreign student from a Ukrainian higher-education institution.
Employment without a permit and other questions
A holder of permanent residence may work without a separate work permit. A temporary residence permit alone does not remove the work-permit requirement.
For employment without the required permit; the fine is twenty minimum salaries and an administrative fine of UAH 8,500 to UAH 17,000.
An individual entrepreneur may employ foreign nationals and apply for permits. A foreign founder or owner of a company may also obtain a permit as an employee; the source states a maximum term of 2 years in that case.
A person recognised as stateless by the Ukrainian Migration Service may work without a permit; a person holding a stateless-person document issued by another country follows the ordinary permit procedure.
Permits for certain asylum/statelessness applicants and foreign students may be issued and extended without the state payment. For foreign students, additional documents from the higher-education institution are required.
A permit cannot be obtained without an employer. Visa-free and visa-required nationals are subject to the same employment-permit rules.
A foreign worker may hold permits for more than one employer. The source also permits certain secondary employment with the same employer without an additional permit where the secondary contract does not outlast the principal permit, and temporary combination with the duties of an absent employee for no more than 60 calendar days in a year.
The Law of Ukraine “On Employment of the Population” is the principal legislation governing the employment of foreign nationals and work permits.
Residence Permit in Ukraine
What Changed in 2026
Updated administrative payments apply to immigration documents in 2026. It also states that Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 141 established a special transition period from 7 May to 4 August 2026 for certain foreign nationals whose document-exchange deadline arose after 24 February 2022.
Residence Permit in Ukraine
A Ukrainian residence permit identifies a foreign national or stateless person and confirms the legal basis for temporary or permanent residence in Ukraine. The source distinguishes temporary and permanent residence.
A temporary residence permit may be issued for between 6 months and 6 years depending on the basis and may be renewed repeatedly while the basis remains valid. Permanent residence status is indefinite, while the physical ID card is exchanged every 10 years; the source also refers to age-25 and age-45 exchange rules for older-form documents.
Temporary and permanent residence compared
temporary residence does not itself allow employment without a work permit; permanent residence does;
temporary residence is based on a current statutory ground such as employment, study or family reunification;
permanent residence requires an immigration permit followed by issuance of the permanent-residence ID card;
temporary residence can be renewed while the ground continues; permanent-residence status is indefinite, although the ID card is exchanged periodically.
The source states a 15-working-day decision period for the residence-permit card and up to 6 months for an immigration permit.
Rights and obligations
A residence permit allows lawful long-term stay and entry without relying on the ordinary 90/180-day rule. It may support employment, bank-account opening, education and medical care, subject to the separate employment rules for temporary residents.
The holder must comply with Ukrainian law, register the residential address and meet tax and other administrative obligations where applicable. A residence permit does not confer voting rights, the right to acquire agricultural land or compulsory military service obligations for a foreign national.
General eligibility
The applicant must be lawfully present in Ukraine and have a statutory ground for the relevant residence status. An applicant should not have an unspent conviction in Ukraine or be entered in the Unified Register of Debtors. For some permanent-residence categories, a criminal-record certificate from the country of citizenship and medical certificates are also required.
Core documents
valid foreign passport, returned after presentation;
notarised Ukrainian translation of the passport and copies of relevant entry/visa pages;
medical insurance for the full permit period where required;
lease or ownership documents for the actual place of residence where required;
for permanent residence, evidence of the applicant's residence abroad and in Ukraine;
medical certificates No. 028/o and No. 100-2/o for categories for which the source requires them;
criminal-record certificate from the country of citizenship for categories for which the source requires it.
Spouses, children and parents of Ukrainian citizens and persons with territorial origin from Ukraine are among the categories exempt from certain medical-document requirements; it also lists high-qualified specialists among the categories exempt from the foreign criminal-record certificate.
No application form or printed photographs need to be prepared in advance for the biometric ID-card procedure: the photograph, fingerprints and digital signature are captured during submission.
Decision, collection and address registration
The maximum period for deciding an application for a temporary or permanent residence card is 15 working days. Permanent residence also requires an immigration permit, for which the source states a maximum of 6 months.
