Reception of foreigners and stateless persons amidst weakening of quarantine restrictions

Due to the weakening of quarantine restrictions units of the State Migration Service of Ukraine have resumed the reception of citizens and stateless persons, who have not been able to leave the territory of Ukraine or apply to SMS’s territorial bodies/units to prolong the period of their stay in Ukraine and/or exchange their permanent/temporary resident permit because of quarantine, if the date of application for the issuance of such documents occurred during the quarantine period in Ukraine.

Reception of foreigners and stateless persons, including asylum seekers in Ukraine, persons recognized as refugees as well as persons in need of subsidiary protection, is done taking into account regional peculiarities of restrictive measures related to the spread of the coronavirus infection (COVID-19), transport connection and exclusively by using preliminary recording – using service "Electronic Queue", and in case of absence of electronic queue – by phone of the relevant SMS’s territorial body/unit.

Please consider, that provisions of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine from March 18, 2020, № 259 «Some issues of the implementation of migration legislation during the quarantine period in the territory of Ukraine» are valid for the period until the end of quarantine and within 30 days from the date of its termination and in regard to those individuals, who at the begging of quarantine (March 12, 2020) had legal grounds to submit applications to prolong the period of their stay in Ukraine and/or exchange their permanent/temporary resident permit.

Administrative measures in regard to foreigners and stateless persons, who violated the legislation in migration sphere in term of non-compliance with the period of their stay on the territory of Ukraine or registration, exchange of relevant documents, which confirm the legality of their stay in the territory of Ukraine, if such violations occurred during or as a result of quarantine, will not be taken.