NEW (UPDATED 21/04/09): Possible reintroduction of the Visa regime for the EU citizens.

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The Ukrainian authorities are now studying the possibility to abolish the Free Visa regime for the citizens of the European Union.

This means the reintroduction of a full fledged Visa regime as it was before the decision taken by President Yushenko during 2005.

There is who say that everything should be already ready for May 7th.

There are also other voices who speak about the possibility of a simple reduction of the free visa maximum stay from 90 to 30 days or even about the possible introduction of a Visa, tax on the arrival on the Turkish style.

The reason of all this a primary on the missed abolition or at least true simplification of the Schengen Visa for the Ukrainian citizens.

In fact are more and more the people who complain about the difficulties , sometimes true nightmares, for to get a Schengen Visa.

Nowadays it is still not clear if all this will stay just simple words for to attract the attention of the European Union or will true be followed by concrete facts.

There is only more to say that all this happen during an hard competition for the future presidential elections.

We also don’t know if the possible reintroduction of Visa will be also for the other countries such as USA and Canada.

When we will have some more information we will share it with you!

UPDATES:

-21/04/09
Today, we heard at the radio that the discussion is proceeding and the final decision will probable come for May 7th. Until now, there are voice saying the price of the possible visa will be of 35 Euro for both US and EU citizens.

-20/05/09

Until now there are no particular news on the possible visa reintroduction.
Anyway even if the decision should be taken between May and June the new dispositions should come in force in several months if not from next year.

Another news: President Yushenko sent back to the parliament the proposal of law obliging foreigners and stateless person to submit biometric data when apply for a visa starting from 2010.

Read: http://www.kyivpost.com/nation/41252

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How to: Luggage deposit at the Kiev railway station

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At the Kiev railway station, as in the all the main stations, it is possible to find a luggage deposit.

It is located underground and it is possible to get there from the underpass close to the station entrance (old side). See the photo.

Luggage room, Kiev railway station

From here you will get inside a long corridor with several “windows” where you can give your luggage and then take it back.

Before to leave your baggage, you must pay at the cashiers. (see photo)

Casher luggage room, Kiev raylway stationcashiers

Price
18 Hryvnia / day

Luggage roomone of the deposit windows

Once you have paid, go to the window and show the payment quittance. The man will take your luggage and will give you back some kind of plastic receipt which you will need to give back when you will take back your luggage.

Many people use this service so be ready for the possible queue.

A better way

If you don’t have a big baggage with you, you may try of this alternative system.

Go along the corridor until you will see this door:

To the safety boxes

From here you will get in a different area where it is possible to rent for several hours a safety box.

Safety boxes, Kiev railway stationthe corridor with the safety boxes

Pay at the cashiers (not the previous one), the woman will give you a token to use for to activate the safety box.

Casher safety boxes, Kiev raylway stationsafety box cashiers

Price
12 Hryvnia
The system work in this way:

1 Find an unused safety box (opened)
2 Write down the number of your safety box
3 Put the luggage inside your box
4 Insert the token
5 Setup a combination, 1 Cyrillic letter and 2 numbers
6 Close the door

Safety box, Kiev railway station

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After the Nulla osta

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Once you have gotten the “Nulla osta” you need to gather all the documents which are required for the ZAGS of your city.

Now you must do the following:

1 Legalize the “Nulla osta” (Compulsory)

2 Make an authenticate translation of your passport (ask your ZAGS)

Attention!

The previous documents are the ones required by the ZAGS of Donetsk.
Ask to your ZAGS which documents they really require. The Nulla osta legalization is required anyway.

1 Nulla osta legalization (compulsory)

Once you have gotten your “Nulla osta” bring it to the Consular Department of the Ukrainian Foreign Affairs for to be legalized.

This department is located at few steps from the San Michael Cathedral.
You can go there by metro, station “Poshtova Plosha” and then by funicular. (see post).