The permit should be collected within 6 months after the decision; otherwise it will be cancelled and destroyed.
After receiving a residence permit, the holder must register the residential address within 30 days. Applications for renewal/exchange should be filed no later than 15 working days before the document expires.
Practical questions
There is no statutory expedited residence-permit procedure and no examination is required merely for a residence permit. Language, Constitution and history examinations are associated in the source with citizenship rather than residence.
A first residence permit can be issued before address registration because the applicant does not yet have the residence document to which that registration can be linked. For renewal or exchange, valid registration is required.
A residence-permit applicant may travel after filing and the foreign passport is not retained. Since 2018, a temporary permit is not stamped in the passport, while issuance of permanent residence is recorded by a passport stamp.
A Ukrainian residence permit removes the need for a visa to enter Ukraine, but it does not create visa-free rights for other countries or confer the Ukraine–EU visa-free regime on a foreign national.
Foreign nationals with permanent residence are taxed as Ukrainian residents, while temporary-residence holders are not automatically treated as tax residents and may need separate confirmation where the factual residence conditions are met.
Ukrainian law does not set a maximum number of days a residence-permit holder may be absent from Ukraine and does not prohibit holding residence permits in several countries, although a person cannot hold two Ukrainian residence permits at the same time.
2026 state payments
The source states: immigration permit — UAH 1,843.74; permanent residence permit — UAH 4,450; temporary residence permit — UAH 4,450.
Legislation
The source refers to the Law of Ukraine “On the Legal Status of Foreigners and Stateless Persons”, the Law “On Immigration”, Cabinet of Ministers regulations on immigration, and the separate procedures governing issuance, exchange, cancellation and destruction of temporary and permanent residence permits.
Temporary Residence Permit in Ukraine
What Changed in 2026
Updated administrative payments for foreign-national documents apply in 2026.
Temporary Residence Permit
A temporary residence permit allows a foreign national or stateless person to reside lawfully in Ukraine for a defined period on a statutory basis and to renew the status while that basis continues.
While the permit is valid, the holder may enter and leave Ukraine and reside in the country without applying the ordinary 90/180-day stay limit. After issuance, the residential address must be registered or declared within 30 calendar days.
Grounds and permit periods
family reunification with a Ukrainian citizen, including marriage to a Ukrainian citizen while lawfully residing in Ukraine on another temporary-residence basis or certain protection documents — 1 year;
family reunification with a foreign national lawfully residing in Ukraine on temporary residence, refugee/additional-protection status or a military-service contract — 1 year;
founder, participant or beneficial owner of a Ukrainian legal entity — 2 years;
employment on the basis of a work permit — from 6 months to 3 years, for the period of that permit;
work in a representative office of a foreign legal entity — 1 year;
work in a branch or representative office of a foreign bank — 1 year;
study — for the period stated in the educational document;
cultural, scientific or educational activity — 1 year;
professional athlete status — 1 year;
foreign-media correspondent or representative — 1 year;
participation in an international technical-assistance project — for the project period;
religious/canonical activity on invitation of a religious organisation and with the Ministry of Culture involvement — 1 year;
certain persons released from temporary-stay facilities where removal could not be carried out — 1 year;
a person recognised as stateless by the State Migration Service — 1 year.
Rights and obligations
Temporary residence allows visa-free re-entry to Ukraine, residence without the 90/180 calculation, bank-account opening, study, medical care and business activity. Employment remains subject to the separate work-permit rules unless an exemption applies.
The holder must register the residential address, renew or surrender the ID card in time, comply with Ukrainian law and meet applicable tax obligations.
Application conditions and procedure
The applicant must have a statutory ground for temporary residence, be lawfully present in Ukraine and submit the required documents. The foreign national applies personally to the State Migration Service, a competent administrative-services centre or Passport Service at the place of residence.
Biometric data are captured during filing: the applicant is photographed, fingerprints are taken and the signature is digitised.
A temporary residence permit is issued within up to 15 working days after filing.
Documents and verification
The Migration Service verifies the information in the application and sends a request to the Security Service of Ukraine. The actual residential address should therefore be stated and only genuine documents should be used.
