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On this page, you can find links to the current legislation of Ukraine in the field of migration law.

Attention! Changes in legislation

The validity period of a temporary certificate of a citizen of Ukraine may be extended for the period of martial law in Ukraine +12 months. The deadline for submitting a document on the termination of foreign citizenship is also extended.
The submission and consideration of already submitted applications of citizens of the Russian Federation regarding the acquisition of Ukrainian citizenship shall be suspended until the expiration of 12 months from the date of termination or cancellation of martial law in Ukraine.
The Verkhovna Rada adopted the Law «On the Suspension of the Operation and Withdrawal from the Convention on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family, and Criminal Matters, and the Protocol to the Convention on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family, and Criminal Matters of January 22, 1993» (Draft Law No. 0163) on December 1, 2022.
According to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 107 dated February 4, 2023, «Certain Issues Regarding the Acceptance of Documents Issued by Authorized Bodies of Foreign States on the Territory of Ukraine During Martial Law» during martial law and for 6 months after its termination or cancellation, documents that have been issued or certified on the territory of foreign states by an institution or a specially authorized person within their competence in the established form and sealed with an official stamp are accepted on the territory of Ukraine without special certification (consular legalization, apostille, etc.), provided that as of February 24, 2022, such documents were accepted in Ukraine without special certification.

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