The department is inside the yellow building in the following photos.

Consular Department of the Ukrainian Foreign AffairsConsular Department of the Ukrainian Foreign Affairs

Note: The entrance to the department is now through the door on the back side of the building and not more from the door on the main street.

The office works only in the morning from 9 until 12.
Try to come there at least 1 hour before the closing since you need to fill out some forms and most of all make the queue!

The you can come in the afternoon, from 4 until 5 pm for to take it back.

Don’t forget to take the passport with you.

Required time: 1 day, bring it in the morning and take it back in the afternoon.
Price: 38 Hryvnia

2 Authenticated translation of your passport

(Ask your ZAGS if you really need it)

Go to any translation agency in Kiev and ask a translation for ZAGS purpose of your passport. (from Italian to Ukrainian)

The employee will make a xerox of the first to pages of your passport so you don’t need to leave there the original.

The simple translation is not enough, you need also to bring the translation, through the same agency, to any notary. There it will be required also your passport in original.

Required time:
It depends according to the agency and the notary, anyway should not take more than a couple of days.

Price:
90 Hryvnia, translation 30 and notary 60 Hryvnia.

If you have any question feel free to write us.

Wedding procedures:

1 For the list of documents given by the Italian Embassy in Kiev visit: (in Italian)
http://www.ukrlandia.com.ua/matrimonio-in-ucraina

2 How to get the Nulla osta from the embassy:
http://en.ukrlandia.com.ua/get-nulla-osta-wedding

3 What to do once you have gotten your nulla osta:
http://en.ukrlandia.com.ua/after-nulla-osta-ukraine

4 For to know which documents bring to the ZAGS:
http://en.ukrlandia.com.ua/wedding-documents-zags

5 The wedding day
http://en.ukrlandia.com.ua/wedding-day

6 Legalization and translation of the wedding certificate:
http://en.ukrlandia.com.ua/legalization-wedding-certificate

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Wedding in Ukraine, Nulla osta

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For to celebrate the wedding in Ukraine, you need to do several steps, first of all you need to get the Nulla osta from the Italian Embassy in Kiev.

— Important Update! —

Seems that the documents of the Ukrainian citizen are not more required for the issue of the Nulla osta.
Instead of them should be enough a copy of the passport.
For the Italian citizen nothing has changed.

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-The Italian citizen should bring:

1 Certificato cumulativo o contesteuale (residenza + stato libero + cittadinanza) rilasciato dal Comune di Residenza  o,  per chi risiede all’estero,  dal Comune Italiano di iscrizione A.I.R.E.

2 Copia integrale dell’atto di nascita o estratto per riassunto dell’atto di nascita rilasciato dal Comune di nascita o, per chi nato all’estero, dal Comune italiano dove è stato trascritto.

Once you have gotten this 2 documents you don’t need to do anything else. Apostille is not required!

-The Ukrainian citizen should simply bring her passport and a copy of it.

—- Documents not more required —–

You need to get first of all these 3 documents:

1 Certificate of birth
2 Application which proves you are not married
3 Official document from the place of residence

1 Certificate of birth

As for the certificate of birth, it should be the new version, that is given by Ukraine in Ukrainian language.

All citizens of Ukraine who were born in former USSR should receive new copy of certificate of birth in ZAGS (Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths) corresponding to their original place of birth.

With new copy of birth certificate a person should go to RAGS and put a stamp on it.
(in Donetsk is: Lagutenko, 12. phone: +380623357622)

2 Application which proves you are not married

To have an application which proves that a person is not married it is needed to visit any public or private notary with the passport and original copy of identification code and write such an application.

3 Official document from the place of residence

To have an official document from the place of residence you need to perform the following actions:

3.1 Visit municipal housing committee office Zhek ЖЭК and receive a certificate about all members of your family who officially registered in your place of residence.

