Entry regime to Ukraine for foreign citizens
15 June 2021 16:06
Information on the regime of entry of foreigners into Ukraine
(by countries of citizenship of travelers and types of travel documents)
as of June 08, 2023
Below are the conditions for entry for private / tourist purposes. To enter for the purpose of study, work or other activity, an appropriate visa is usually required. Please read Visa information.
· Visa applications must be submitted via visa.mfa.gov.ua (before submitting your application, you will be able to choose the country, embassy or visa application center where you plan to get your visa, if allowed in your case by visa regulations).
· Applications for e-Visas must be submitted via evisa.ma.gov.ua (for citizens of eligible countries)
Attention: the mode of entry below is only possible if you have a valid passport of the country of your citizenship (listed in the "Nationality" column).
If you are the holder of a refugee document (according to the Geneva Convention) or a stateless person, you always need a visa to enter.
Nationality
Travel passport
Diplomatic passport
Afghanistan
visa
Albania
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Algeria
visa
Andorra
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Angola
visa
Antigua and Barbuda
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Argentina
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Armenia
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Australia
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Austria
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Azerbaijan
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Bahamas
visa, including e-Visa
Bahrain
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Bangladesh
visa
Barbados
visa, including e-Visa
Belarus
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Belgium
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Belize
visa, including e-Visa
Benin
visa
Bhutan
visa, including e-Visa
Bolivia
visa, including e-Visa
Bosnia and Herzegovina
visa-free for up to 30 days for 60 days
Botswana
visa
Brazil
visa-free for up to 90 days
Brunei Darussalam
visa-free for up to 30 days
Bulgaria
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Burkina Faso
visa
Burundi
visa
Cambodia
visa, including e-Visa
Cameroon
visa
Canada
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Cape Verde
visa
Central African Republic
visa
Chad
visa
Chile
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
visa-free for up to 90 days
China (PRC)
visa, including e-Visa
visa-free up to 90 days from the date of crossing the border
Colombia
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
visa-free for up to 90 days
Congo (Republic of the Congo)
visa
Congo (DRC)
visa
Costa Rica
visa, including e-Visa
Croatia
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Cuba
visa
visa-free for up to 90 days
Cyprus
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Czech Republic
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Denmark
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Djibouti
visa
Dominica
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Dominican Republic
visa, including e-Visa
visa-free for up to 90 days
East Timor (Timor-Leste)
visa, including e-Visa
Ecuador
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Egypt
visa
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
El Salvador
visa, including e-Visa
Equatorial Guinea
visa
Eritrea
visa
Estonia
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Ethiopia
visa
Fiji
visa, including e-Visa
Finland
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
France
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Gabon
visa
Gambia
visa
Georgia
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days (including for biometric passports in the form of an ID card)
Germany
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Ghana
visa
Greece
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Grenada
visa-free up to 90 days for 180 days for tourism or unpaid activities
Guatemala
visa, including e-Visa
Guinea
visa
Guinea-Bissau
visa
Guyana
visa
Haiti
visa, including e-Visa
Honduras
visa, including e-Visa
Hong Kong (SAR), PRC
visa-free for up to 14 days
Hungary
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Iceland
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
India
visa, including e-Visa
visa-free up to 90 days
Indonesia
visa, including e-Visa
visa-free for up to 30 days
Iran
visa
visa-free for up to 30 days
Ireland
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Israel
visa-free for up to 90 days
Italy
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Ivory Coast
visa
Jamaica
visa, including e-Visa
Japan
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Jordan
visa
Kazakhstan
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days from the date of the first crossing of the state border
Kenya
visa
Kirghizia
visa-free up to 90 days from the date of crossing the border
Kiribati
visa, including e-Visa
Kuwait
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
visa-free for up to 90 days for 6 months
Laos
visa, including e-Visa
visa-free for up to 90 days
Latvia
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Lebanon
visa
Lesotho
visa
Liberia
visa
Libya
visa
Liechtenstein
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Lithuania
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Luxembourg