Foreign official documents must be legalised or apostilled where required by the applicable rules and submitted with a notarised Ukrainian translation unless an international treaty provides otherwise. Public authorities may not demand documents or information not provided by law.
A foreign national or stateless person staying in Ukraine must have a valid passport document.
Grounds for refusal
national-security or public-order considerations;
protection of public health or the rights and lawful interests of persons in Ukraine;
a forged, damaged, non-standard or third-party passport document;
knowingly false information or forged documents;
failure to comply with enforceable court or administrative decisions or outstanding property obligations, including certain obligations connected with previous removal;
other grounds provided by law.
After issuance and changes of information
The residential address must be registered within 30 calendar days after issuance. Where personal data change, the source requires an application for exchange of the permit within one month. Where other information changes, such as address, employment position or passport details, the issuing Migration Service should be notified in writing within 10 days.
Expiry and renewal
Where the temporary residence permit expires and is not renewed, the foreign national must leave Ukraine within 7 days, cancel address registration and return the ID card to the issuing Migration Service.
Renewal is possible while the statutory ground continues. The application and supporting documents should be filed no later than 15 working days before expiry.
Where a temporary residence permit expired during martial law, it remains effective until the end or cancellation of martial law plus one month, while also advising timely exchange of documents.
Visa and personal attendance
The source identifies citizens of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Uzbekistan as not requiring a type D visa for the residence-permit procedure. It states that other foreign nationals must obtain the relevant visa abroad; a type D visa cannot be issued inside Ukraine.
A power of attorney cannot replace personal attendance because the biometric ID-card procedure requires fingerprints, photograph, digital signature and fingerprint verification on collection.
State payment and legal basis
The source states a 2026 state payment of UAH 1,140 for a temporary residence permit.
The source refers to the Law of Ukraine “On the Legal Status of Foreigners and Stateless Persons” and the procedure governing issuance, exchange, cancellation and destruction of temporary residence permits. It also refers to Article 4 of that Law as containing the official list of temporary-residence grounds.
A temporary residence permit may be issued regardless of age where the required ground and, where applicable, type D visa exist. It separately notes that persons aged 16 and over may apply in their own right under the rules.
Permanent Residence Permit in Ukraine
What Changed in 2026
Migration Service administrative payments were updated in 2026.
Permanent Residence in Ukraine
Permanent residence is an indefinite immigration status allowing a foreign national to live in Ukraine without counting days of stay or renewing the immigration status annually. The status is evidenced by an ID card which, is valid for 10 years and may be exchanged repeatedly without obtaining a new immigration permit.
Permanent residents may work without a separate work permit, use bank accounts, acquire property, use medical services, potentially become tax residents and apply for foreign visas through diplomatic missions in Ukraine. Permanent residence does not confer Ukrainian citizenship or political rights.
The underlying immigration permit is issued by the State Migration Service. The source states a maximum period of up to 6 months for the immigration-permit stage and 15 working days for issuance of the permanent-residence card.
Main grounds
spouse, children or parents of a Ukrainian citizen; for marriage, the marriage must have lasted more than 2 years and both spouses participate personally in the immigration procedure;
full siblings, grandparents and grandchildren of Ukrainian citizens;
spouse, children under 18 and disabled parents of an immigrant who already holds permanent residence; the source also applies a more-than-2-year marriage condition;
territorial origin from Ukraine, including qualifying birth or residence before 24 August 1991 of the applicant or specified close relatives;
former citizens of Ukraine;
overseas Ukrainians and certain accompanying family members;
investors who make an investment of at least USD 100,000 in the Ukrainian economy. This is a monetary contribution to the charter capital of a Ukrainian resident legal entity;
persons recognised as victims of human trafficking after three years of continuous lawful residence from recognition;
foreign nationals who have served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine for more than 3 years or meet the service-injury condition;
guardians of Ukrainian citizens and persons under guardianship of Ukrainian citizens;
highly qualified specialists and workers needed by the Ukrainian economy, subject to the qualification procedure;
scientists and cultural figures whose immigration is in Ukraine's interests;
persons whose immigration is in the state interest of Ukraine;
persons recognised as stateless who have lived in Ukraine on temporary residence for two years after recognition;
persons who have continuously lived in Ukraine on temporary residence for the previous 5 years. Residence is continuous where a single private trip abroad does not exceed 90 days and total absences during a year do not exceed 180 days; it also states exclusions for certain temporary-residence grounds.
