Ukraine Asylum application — refugee or complementary-protection procedure
Request refugee status or complementary protection from the State Migration Service.
- Route type
- Humanitarian protection
- Can bring
- — Not stated in the official source
- Requirements
- 4 each quoted below
Who this route is for
Every item below is the government’s own wording, quoted from the official source. Whether you personally qualify depends on your full profile.
4 requirements quoted from the official source.
- Admission or enrolment requirement
The applicant submits the official application and questionnaire to the competent SMS office; the procedure has three examination stages.
- Nationality or qualifying status
The applicant must seek international protection because of circumstances relevant to the refugee or complementary-protection definitions.
- Purpose or legal basis
Request refugee status or complementary protection from the State Migration Service.
- Work authorisation requirement
An asylum seeker needs the applicable work permit to work lawfully during the procedure.
1 exclusion quoted from the official source.
- Material restrictions or case-specific conditions
A refusal may be appealed within five working days, and the applicant must comply with address-registration and SMS cooperation duties.
- Work rights
The asylum-seeker certificate confirms lawful stay during the procedure and appeal but does not itself provide unrestricted work rights.
Who you can bring
What the source prices
- Initial duration or stay ceiling
UNHCR states that the substantive decision is expected within six months, subject to the procedure and any appeal.
From here to a yes
Straight answers
01Who qualifies for this route to Ukraine?
Request refugee status or complementary protection from the State Migration Service.
Every answer is quoted from the official help.unhcr.org page for this route, last read 2026-07-27.
We checked 7 points against the official source; 7 are quoted on this page. The other 0 are either not addressed by the source or not yet backed by a quote — we would rather show you the edge of the record than fill it with a plausible guess.
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Fees and processing time are not published in the official source for this route. We publish a number only when the official text states that number.
Where every quote comes from
Official source of the governing body help.unhcr.orgLast read 2026-07-27 Every quote on this page is from this Ukraine government page.Other humanitarian protection routes to Ukraine
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