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Get an Invitation and Apply for a Student Visa

Applicants from countries with a visa free system with Ukraine can enter its territory by presenting their passport (the list of countries which have a visa free system with Ukraine is available on the Ukraine Foreign Ministry website).

In all other cases, applicants must present a student visa in addition to a document proving their identity. More info is available in the section How to apply for a student visa.

An invitation is required to apply for a student visa.

  • Invitations to Ukraine are issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Administration for Migration Issues.
  • Applicants who obtained their place at a university in Ukraine through competitive selection (quotas) get their invitation at the instruction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. At a Rossotrudnichestvo office, they are given the six-digit number of their invitation which they then quote when submitting the visa application.
  • If the applicant obtained their place at the university through a standard procedure or is a fee-paying student, the invitation will be sent by the university. You will need an original invitation to submit the visa application.

Please send all questions about your study in Ukraine directly to the universities. You can find curator’s contacts in the description of each educational programme, contacts of the international department’s representatives are listed on the page of each university – you can write them, and they will give you an advice.