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UKRAINE ISSUES FIRST ELECTRONIC VISA FOR ENTRY WITH BUSINESS OR TOURIST PURPOSES

6 April , 2018  

The first electronic visa (e-visa) for entry with business or tourist purposes to Ukraine was issued on Thursday, April 5, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has said. “The system for issuing electronic visas is working. We have just issued the first Ukrainian e-visa to a citizen of Thailand. We are moving from the trial mode to the full operating mode,” Klimkin wrote on Twitter.
On April 4, Ukraine launched an online registration service for citizens of 46 states of electronic visas (e-visa) for entry with business or tourist purposes. to fill out an e-Visa, one need to take a few simple steps without leaving home: fill out an online application form, download scanned copies of the required documents, pay by bank card (MasterCard Worldwide or Visa International) and print out electronic visa which was e-mailed to you. Processing time is up to nine business days; fee – $65; the term of validity – single entry for up to 30 days.
E-visas are introduced for citizens of the following states: Australia, Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Barbados, Bahrain, Bolivia, Bhutan, Vanuatu, Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, Greenland, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Cambodia, Qatar, Costa Rica, Kuwait, Laos, Mauritius, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, New Zealand, Oman, Palau, Peru, El Salvador, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Singapore, Suriname, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Fiji, Jamaica.