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Madagascar
visa
Malawi
visa
Malaysia
visa, including e-Visa
Maldives
visa, including e-Visa
Mali
visa
Malta
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Marshall Islands
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Mauritania
visa
Mauritius
visa, including e-Visa
Mexico
visa, including e-Visa
visa-free for up to 90 days
Micronesia
visa, including e-Visa
Moldova
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Monaco
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Mongolia
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days (for business, tourist, private trips with supporting documents)
Montenegro
visa-free up to 90 days within 180 days from the date of first entry
Morocco
visa
visa-free for up to 90 days
Mozambique
visa
Myanmar
visa, including e-Visa
Namibia
visa
Nauru
visa, including e-Visa
Nepal
visa, including e-Visa
Netherlands
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
New Zealand
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Nicaragua
visa, including e-Visa
Niger
visa
Nigeria
visa
North Korea
visa
North Macedonia
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days (exclusively for trips on the basis of biometric travel documents)
Norway
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Oman
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Pakistan
visa
Palau
visa, including e-Visa
Palestine
visa
Panama
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
visa-free for up to 90 days
Papua New Guinea
visa
Paraguay
visa-free for up to 90 days within 6 months from the date of entry
Peru
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
visa-free for up to 90 days
Philippines
visa, including e-Visa
Poland
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Portugal
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Puerto Rico
visa
Qatar
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
visa-free up to 90 days from the date of entry
Romania
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Russia
visa*
Rwanda
visa
Saint Lucia
visa, including e-Visa
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Samoa
visa, including e-Visa
San Marino
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Sao Tome and Principe
visa
Saudi Arabia
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Senegal
visa
Serbia
visa-free up to 90 days within 180 days
visa-free for up to 90 days
Seychelles
visa, including e-Visa
Sierra Leone
visa
Singapore
visa, including e-Visa
visa-free for up to 90 days
Slovakia
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Slovenia
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Solomon Islands
visa, including e-Visa
Somalia
visa
South Africa
visa, including e-Visa
South Korea
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
visa-free for up to 90 days
South Sudan
visa
Spain
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Sri Lanka
visa
visa-free for up to 30 days for 60 days
St. Kitts and Nevis
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Sudan
visa
Suriname
visa, including e-Visa
Eswatini (Swaziland)
visa
Sweden
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Switzerland
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Syria
visa
Tajikistan
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Tanzania
visa
Thailand
visa, including e-Visa
visa-free for up to 90 days
Trinidad and Tobago
visa, including e-Visa
Tunisia
visa
visa-free up to 90 days for 180 days
Turkey
visa - free for up to 90 days for 180 days (including for biometric passports in the form of ID cards)
visa-free for up to 90 days
Turkmenistan
visa
visa-free for up to 30 days
Tuvalu
visa, including e-Visa
Uganda
visa
UAE
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
United Kingdom
visa-free up to 90 days for 180 days **
USA
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Uruguay
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Uzbekistan
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Vanuatu
visa, including e-Visa
Vatican
visa-free for up to 90 days for 180 days
Venezuela
visa
visa-free for up to 90 days
Vietnam
visa
visa-free for up to 90 days
Yemen
visa
Zambia
visa
Zimbabwe
visa
* Foreign diplomatic and consular missions of Ukraine stopped their activities on the territory of the russian federation.
Citizens of the russian federation residing in the territories of the third countries with temporary or permanent permission of stay can apply for their Ukrainian visas through Ukraine’s diplomatic missions of Ukraine or visa centers managed by the external service provider (the VFS Global).
Citizens of the russian federation who are temporarily reside in the republic of belarus, Georgia and the Republic of Kazakhstan can apply for their Ukrainian visas through Ukraine’s diplomatic missions or visa centers managed by the external service provider (the VFS Global) in these countries (if available).
**Visa-free entry and stay for up to 90 days within 180 days, as well as transit through the territory of Ukraine for nationals of the United Kingdom for up till 30 January 2024 was extended by the Decree of the President of Ukraine of 2 January 2023 no. 1/2023 “On Amending the Decree of the President of Ukraine of 29 January 2020 no. 28".
Text of the Decree: https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/12023-45501.