3.2 Visit address-inquiry office of your city ADRYESNO-SPRAVONOYE BYURO UMVD UKRAINY АДРЕСНО-СПРАВОЧНОЕ БЮРО УМВД УКРАИНЫ (in Donetsk is: ul. Generala Antonova, 1. phone +380623384124) and receive a confirmation that you really registered in your place of living.
A person should have with him an original passport and a copy of it (which is needed to give to office).

3.3 With 2 above mentioned documents + passport, you should visit the OVIR ОВИР, regional visa and registration office, of your city. (in Donetsk is: ul. Khodokovskogo, 10) Write a petition and receive necessary document, which is called “Dovidka pro rehystratsiiu z mistsia prozhyvannia Довідка про регистрацію з місця проживання”.

All 3 documents should be translated into Italian language, with apostille and legalized, that why it is better to give these document to a specialized translation agency.

Required time: 2-3 weeks.

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Once you have all documents (Italian and Ukrainian) you can go to the Italian Embassy in Kiev and finally get your Nulla Osta (which is issued immediately).

Time for the issue: 20-30 minutes.
Price: 40 Hryvnia (about 4 euro)

Notes

We try our best for to keep our information correct and up to date.
Anyway, for to be sure 100% we suggest you to contact the embassy.

Wedding procedures

1 For the list of documents given by the Italian Embassy in Kiev (in Italian) visit:
http://www.ukrlandia.com.ua/matrimonio-in-ucraina

2 What to do once you have gotten your nulla osta:
http://en.ukrlandia.com.ua/after-nulla-osta-ukraine

3 For to know which documents bring to the ZAGS:
http://en.ukrlandia.com.ua/wedding-documents-zags

4 Fill out the wedding request form at the ZAGS (translated in English):
http://en.ukrlandia.com.ua/wedding-applicance-ukraine

Wedding procedures:

1 For the list of documents given by the Italian Embassy in Kiev visit: (in Italian)
http://www.ukrlandia.com.ua/matrimonio-in-ucraina

2 How to get the Nulla osta from the embassy:
http://en.ukrlandia.com.ua/get-nulla-osta-wedding

3 What to do once you have gotten your nulla osta:
http://en.ukrlandia.com.ua/after-nulla-osta-ukraine

4 For to know which documents bring to the ZAGS:
http://en.ukrlandia.com.ua/wedding-documents-zags

5 The wedding day
http://en.ukrlandia.com.ua/wedding-day

6 Legalization and translation of the wedding certificate:
http://en.ukrlandia.com.ua/legalization-wedding-certificate

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The Kiev funicular

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In Kiev it is possible to find also a short funicular line which connect the area of the Saint Michael Cathedral (Михайлівський золотоверхий монастир, Mykhaylivs’kyi zolotoverkhyi monastyr) with the area of the metro station “Poshtova plosha, Поштова плоша”.

Model of the Kiev funicular

You can get there also by foot, but if you don’t want to walk or you just want to try something different then you can take the metro until “Poshtova plosha” and then you will see right in front of you the entrance of the funicular station.

Funicular station KievEntrance of the station near the metro “Poshtova plosha”

Inside the funicular station

Once inside you can buy a token at the cashier (Kassa, Касса). (1 token = 1 ride)

Funicolar token, KievOne token costs 1,50 Hryvnia.

Then pass the turnstile and go to the train.

The raid is very short and last just few minutes. Try to sit at the beginning (or at the end) of the train in order to take advance of the beautiful view on the Dnipro river.

Kiev funicolar in Winter

A train in the station, Kiev funicularOne of the two trains waiting for passengers in the station at the top of the funicular

Kiev funicular stationEntrance of the station near the Saint Michail Cathedral

Once arrived at destination you will be just at few steps from the Cathedral
Just outside the Kiev funicular (Michael Cathedral)What you see just coming out of the station.

Note

At the funicular line work in the same time two trains so, you have very few to wait between a train and the other one.

The two trains of the Kiev funicolar

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