What is a short-term visa to Ukraine?
A short-term visa is a type of visa issued to foreigners who intend to come to Ukraine for the purpose of tourism.
Who needs a short-term visa to Ukraine?
Foreigners and stateless persons planning a short-term visit to Ukraine (for a private meeting with friends, business meetings) and
Both citizens of Ukraine and foreigners who have received a permit for temporary or permanent residence in Ukraine can invite a foreigner to Ukraine.
What documents are required for a family reunification visa?
In addition to the general list of documents, which you can find in the article Visa to Ukraine, in order to obtain a visa for the purpose of family reunification, you need to receive a corresponding invitation.
An invitation is the most common document that confirms the purpose of entering Ukraine when issuing a short-term visa. Depending on the purpose of the foreigner’s trip, it is necessary to choose the appropriate type of invitation. In practice, the most common are private invitations and business invitations. Therefore, we offer to consider in more detail exactly these types of invitations for obtaining a visa to Ukraine.
An invitation from a private person must be notarized and contain the passport data of the receiving party and the foreigner, as well as details of the foreigner’s stay in Ukraine. Copies of the receiving party’s passport or residence permit must be attached to the invitation, if the inviting party is a foreigner.
A business invitation is drawn up on the official letterhead of a legal entity registered in Ukraine. This type of invitation must contain identification data of the legal entity, data on the foreigner’s identity, as well as details of the foreigner’s stay in Ukraine.
Regardless of the type of invitation, this document necessarily contains confirmation by the receiving party that it has undertaken to pay possible expenses related to the stay and departure from Ukraine of the invited foreigner.