Procedure
The foreign national files personally with the Migration Service. The immigration-permit stage may take up to 6 months and includes checks by the Security Service, National Police and other state bodies. After the immigration permit is granted, the applicant files for the biometric permanent-residence ID card.
Where the applicant did not previously hold temporary residence or an extension of stay, a type D-01 visa is required before applying for the card, except for citizens of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Uzbekistan.
The immigration permit is valid for 1 year and the permanent-residence card application must be filed during that period. Failure to do so causes the immigration permit to lapse.
Core documents
foreign passport, returned after presentation;
notarised Ukrainian translation of the passport and copies of relevant entry/visa pages;
document proving residence abroad and documents proving residence in Ukraine;
medical certificates No. 028/o and No. 100-2/o where required;
criminal-record certificate from the country of citizenship where required;
documents proving the particular immigration ground, such as civil-status records, kinship documents, proof of former Ukrainian citizenship, overseas-Ukrainian status, investment documents, military-service evidence or relevant state-body conclusions;
where a parent immigrates with minor children, the source requires the other spouse's statement in the stated circumstances;
housing documents or owner consent for address registration where required.
The source lists exemptions from some medical and criminal-record documents for specified family and territorial-origin categories and for certain highly qualified specialists.
For the USD 100,000 investor route, the source identifies the charter, investment agreements where available and a bank certificate showing receipt of the qualifying foreign-currency investment. It states that the bank certificate is valid for six months from issue.
Foreign public documents must be legalised or apostilled where required and accompanied by a notarised Ukrainian translation. Certificates and other documents whose contents may change may generally be submitted within 6 months of issue.
Checks and periods
After an immigration decision the Migration Service should send a copy of the permit to the applicant's address within 3 working days. It states that the permanent-residence card itself takes 15–21 days in the source wording.
The source identifies checks by the Security Service, Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Border Guard Service, Ukrainian Interpol bureau and National Police. It states that those bodies have one month after receiving a request to conduct their checks.
The National Police may verify the residential address. A negative address check can be used as a ground for refusal.
ID-card application and address registration
A person holding temporary residence should apply for exchange to permanent residence no later than 15 working days before the temporary permit expires. A person relying on a visa or an extension-of-stay stamp should likewise apply no later than 15 working days before the relevant lawful-stay period expires.
The permanent-residence card is collected personally and verified by fingerprint. A passport stamp recording permanent residence is placed in the foreign passport.
After receipt, the residential address must be registered; where the person was already registered on temporary residence, the registration extract should be updated. A new foreign passport should be presented with a translation so that the permanent-residence stamp can be transferred.
Grounds for refusal
The source refers to Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine “On Immigration” and lists, among other grounds:
an unspent conviction for an intentional offence punished by imprisonment for more than one year;
war crimes, crimes against peace or humanity, being wanted for a serious or especially serious offence, or the pending suspicion/investigation circumstances;
specified diseases dangerous to society;
false information, forged documents, loss of the immigration ground, fictitious marriage, incomplete documents or certain previous migration violations;
an entry ban or unfulfilled obligations such as debts, unenforced court decisions or deportation-related obligations;
other grounds provided by Ukrainian law.
Some conviction and medical grounds do not apply to guardians/wards of Ukrainian citizens and certain territorial-origin applicants who were not previously Ukrainian citizens.
A refusal may be challenged and a repeat immigration application after refusal may be filed no earlier than one year after the refusal decision.
Permanent residence and citizenship
Permanent residence is an indefinite residence status evidenced by a foreigner's ID card; citizenship gives a Ukrainian passport and political rights. A permanent resident cannot obtain a Ukrainian passport for travel abroad unless the person becomes a Ukrainian citizen.
