Countries of migration risk and visa to Ukraine

Visa regime for citizens of the migration risk countries

Ukrainian visa policy contains a term, known as the “migration risk country”, which means that such nationals shall apply for the Ukrainian visa only in the Ukrainian consulates in the country of their citizenship, or in the country of temporary or permanent residence (such citizens have to be the holders of temporary/permanent residence permits issued in that countries).

The list of migration risk countries is established by Ukrainian law and includes mostly people from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. The citizens of the abovementioned countries are granted a visa to Ukraine only after a special approval from the Security Service of Ukraine and following an interview with the competent authorities.

The citizens of the migration risk countries are more likely to encounter the visa denial. In general, expats from the migration risk countries come across significant difficulties regarding visa issues or face the extremely long terms in getting a visa to Ukraine.
Such difficulties hinder the attraction of potential investors to Ukraine and the development of foreign business in Ukraine and, as a result, reduce the migration attractiveness of Ukraine for foreigners.

Whatever the case, Rimslin Chambers has extensive experience in visa issues and has successfully helped many potential investors and other foreigners to obtain visas to Ukraine.

Currently, 70 following countries are included to the list of the migration risk countries:

Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Bangladesh
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo (The Democratic Republic)
Congo (The People`s Republic)
Côte d’Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Federal Republic of Somalia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Iran
Iraq
Jordan
Kenya
Kingdom of Lesotho
Kingdom of Tonga
Kingdom of Swaziland
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanese Republic
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Mozambik
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Pakistan
Palestine
Papua New Guinea
Republic of Korea
Republic of South Sudan
Ruanda
Russian Federation
San Tome and Principi
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
The Union of the Comoros
Togolese Republic
Tunisia
Uganda
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe.