The grounds for issuing a temporary residence permit are the following:

1. a foreigner and a stateless person is the founder and/or participant, and/or beneficial owner (controller) of a legal entity whose data is entered in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Individual Entrepreneurs and Public Organizations;
2. the size of the ownership share of a foreigner or a stateless person, or a foreign legal entity of which he is a beneficiary (controller), in the authorized capital of a Ukrainian legal entity is at least 100,000 euros at the official exchange rate established by the National Bank of Ukraine on the date of making the foreign investment.
3. foreigners and stateless persons who arrived in Ukraine for the purpose of studying and received a temporary residence permit are considered to be legally staying in the territory of Ukraine for the period of study.
4. foreigners and stateless persons who arrived in Ukraine for the purpose of family reunification with persons who are citizens of Ukraine, or entered into marriage with citizens of Ukraine during their stay in the territory of Ukraine on legal grounds and received a temporary residence permit, are considered to be legally staying in the territory of Ukraine for the period before obtaining an immigration permit;
5. foreigners and stateless persons who arrived in Ukraine for the purpose of family reunification with the persons specified in parts two to thirteen of this article and received a temporary residence permit are considered to be legally present on the territory of Ukraine.
6. foreigners and stateless persons who provided instructional (shooting, tactical, medical, radio-technical, explosive and other) assistance to units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, other military formations formed in accordance with the laws of Ukraine, special law enforcement agencies, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, involved in the anti-terrorist operation, being directly in the areas of its implementation, and/or involved in the implementation of measures to ensure national security and defense, repelling and deterring armed aggression of the Russian Federation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, being directly in the areas of their implementation, or volunteer formations that were were formed or self-organized to protect the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and, together with the above-mentioned units, took a direct part in the anti-terrorist operation, ensuring its implementation, being directly in the areas of the anti-terrorist operation during the period of its implementation, as well as those who participated in the performance of combat or service tasks of the anti-terrorist operation and/or measures to ensure the national security and defense, repel and deter armed aggression of the Russian Federation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions together with the above-mentioned units and volunteer formations and received a temporary residence permit, are considered to be in the territory of Ukraine on legal grounds, including in cases where the validity of the passport document has expired or it is subject to exchange, until the end of the temporary occupation of the territory of Ukraine by the Russian Federation within the meaning of the Law of Ukraine" On the Peculiarities of the State Policy to Ensure the State Sovereignty of Ukraine in the Temporarily Occupied Territories in the Donetsk and Luhansk Regions".

Where to apply

Documents required

• a passport document of a foreigner or a document certifying a stateless person with a type D visa, unless otherwise stipulated by the legislation and international treaties of Ukraine (returned after the presentation, a copy is attached),
• a document certifying the identity of a legal representative and a document confirming the authority of a person as a legal representative (in the case of submission of documents by a legal representative) (original documents are returned after the presentation, copies are submitted);
• a translation into Ukrainian of the page of a foreigner's passport or a document certifying a stateless person with personal data, certified in accordance with the procedure established by law;
• a valid health insurance policy for the entire period of validity of the permit and its copy;
• a document confirming the payment of the administrative fee, or a document on exemption from its payment (the original is returned after presentation, a copy is submitted).

Application consideration period

The validity period of a temporary residence permit in Ukraine