“indefinite residence permit” is an informal name for permanent residence. Older paper permits could state “indefinite”; current biometric cards have a 10-year document validity while the underlying status remains indefinite.
Other rules
A permanent resident does not need a work permit. Permanent residence does not confer Ukraine–EU visa-free travel; entry to other countries is determined by citizenship and their visa rules.
An immigration permit is mandatory before the permanent-residence card can be issued. Since 2024 applications for permanent residence may be filed without an annual immigration quota.
A person does not have to renounce existing citizenship merely to obtain permanent residence.
The source identifies medical forms No. 280/o and No. 100-2/o for many immigration categories.
The source states a payment of “UAH 4,450 + UAH 4,450” for the immigration-permit stage and again “UAH 4,450 + UAH 4,450” for the permanent-residence card. These figures are reproduced without external reconciliation.
Immigration and permanent-residence documents cannot be filed or collected by power of attorney because biometric data and fingerprint verification require personal attendance.
Where an immigration application is pending and the applicant has no residence permit, lawful stay may be extended. The extension application must be filed no later than 3 working days before the lawful stay expires; such extensions are usually for six months and cease automatically if the foreign national leaves Ukraine.
A child may immigrate with a parent and be included in the parent's immigration permit, but receives a separate permanent-residence ID card.
Divorce after permanent residence was obtained on the basis of marriage to a Ukrainian citizen does not itself cancel the immigration permit or permanent residence already obtained during the marriage.
The source identifies the Law of Ukraine “On Immigration”, the Cabinet of Ministers regulation “Certain Issues in the Field of Immigration”, and the procedure governing the permanent-residence card as the principal legal framework.
Extension of Stay in Ukraine
Extension of a Foreign National's Stay
Extension of stay is the statutory procedure that allows a foreign national, where a legal ground exists, to remain in Ukraine beyond the ordinary visa or visa-free period. The application should be made no later than 3 working days before the permitted stay expires.
The maximum extension may be up to 6 months depending on the ground.
Why an extension may be required
The procedure may allow a person to remain beyond a visa period or the ordinary 90-day visa-free limit. A stamp is placed in the passport showing the date until which the person may remain lawfully.
The source states an administrative fine of UAH 3,500 to UAH 5,100 for overstaying.
Grounds
medical treatment, pregnancy or childbirth;
care of an ill family member;
inheritance matters;
a pending immigration-permit application;
a basis for temporary or permanent residence;
a pending application concerning Ukrainian citizenship.
The source also requires a receiving/guaranteeing party, which may be a Ukrainian citizen, a foreign national with a residence permit or a legal entity represented by its head or an authorised employee.
Where and when to apply
The application is filed with the Migration Service at the place of residence no later than 3 working days before the lawful stay ends. Where documents prove circumstances that prevented departure, filing may take place during the final three days of lawful stay.
Since 2023 an application may be accepted after an overstay once the administrative fine has been paid, while still recommending filing within the statutory period.
Documents
foreign passport or stateless-person document, with notarised Ukrainian translation of the personal-data page and a copy of the entry-stamp page; the passport remains with the Migration Service during consideration for placement of the extension stamp;
passport of the individual host or the director/authorised employee of the legal-entity host, with evidence of lawful stay where the host is a foreign national;
appointment/order documents where a legal-entity employee acts for the host;
extract from the Unified State Register where the host is a legal entity;
evidence of the host's financial support as a guarantee letter.
If the foreign national leaves Ukraine during the extended period, the extension stamp is automatically cancelled and re-entry requires restored lawful-stay entitlement or a visa.
90/180 rule
Foreign nationals may stay in Ukraine for 90 days in each 180-day period and the days are counted backwards from the date on which the remaining entitlement is assessed.
Pending residence, immigration or citizenship procedures
An extension may be available where the applicant needs time to file for residence, is awaiting an immigration permit or is awaiting a citizenship-related decision. For a pending immigration case, the extension application should be filed no later than 3 working days before expiry of lawful stay; the extension is usually for six months.
Where parents are awaiting a decision on registration of their child as a Ukrainian citizen, the parents may extend their own stay while the decision is pending. After the child is registered as a citizen, the parents may have a basis to apply for immigration within the period stated in the extension stamp.
