Wedding in Ukraine, Nulla osta

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

The Kiev funicular

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

Ukrainian metro: Kiev

The Kyiv metro is the largest metro system in Ukraine (the other two are in Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk).

It is the easiest way to get around the city. Just buy the ticket (token) and you can get almost every way. There are plans for to open new lines in future as for now it looks like in this way:

Lines

1…. Sviatoshyns’ko – Brovars’ka (18 stations)
2…. Kurenivs’ko – Chervonoarmiis’ka liniia (12 stations)
3…. Syretsko – Pechers’ka liniia (17 Stations + 1 closed)

Interchanges

Teatral’naZoloti vorota
KhreschatykMaidan nezalezhnosti
Ploscha L’va TolstohoPalats sportu

Metro map

Kiev metro map

NEW! Tickets:

The price has changed one ticket doesn’t cost anymore 50 Kopecks but 1,75 Hryvnia.Tickets have the shape of plastic tokens used for turnstiles.

Attention!

The tickets which have been issued before the price changing can’t be used anymore!

Tokens, Kiev metro

Tokens, Kiev metro

You can buy them from the cashiers at the entrance of every station.

Kiev metro, cashers

In many stations you can also find some automatic exchange machine which accept Hryvnia banknotes.

Tokens machine, Kiev metro

Further information

Kiev metro official site:
http://www.metro.kiev.ua/

Kiev metro on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiev_Metro