The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has decided that documents produced or certified on the territory of foreign states are accepted on the territory of Ukraine without an apostille if such a practice existed as of February 24, 2022 in accordance with international treaties of Ukraine.
“This step was necessary, because in December last year, in relations with Russia and Belarus, the international Convention on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family and Criminal Matters was terminated. As a result, citizens of Ukraine who have documents issued on the territory of these two states should have affixed an apostille on them. That is, they would have to go to the territory of the aggressor state for this, which is unacceptable,” the press service of the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories said in a statement.
Thus, by the decision of the government, it was decided that during the martial law in Ukraine and six months after it, documents that were accepted without an apostille before February 24, 2022 continue to be accepted without an apostille.