For a pending citizenship application, an extension of approximately 3 to 6 months may be granted depending on the circumstances.
Renewal and Exchange of a Temporary Residence Permit in Ukraine
What Changed in 2026
Updated administrative payments apply in 2026. It also states that Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 141 created a special exchange period from 7 May to 4 August 2026 for certain foreign nationals whose document-exchange deadline arose after 24 February 2022.
Renewal of Temporary Residence
Renewal/exchange of a temporary residence permit is required where the holder intends to remain in Ukraine and the current ID card is approaching expiry. The statutory basis on which the permit was issued must generally continue.
An application should normally be made no later than 15 working days before expiry. It also states that martial-law rules permit certain late exchanges and five consecutive years of temporary residence may, for a qualifying category, lead to eligibility for permanent residence.
When exchange is required
expiry of the permit;
change of surname, name, citizenship or the permit information;
an error in the data recorded in the permit;
damage making the document unsuitable for use;
loss or theft.
Where personal data change, the exchange application should be filed within one month.
Conditions and place of filing
The application should be filed in time, the original residence ground should remain valid, the document package should be complete and the applicant should not be entered in the Unified Register of Debtors.
The permit is generally renewed on the same ground. The source identifies an exception allowing a permit issued on another ground to be exchanged for residence based on marriage to a Ukrainian citizen.
Applications may be filed with the Migration Service, an administrative-services centre or Passport Service at the place of residence, subject to the timing rules.
Documents
current temporary residence permit, except where lost or stolen;
address-registration extract;
foreign passport and notarised Ukrainian translation of the personal-data page;
medical insurance covering the full new permit period;
taxpayer card (RNOKPP/INN), where available;
lease or title documents for the actual residence address; an on-site check may be carried out where such documents cannot be provided;
documents confirming the continuing statutory ground for temporary residence.
The Migration Service verifies the information and may request a Security Service check, so the actual address and genuine documents should be used.
Timing and expired documents
Where at least 15 working days remain, filing may take place through the Migration Service, administrative-services centre or Passport Service. Where fewer than 15 working days remain but the permit is still valid, filing is made directly with the Migration Service, which may place a temporary extension mark in the passport.
If the permit has already expired, the holder should surrender the card and leave Ukraine within 7 days.
During martial law and for 30 days after its termination, a special rule under which certain permits that expired or became due for exchange after 24 February 2022 continue to be treated is valid for entry, stay and exchange/renewal.
A replacement ID card in an exchange, renewal or restoration procedure is produced within up to 15 working days from filing.
After renewal
The holder should update the residence-permit information in the territorial-community register through the competent local authority and obtain a new address-registration extract or generate one through Diia.
Renewal versus exchange
Since 2018 the legislation uses the concept of “exchange” rather than simply extending the old booklet. A new ID-card blank is issued each time the permit is renewed, restored or its data are changed, and the old document is withdrawn.
Other rules
A lost temporary residence permit is replaced by a new ID card and the lost document is cancelled.
No new visa or border exit/re-entry is required merely to renew a still-valid permit. Residence based on another ground may, be exchanged to residence based on marriage to a Ukrainian citizen without obtaining a new visa.
Valid address registration is required for exchange due to expiry. Under emergency circumstances such as quarantine or martial law, filing may be allowed at the place of actual residence rather than registered residence.
The source says the legislation does not state an upper “earliest filing” limit but refers to an informal practice of accepting renewal no earlier than three months before expiry.
The source states a 2026 state payment of UAH 1,140 for each renewal, exchange or restoration, excluding any bank commission.
Exchange of a Permanent Residence Permit in Ukraine
Exchange of Permanent Residence ID Card
A permanent residence document must be exchanged when statutory exchange circumstances arise. An application should be made within one month after certain changes and no later than 15 working days before expiry of a current biometric ID card.
When exchange is required
expiry of the ID card;
change of name, surname, citizenship or other data recorded in the card, including transliteration;
discovery of an error in the recorded data;
damage making the permit unusable;
reaching age 25 or 45 where the holder still has an old-format paper permanent-residence permit.
