At present, the Ukrainian legislation provides for both visa and visa-free entry procedure for foreigners (foreign citizens and non-citizens).

The rules of foreigners’ entry to (exit from) Ukraine are regulated by the Ukrainian law On Legal Status of Foreigners, as of February 4, 1994, by the Rules of foreigners entry to Ukraine, their exit from Ukraine and transit through its territory (under the Decree N 1074 by the Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers as of December 29, 1995) and by the Rules of obtaining visa documents for entry to Ukraine (under the Decree N 227 by the Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers of February 20, 1999).

Foreigners shall enter/exit Ukraine through the crossing points on the State frontier, in case of presence of a national passport and a visa, if otherwise is not specified by the Ukrainian Legislation.

All categories of visas are issued by Ukraine's diplomatic missions and consular offices abroad.

At the territory of Ukraine the period of visas validity could be prolonged by the bodies of the MIF of Ukraine. In accordance with a Decree N 227 by the Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers as of February 20, 1999, visas for foreigners are issued on the basis of their entry purpose, provided they have the appropriate documents. Depending on validity, there exist the following types of visas: short-term visas (issued for up to 6 months) and long-term visas (6-12 months); by frequency of use the visas are divided into single, multiple and collective.

Transit of foreigners through the territory of Ukraine is allowed, in case if the foreigner has a transit Ukrainian visa, a destination country visa and tickets or other documents proving that the intended trip is really a transit.

Citizens of the States which have concluded international agreements with Ukraine on visa-free traveling of citizens enter and exit Ukraine with a valid national passport, provided they have an insurance policy and a duly arranged invitation (original) by a legal or private person from Ukraine, if otherwise is not envisaged by an international agreement. For the citizens of Russia, Belarus and Moldova, according to the concluded Agreements, there exists a visa-free regime of entry to and exit from Ukraine with the documents certifying the person and citizenship proving documents (from 02.07.02 visa-free entry and exit from Ukraine for the citizens of Moldova will be executed on the basis of documents valid for leaving abroad and citizenship proving documents).

Rule on entrance of foreigners into Ukraine from the countries with which Ukraine has diplomatic relations:

№	Country	Type of trip	Note
1.	Austria	Visa-free up to 90 days
2.	Australia	Visa
3.	Azerbaidzhan	Visa-free (foreign passport trips)
4.	Albania	Visa	Except diplomatic and business passports
5.	Algeria	Visa
6.	Andorra	Visa-free up to 90 days
7.	Argentina	Visa	Except diplomatic and business passports
8.	Afghanistan	Visa
9.	Belgium	Visa-free up to 90 days
10.	Benin	Visa
11.	Belarus	Visa-free
12.	Bulgaria	Visa	Except diplomatic and business passports
13.	Brasilia	Visa	Except diplomatic and business passports
14.	Burkina Faso	Visa
15.	Burundi	Visa
16.	Great Britain	Visa-free up to 90 days
17.	Venezuela	Visa	Except diplomatic and business passports
18.	Vietnam	Visa	Except diplomatic and business passports
19.	Armenia	Visa-free (foreign passport trips)
20.	Gabon	Visa
21.	Ghana	Visa
22.	Guatemala	Visa
23.	Guinea	Visa	Except diplomatic and business passports
24.	Greece	Visa-free up to 90 days
25.	Georgia	Visa-free (foreign passport trips)
26.	Denmark	Visa-free up to 90 days
27.	Zambia	Visa
28.	Zimbabwe	Visa
29.	Ecuador	Visa
30.	Eritrea	Visa
31.	Estonia	Visa-free up to 90 days
32.	Ethiopia	Visa
33.	Egypt	Visa
34.	Israel	Visa	Except diplomatic and business passports
35.	India	Visa
36.	Indonesia	Visa
37.	Iran	Visa	Except diplomatic and business passports
38.	Iraq	Visa
39.	Ireland	Visa-free up to 90 days
40.	Island	Visa-free up to 90 days
41.	Spain	Visa-free up to 90 days
42.	Italy	Visa-free up to 90 days
43.	Jordan	Visa
44.	Vatican	Visa-free up to 90 days
45.	Kazakhstan	Visa-free (foreign passport trips)
46.	Cambodia	Visa except diplomatic and special passports
47.	Canada	Visa-free up to 90 days
48.	Qatar	Visa
49.	Cyprus	Visa-free up to 90 days
50.	Kirghizia	Visa-free (foreign passport trips)
51.	China	Visa	Except diplomatic and business passports
52.	D.P.R.K.	Visa	Except diplomatic and business passports
53.	Korea	Visa-free up to 90 days
54.	Costa Rica	Visa
55.	Cote d'Ivoire	Visa
56.	Cuba	Visa	Except diplomatic and business passports
57.	Kuwait	Visa
58.	Latvia	Visa-free up to 90 days
59.	Lithuania	Visa-free up to 90 days
60.	Lebanon	Visa
61.	Libya	Visa
62.	Luxemburg	Visa-free up to 90 days
63.	Mauritania	Visa
64.	Macedonia	Visa except diplomatic and special passports
65.	Malaysia	Visa
66.	Mali	Visa
67.	Morocco	Visa
68.	Mexico	Visa except diplomatic passports
69.	Moldova	Visa-free (foreign passport trips)
70.	Monaco	Visa-free up to 90 days
71.	Mongolia	Visa-free
72.	Nepal	Visa
73.	The Netherlands	Visa-free up to 90 days
74.	Nigeria	Visa
75.	New Zealand	Visa
76.	Norway	Visa-free up to 90 days
77.	UAE	Visa
78.	Pakistan	Visa
79.	Panama	Visa	Except diplomatic and business passports
80.	Peru	Visa	Except diplomatic and business passports
81.	PAR	Visa
82.	Poland	Visa-free up to 90 days
83.	Portuguese	Visa-free up to 90 days
84.	Russian	Federation	Visa-free
85.	Romania	Visa	Еxcept diplomatic and special passports
86.	Saudi Arabia	Visa
87.	Serbia	Visa	Еxcept diplomatic and special passports
88.	Singapore	Visa	Еxcept diplomatic and special passports
89.	Slovakia	Visa-free up to 90 days
90.	Slovenia	Visa-free up to 90 days
91.	The USA	Visa-free up to 90 days
92.	Syria	Visa
93.	Sudan	Visa
94.	Sierra Leone	Visa
95.	Tadzhikistan	Visa-free (foreign passport trips)
96.	Thailand	Visa	Except diplomatic and business passports
97.	Tanzania	Visa
98.	Turkey	Visa	Except diplomatic, business and special passports
99.	Tunis	Visa
100.	Turkmenistan	Visa	Except diplomatic and business passports
101.	Uganda	Visa
102.	Hungary	Visa-free up to 90 days
103.	Uzbekistan	Visa-free (foreign passport trips)
104.	Uruguay	Visa
105.	Filippins	Visa
106.	Finland	Visa-free up to 90 days
107.	France	Visa-free up to 90 days
108.	FRG	Visa-free up to 90 days
109.	Croatia	Visa	Except diplomatic and business passports
110.	Central African Republic	Visa
111.	Chad	Visa
112.	Czech Republic	Visa-free up to 90 days
113.	Chili	Visa	Except diplomatic and business passports
114.	Monte Negro Visa	Except diplomatic and business passports
115.	Switzerland	Visa-free up to 90 days
116.	Sweden	Visa-free up to 90 days
117.	Sri Lanka	Visa
118.	Jamaika	Visa
119.	Japan	Visa-free up to 90 days