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    Legalization in Ukraine: Permanent residence permit

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    💡 Choose what is closest to you. Permanent residence is granted only on specific grounds, grouped below by life situation.

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    Detailed description of the service — read

    A permanent residence permit allows you to live in Ukraine indefinitely, work without a work permit, and enter and leave without visas or counting days. To get it, you first need an immigration permit (Law of Ukraine "On Immigration"), and then the residence card itself from the State Migration Service.

    Immigration permit within the quota

    • scientists and cultural figures whose immigration is in Ukraine's interest;
    • highly qualified specialists and workers needed by the economy;
    • investors who have invested at least USD 100,000 in Ukraine's economy;
    • siblings, grandparents and grandchildren of Ukrainian citizens;
    • persons who previously held Ukrainian citizenship;
    • an immigrant’s spouse (married over two years), children under 18 and parents unable to work;
    • persons who served three years in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and other categories set by law.

    Outside the quota

    • a spouse, if married to a Ukrainian citizen for more than two years;
    • children and parents of Ukrainian citizens;
    • guardians of Ukrainian citizens and persons under their guardianship;
    • persons entitled to Ukrainian citizenship by territorial origin;
    • other cases provided by law, including when immigration is in the state's interest.

    How it is issued

    The application for the permit is filed with a regional office of the State Migration Service (or a consulate if you are abroad). Once the permit is granted, a permanent residence card in ID-card format is issued. Documents issued abroad must be apostilled and translated into Ukrainian.

    Law text: Law of Ukraine "On Immigration".

    How to obtain a permanent residence permit

    Roadmap

    1. Category

      Find your immigrant category: out-of-quota (family of a citizen, Ukrainians abroad, etc.) or quota

    2. Immigration permit

      Apply to the SMS where you live in Ukraine, or to a Ukrainian consulate abroad

    3. Review

      Up to 6 months (up to 1 year via a consulate); biometrics from age 12

    4. Permit application

      Within 1 year of the immigration permit — at the SMS, “Document” centre or ASC

    5. Processing

      Up to 15 working days from acceptance

    6. Permit

      Collect the permit, valid for 10 years

    Required documents

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    Your category or stage. Choose your case — the documents and the check depend on it:

    For all grounds

    • Passport (all passports if you hold several citizenships; stateless persons — identity document or a copy of the recognition decision) — original shown, copies of the data pages attached
    • Certified Ukrainian translation of the passport data page
    • If already in Ukraine — proof of legal stay (entry stamp, extension of stay or temporary residence permit)
    • 3 photos, 3.5 × 4.5 cm
    • Proof of address: with a temporary residence permit — community register extract; otherwise — a property ownership document or the owner’s certified consent (for state or municipal housing — warrant or lease and consent of adult residents)
    • Family composition details and marriage certificate, if any
    • Certificate that you do not have chronic alcoholism, substance or drug addiction or infectious diseases listed by the Ministry of Health (Art. 9(5)(5); from abroad — legalised unless a treaty exempts it)
    • Certificate of no criminal record from your country of citizenship and/or permanent residence (not required for highly qualified specialists and workers — Art. 9(8))
    • If you immigrate with a child under 18 without the other parent — the other parent’s notarised consent or a court (guardianship authority) decision on the child living with you (Art. 9(4))
    • Documents issued abroad must be legalised (or apostilled) unless a law or treaty provides otherwise, with a certified Ukrainian translation (Art. 9(9)).
    • If you apply within 30 days of a decision terminating your Ukrainian citizenship (or cancelling its acquisition) — the original and a copy of that decision
    • Proof of payment of the immigration permit fee
    • If filed by a representative — their ID and proof of authority

    Additionally for this ground

    Choose your case above to see the documents for your case.

    Document preparation support — 90 days

    Upload your documents — the system checks them against the official list and shows what to fix. Unlimited re-checks for 90 days.

    Price: UAH 400 · 90 days

    The document check (UAH 400) is available once you choose your case: the system checks the package against it.

    What is included and how it works

    Not a one-off check but repeat checks for 90 days. Your documents stay in your account, and every run checks the whole package together — so it sees whether data matches across documents and whether fixes introduced new errors.

    • The list for your exact ground, based on official migration-service sources and law
    • Each document: validity, translation and certification, all pages, readability
    • Cross-check between documents: names, dates of birth, numbers — the same everywhere
    • A green, yellow or red signal and exactly what to fix
    • Fix — upload — re-check: no limit on the number of checks within 90 days from payment, up to 3 checks per 24 hours
    • Picked the wrong ground? The system flags it; switch at no extra cost
    • A “No obvious gaps found” result once every mandatory item passes without remarks (a preliminary automated check, not a guarantee that the documents will be accepted)

    How the check works and what you get

    1. You upload documents for each item on the list for your ground (the list is below, with links to official sources).
    2. An AI system reads the documents and compares them with exactly this list: presence, validity dates, complete pages, legibility, translation, matching names, dates and numbers.
    3. You get a report for each document: a green, yellow or red signal, the reason and what exactly to fix. Anything not checked is marked separately.
    4. The check does not establish that documents are authentic, does not certify translations, does not assess your legal situation and does not guarantee that documents will be accepted or that the decision will be positive. It is not a lawyer’s consultation.

    This is an automated check against the official list, not legal advice. The final decision is made by the state authority. Check results stay in your account; document files are deleted 30 days after the support period ends (personal data).

    Key figures

    Immigration permit fee
    UAH 1,664 in 2026 (+ consular fee if filed abroad)
    Immigration permit review
    up to 6 months (abroad — up to 1 year)
    Deadline to apply for the permit
    1 year from the immigration permit
    State duty
    UAH 85
    Service fee
    UAH 496
    Permit blank
    UAH 654
    Permit processing
    up to 15 working days
    Permit validity
    10 years
    Appeal against permit refusal
    30 calendar days

    The final decision rests with the migration authority, which may request additional documents.

    List checked against official sources on 17.10.2026. Sources: State Migration Service: immigration permit; State Migration Service: permanent residence permit; Law of Ukraine “On Immigration”; CMU Resolution No. 1983 of 26.12.2002 (immigration permit procedure); CMU Resolution No. 321 of 25.04.2018

    Want to check? Order a lawyer's request online

    A lawyer prepares and sends the request to the authority; the reply appears in your account. ₴4,000 per request; package prices are shown on the package page.