Loss or theft requires issuance of a new biometric card through a procedure similar to exchange.
Failure to exchange within the one-month period may result in a fine. It also states that where the exchange obligation arose after 24 February 2022, the fine is not applied during martial law under the source-described rule.
Where and how to apply
The application is filed personally with the Migration Service at the place of residence; in some cities the source also identifies administrative-services centres and State Enterprise “Document” service centres.
Biometric data are captured during filing. The exchange is completed within 15 working days from filing, although checks of the underlying immigration permit or requests to another issuing unit may cause delay.
Documents
current permanent residence permit, except where lost or stolen;
address-registration extract;
valid foreign passport;
notarised Ukrainian translation of the passport data page;
copy of the immigration permit where available;
document proving the change of personal data, where relevant;
proof of payment of any administrative fine for late exchange, where applicable;
RNOKPP/INN where available.
Deadlines and fines
The application must be filed no later than one month after the event requiring exchange, or no later than 15 working days before expiry where the ID card is being exchanged because its validity is ending.
A permit not exchanged within the required period is treated as invalid. The fine is UAH 3,400 to UAH 5,100 for breach of the exchange deadline and for residence with an invalid permit.
Age 25 and 45
The source distinguishes old paper permits from current biometric cards. The age-25 and age-45 exchange rule applies to old-format permits; a current ID card is exchanged according to its stated expiry date rather than automatically at those ages.
Loss, theft and state payment
Where a permanent residence permit is lost or stolen, the holder notifies the Migration Service and files the standard exchange document package. The state payment is due even where the document was stolen.
Personal attendance and passport stamp
Exchange and collection cannot be performed by power of attorney because fingerprints, photograph, digital signature and fingerprint verification are required. On collection, the permanent-residence stamp is placed on a blank passport page and any previous stamp is cancelled.
Old “indefinite” paper permits may create verification problems and cannot be added to Diia, which is one reason it recommends exchange to the current biometric form.
Cancellation of a Residence Permit in Ukraine
Cancellation of Temporary and Permanent Residence
Cancellation of a residence permit depends on whether the document is temporary or permanent residence. The source distinguishes the grounds and procedure for each status.
An expired permit should be returned to the Migration Service. Cancellation may also be required where the legal ground on which the permit was issued has ended, or may be requested voluntarily by the foreign national. An application concerning cancellation may be initiated by the foreign national or, in appropriate temporary-residence cases, by the Ukrainian receiving party.
Who may initiate cancellation?
The holder may voluntarily give up residence, for example before leaving Ukraine or moving to another legal status. The State Migration Service may cancel residence on its own initiative or following information from law-enforcement bodies where statutory grounds exist.
A temporary-residence cancellation request may be filed offline or online, while voluntary cancellation of permanent residence requires the foreign national's personal attendance at the Migration Service unit associated with the document.
Grounds for cancellation of temporary residence
the permit was obtained using false information, forged or invalid documents;
request by the receiving party or termination of the receiving legal entity;
a sentence of imprisonment in Ukraine;
conduct threatening national security, public order, public health or the rights and lawful interests of persons in Ukraine;
a decision on forced return, expulsion or a further entry ban;
acquisition of Ukrainian citizenship, a permanent residence permit, refugee status or additional-protection status;
loss of the legal ground for residence or subsequent invalidation/cancellation of documents supporting that ground;
the foreign national's own cancellation application;
cancellation of a decision recognising the person as stateless;
other grounds provided by Ukrainian law.
Grounds affecting permanent residence and the immigration permit
Permanent residence may be cancelled where the immigration permit is cancelled, where the permanent-residence document was obtained on false information or forged/invalid documents, where a statelessness-recognition decision is refused or cancelled, or in other cases provided by law.
It lists cancellation of the immigration permit where it was obtained using knowingly false information, forged or invalid documents or a fictitious marriage; where the immigrant receives a final sentence of imprisonment exceeding one year; where the person's conduct threatens national security or public order; where Ukrainian immigration-status legislation is violated; where the immigrant requests cancellation; where the immigrant acquires Ukrainian citizenship; in specified guardianship/parental-rights situations; after certain illegal-border or occupied-territory entry/exit violations; and in other statutory cases.
