Month: August 2020

UKRAINE, WEDNESDAY 26 AUGUST 2020

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine closed the borders for foreigners to enter until September 28. However, some categories of foreign citizens will be able to enter the country.

This was stated by the head of the government Denis Shmygal during a meeting of the Cabinet.

This decision will take effect from 00:00 on August 29 to September 28.

"To prohibit the entry of foreign citizens and stateless persons into the territory of Ukraine," said the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov.

Exemptions

The restriction on entry, in particular, does not apply to foreigners who have a residence permit in Ukraine. Also, it does not apply to foreign citizens traveling in transit and having documents confirming departure within two days, persons studying at Ukrainian universities, representatives of international missions, or arriving at the invitation of diplomatic missions of Ukraine, etc.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will inform Ukraine's international partners about the corresponding entry restrictions.

We will remind, earlier it was reported that in Ukraine they want to introduce a ban on entry for citizens from the countries of the "red zone": the Cabinet of Ministers began to develop the regulations of the ban.

Now the list of countries of the "red zone" of Ukraine includes 65 states, including the USA, Spain, Romania, Albania, and others.

Among the countries of the "red zone" are the United States, Spain, Romania, Albania, and Monaco.

The countries of the "green zone" included Russia, France, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Sweden, and others. Ukraine also entered this zone.

According to the updated data, Russia, Moldova, Belarus, France, Egypt, Bulgaria, Czech Republic were excluded from the "red zone"

Chaotic Scenes at Ukrainian Borders

Like last time, travelers into Ukraine must expect chaotic scenes at the border crossings into Ukraine. Also, we see a high likelihood, that also this time the travel ban will be extended after September 28th as there are no signs of improvements in Ukraine or abroad.

Our investigations during the last border closure showed that different border crossing and districts were handling the travel restrictions for foreigners very differently. In particular, the definition of residency in Ukraine was highly disputed.

Some border crossings allowed only permanent residence to enter whereas other border crossings accepted also temporary residents or even employes with work permit and visa D.

Self-isolation or Quarantine-Center?

The current information status does not provide the information what will happen with foreigners who are allowed to cross the border to Ukraine after they have entered the country. Will the government keep the self-isolation procedures or will they come back to quarantine centers?

Update on Foreign National Allowed to Enter Ukraine

Foreign nationals are still allowed to enter Ukraine if they have a valid work and residence permit. Still, they will need to either self-quarantine with the help of the Ukrainian quarantine app or they will need to stay 2 weeks in one of the Ukrainian quarantine centers.