Citizens of most countries are required to get a visa to visit Ukraine . Ukrainian visa is issued by a Consular Division of the Embassy of Ukraine located in the country of your residence or if there is no Ukrainian Embassy in the country of your residence than in the neighbour country. In order to apply for a tourist visa, you need to have a set of documents including a Visa Support Letter written in Ukrainian and provided by a tour operator in Ukraine that is licensed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In particular countries a tourist voucher for hotel reservation and information about programme of tourists stay on the territory of Ukraine are also requested.
We provide visa support letter ONLY when you make a hotel or tour reservation with our company.
Information required for visa support letter:
- Full name of applicant (as in passport)
- Sex/Title
- Citizenship
- Date of birth
- Passport number
- Dates of stay on the territory of Ukraine*
- The country where visa is to be issued
* Dates of stay in the country indicated in the letter of invitation are determined by dates of hotel reservation.
A copy of visa support letter can be sent to your personal fax or to the fax of Ukrainian Consulate of the country where visa is to be obtained within not more than 24 hours Monday — Friday. It's necessary to check with the Ukrainian Consulate if they accept copies of letter of invitation or only originals.
The original of visa support letter can be sent to a required address at the expense of customer.
Papers to be handed in to the Ukrainian Consulate:
- Visa support letter
- Tourist Voucher (if requested by Ukrainian Consulate)
- Passport
- 1 passport photo minimum (some Consulates require up to 3 photos)
- Completed visa application form
It should be noted that Consulate reserves the right to require some additional documents at its discretion.
Applicants are advised to apply well in advance as not all consulates offer same day services and the process of getting visa may takes up to 3 weeks.
Pay attention:
Once your visa has been issued, you should check that details printed on visa are correct. Please pay attention that you can't enter the country before the date of entry shown on your visa and fines are payable if you do not leave the country on or before the date of departure given on your visa. If you plan to leave Ukraine for a short period and then come back you have to apply for DOUBLE ENTRY visa.
The cost of visa support letter is USD 30 non-refundable fee.
The service is free for travel companies and patron customers of our company.