Procedure and documents
The source describes deregistration of the residential address, return of the residence permit and/or filing of the cancellation request with the Migration Service, followed by the Migration Service decision.
The basic documents are the cancellation application or petition and, where the permit is being returned, the residence card and address-registration evidence.
What happens after cancellation?
After cancellation of temporary residence, the foreign national must deregister the address, return the permit and leave Ukraine within 7 days after receiving notice of the cancellation decision.
Where permanent residence is cancelled together with the immigration permit and a forced-return decision is made, departure must take place within the period specified in that decision.
If the foreign national remains after the 7-day period, an administrative fine may be imposed. The seven days are counted from receipt of notice, not merely from the date on which the Migration Service made the decision.
Where the cancellation decision is challenged in court, the foreign national may remain lawfully in Ukraine while the case is pending.
Return and repeat applications
After departure, a visa-free national may return within the available visa-free stay entitlement; a visa-required national must again comply with the applicable visa rules.
A new residence-permit application may be possible after the cancellation ground has been removed and a valid residence ground remains. Where permanent residence and the immigration permit were cancelled, a new immigration application may be made only after one year from the cancellation decision and the decision is challenged through the courts.
Marriage and residence cancellation
Divorce ends the basis for a temporary residence permit issued on marriage and may lead to cancellation. The holder should surrender the permit and leave within the 7-day period.
By contrast, divorce does not itself cancel an immigration permit and permanent residence already obtained during marriage to a Ukrainian citizen. If the marriage ends while the permanent-residence procedure is still pending, however, the immigration ground may be lost.
Checking document status
The status of a residence permit may be checked through the State Migration Service service for invalid documents by selecting the document type and entering its series and/or number, while warning that the online information may not always display correctly.
Cancellation of a Work Permit in Ukraine
Cancellation of a Foreign National's Work Permit
A work permit should be cancelled where the employment or gig relationship ends or another statutory cancellation ground arises. The employer should notify the Employment Centre after dismissal or early termination of the employment contract.
The physical permit may be retained by the company or returned to the Employment Centre. Cancellation information can be checked in the register of cancelled permits on the Employment Centre website.
Where a temporary residence permit was also obtained on the basis of the employment, the Migration Service should also be dealt with as required after the employment basis ends.
Cancellation at the employer's initiative
The following apply:
termination of the employment contract or gig contract;
termination of the contract between the Ukrainian and foreign business entities under which the foreign national was assigned to Ukraine;
a Migration Service decision recognising the foreign national as a refugee or person requiring additional protection.
Cancellation by the Employment Centre
failure to file the employment or gig contract within the prescribed period;
the employer's own cancellation application or failure to request cancellation where required;
inaccurate information in the employer's documents that could not have been identified during the initial review;
a decision on forced return or forced expulsion;
employment on conditions different from the permit or by another employer, except permitted secondary/combined employment;
failure to challenge, or final rejection of, specified refugee/additional-protection decisions;
a final criminal conviction of the foreign national;
a cancellation request from the National Police, Security Service or another competent state body;
non-payment of the unified social contribution for the employee for two months from the employment-contract date, except where legislation provides otherwise;
information from a Ukrainian higher-education institution that the foreign student has been expelled.
Cancellation on the grounds corresponding to items 3–10 in its list prevents the employer from obtaining an analogous permit again.
Procedure and documents
The employer prepares the cancellation request and supporting documents and files them with the Employment Centre or, where applicable, an administrative-services centre. The source states a decision period of up to 15 calendar days.
The basic documents are the original request and, in a dismissal case, a copy of the dismissal order certified by the company's seal where used and the director's signature.
Appeal
If the permit was cancelled unlawfully or by mistake, the Employment Centre decision may be appealed to the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine. The appeal should be filed within 15 days after receipt of the cancellation decision.
If the administrative appeal succeeds, the permit becomes valid again; otherwise a court challenge may be pursued.
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