The Ukrainian government has adopted a resolution that will provide Ukrainian citizens abroad with new opportunities, the Foreign Ministry’s press service reports.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues to develop a modern, mobile, digital and service-oriented consular service capable of adequately and promptly responding to current and future challenges,” Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga said, commenting on the adoption of the resolution.
Thanks to the adoption of the resolution, Ukrainian citizens abroad will have the following new opportunities:
1. issuance of ID-cards with delivery of a ready-made card by mail (only one visit to an embassy or consulate is required to submit documents);
2. issuance of passports in one visit for the collection of biometric data and subsequent receipt of the finished document by mail;
3. Registration in the State Register of Taxpayers through embassies and consulates;
4. exchange of a driver’s license or obtaining it after loss or theft;
5. A comprehensive service for registration of newborns, including: state registration of the child’s birth (issuance of a birth certificate); registration of the child as a citizen of Ukraine; registration of the child in the Unified State Demographic Register (assignment of a unique record number in the register); registration of the child in the State Register of Taxpayers.
From now on, applications for services can be submitted through the portal or the Diia mobile application.
“I am convinced that millions of our citizens abroad will appreciate the innovations that simplify access to the services of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through digitalization. There is no need to travel many kilometers to submit and receive documents twice. This is a real time and cost saving for our citizens,” Mr. Sibiga said.
The Resolution “On the Implementation of a Pilot Project for the Provision of Certain Public Services and Certain Consular Actions on Applications of Persons Outside Ukraine Submitted by the Unified State Web Portal of Electronic Services and/or the e-Consul Information and Communication System” was developed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko congratulated Ukrainian boxer and WBA, WBO and IBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) on his victory in the fight against British boxer Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs).
“A worthy and brilliant victory! Oleksandr Usyk defended all his titles in professional boxing, including the absolute world heavyweight champion in the rematch,” he wrote in a telegram.
Klitschko called the fight between Usyk and Fury one of the most anticipated rematches in boxing history. “Very tense and emotional. Resonant long before the event. The Russian “experts” and “soothsayers” were especially foaming at the mouth. Congratulations, Oleksandr! This victory today is not only yours. This is a victory for Ukraine!” the mayor said.
The former head of the Patronage Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Olga Nikitchenko, has been appointed Ambassador of Ukraine to Lithuania.
“To appoint Olha Nikitchenko as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Lithuania,” reads the text of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Decree No. 875/2024 of December 21, published on the website of the Ukrainian President on Saturday.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Ambassador of Ukraine to China Pavlo Riabikin, Ambassador of Ukraine to Lithuania Petro Beshta, Ambassador of Ukraine to Japan Serhiy Korsunsky, Ambassador of Ukraine to Slovenia Andriy Taran, and Ambassador of Ukraine to Rwanda Andriy Pravednyk.
The President also dismissed Vasyl Gamyanin from the post of Ambassador of Ukraine to Indonesia and from the post of representative of Ukraine to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which he held part-time.
The relevant decrees No. 863-868/2024 of December 21 were published on the President’s website on Saturday.
Doctor of sciences, deputy of the Zaparpattya regional council, Ukrainian serviceman Fyodor Shandor has been appointed ambassador of Ukraine to Hungary.
“To appoint Fyodor Fedorovych Shandor as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Hungary,” reads the text of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decree No. 876/2024 of December 21, published on the Ukrainian head of state’s website on Saturday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed decrees appointing Yuliya Fediv as Ukraine’s ambassador to the Republic of Filipina, Vyacheslav Yatsyuk as Ukraine’s ambassador to the Republic of Rwanda, and Vasyl Gamyanin as Ukraine’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The corresponding decrees No. 874/2024, 873/2024 and 878/2024 of December 21 were published on the website of the head of the Ukrainian state on Saturday.
Before that, Zelensky dismissed Gamyanin from the post of Ukraine’s ambassador to Indonesia and from the post of Ukraine’s representative to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which he held part-time. The head of state also dismissed Ukraine’s ambassador to Rwanda Andriy Pravednik from his post.
Yatsyuk was Ukraine’s ambassador to Norway in 2016-22, was previously director of the Foreign Ministry’s political department, and headed a working group in the OSCE. Fediv was previously head of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation (UCF), and her candidacy for Ukraine’s minister of culture was under consideration.
