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Permanent immigration — close family of a Ukrainian citizen

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Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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Which family relationships qualify?

For permanent immigration outside the annual quota, the qualifying family relationships are a spouse married to a Ukrainian citizen for longer than two years, and children and parents of Ukrainian citizens, as stated on the official State Migration Service page.

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Who may sponsor or bring the family member, and what immigration/citizenship status must that person hold?

The sponsor must be a Ukrainian citizen: the non-quota family ground requires that the other spouse, married for more than two years, is a Ukrainian citizen and covers children and parents of Ukrainian citizens, with the same formulation in the Law of Ukraine On Immigration.

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What is important for proving marriage, partnership, parentage, custody, dependency or another qualifying relationship?

For the non-quota spouse, child or parent of a Ukrainian citizen, the applicant must submit copies of documents confirming family relations with a citizen of Ukraine, as the Law of Ukraine On Immigration provides. The general document list also requires information about family composition and a copy of the marriage certificate if the applicant is married.

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What important financial, accommodation, insurance or maintenance responsibilities apply?

The official sources do not impose a specific financial, accommodation, insurance or maintenance requirement for the non-quota spouse, child or parent of a Ukrainian citizen. The general document list for an immigration permit does not include proof of financial means, accommodation or insurance for this category. The only support-related requirement found in the Law applies to a different quota category: parents, spouses of immigrants and their minor children must provide a document confirming that the immigrant has no objections and guarantees financial support not lower than the subsistence income officially set in Ukraine. In addition, the State Migration Service lists the following service fees for the permanent residence permit: a government charge of 85 UAH, an administrative service fee of 496 UAH, and the cost of the blank form with contactless electronic media of 654 UAH.

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Limits of the record
  • The supplied official pages do not establish any financial, accommodation, insurance or maintenance responsibility for the non-quota spouse, child or parent of a Ukrainian citizen.
  • The support requirement quoted applies only to the quota category 'parents, spouses of immigrants and their minor children', not to the non-quota family route.
  • The new fee evidence is from the State Migration Service page for permanent residence permits generally; it does not explicitly state that these fees apply to the non-quota family route, though the page covers the permit for immigrants including family members.
  • https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/en/2491-14, Article 9, part 7, clause 6
    for persons specified in [clause 6](https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/en/2491-14#n32), part 2, Article 4 of this Law — copies of documents confirming their family relations with an immigrant and document confirming that the immigrant has no objections to their immigration and guarantees them finance support not lower than the subsistence income officially set in Ukraine;
  • Service fees and benefits
    Government charge in the amount of 85 UAH (on the basis of para. 6 Article 3 of the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine «On Government Charges»);
  • Service fees and benefits
    Administrative service fee in the amount of 496 UAH (according to the List of administrative services related to migration and their fees, approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 2 November 2016 No. 770 regulating some issues of administrative service delivery in the area of migration);
  • Service fees and benefits
    Cost of the blank form with contactless electronic media in the amount of 654 UAH.

How does the application work at a high level, what rights does the family member receive, how long does the status last, and how can it become independent or longer-term where officially stated?

The immigration-permit application is made at a Ukrainian diplomatic mission or consular post abroad (place of permanent residence) or, for persons legally staying in Ukraine, at the SMS territorial unit. The permit is valid for one year. A person living abroad is issued a long-stay visa on request; after arrival the immigrant must apply for a permanent residence permit no later than 15 working days before the long-stay visa (or permitted stay) expires; the permanent residence permit is processed within 15 working days and is issued for 10 years. Rights are not stated.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured sources do not describe the rights the family member receives or any route to independent status beyond the permanent residence permit.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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