Foreigners, including those who have a temporary residence permit in Ukraine and stateless persons, regardless the country of arrival to enter Ukraine must have:

1. an insurance policy (certificate) issued by an insurance company registered in Ukraine, that covers the costs related to the treatment of COVID-19 and observation, and is valid for the entire period of stay in Ukraine.
2. one of the following documents issued in English or translated into English:

• a document confirming receipt of one or more doses of COVID-19 vaccine with WHO-approved for emergency use: Pfizer / BioNTech, Johnson & Johnson's Janssen, AstraZeneca / Vaxzevria, AstraZeneca / Covishield (India), AstraZeneca / SKBio (South Korea), Moderna / Spikevax, Sinopharm, CoronaVac (Sinovac)  - this can be an international or national vaccination certificate, digital or on paper; or

• a COVID certificate confirming: a) vaccination against COVID-19 with vaccines that are included in the WHO list of approved for emergency use, b) negative test result for COVID-19 by PCR or c) recovery of a person from COVID-19, issued by the authorized bodies of the Member States of the European Union or authorized bodies of other foreign states with which Ukraine has concluded international agreements on the mutual recognition of COVID certificates; or

• a negative result of the rapid test for the SARS-CoV-2 antigen (RAT) that was conducted no more than 72 hours before entry; or

• a negative result of the PCR test, conducted no more than 72 hours before the entry.

Certificates of antibodies to COVID-19 are not accepted for entry.

Test, vaccination and self-isolation are not required for children under 12.

If the foreigner doesn't have a required vaccination certificate or a COVID certificate, he/she (except those who belong to the exceptions list below) must install the application "Vdoma" on the smartphone and start self-isolation 72 hours after entering Ukraine. During this time, the person will be able to either leave the country (without passing additional tests) or take PCR-test or perform a rapid test for antigen – in case of a negative result the self-isolation is not required.

If the foreigner hasn’t left Ukraine within 72 hours from the moment of crossing the Ukrainian border or hasn’t received the negative test result – the person must self-isolate for 10 days in the place specified during the authorization in the application "Vdoma". It is also possible to stop self-isolation earlier, after receiving a negative result of the PCR test or the express test for antigen.

IMPORTANT! Unvaccinated citizens (except those who belong to the exceptions list below) who travel from Russia or India (including in transit) and have been on their territory for more than 7 days in the last 14 days must self-isolate for 14 days and will not be able to take a test in Ukraine to avoid or reduce self-isolation.

In case of impossibility or refusal to install the mobile application "Vdoma", the foreigner will be denied to enter Ukraine.

A list of exceptions, for whom is neither required to self-isolate, nor to install the “Vdoma” application:

• persons fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with vaccines, approved by WHO;

• persons under 18 years of age;

• heads and members of official delegations of foreign states, employees of international organizations, as well as persons accompanying them and entering Ukraine at the invitation of the President of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Office of the President of Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine;

• employees of diplomatic missions and consular posts of foreign states, representatives of official international missions, organizations accredited in Ukraine, and members of their families;

• persons who come to participate in official sports competitions held on the territory of Ukraine and their accompanying persons;

• servicemen (units) of the armed forces of NATO member states and member states of the NATO "Partnership for Peace" program, who participate in the training of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine or arrive at the invitation of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine;

• experts of border agencies of EU countries arriving in the framework of joint operations with the European Border and Coastal Defense Agency Frontex;

• members of official governmental and other delegations of Ukraine who return to Ukraine after short-term business trips abroad to participate in international consultations, negotiations, conferences, sessions of bodies of international organizations, meetings of intergovernmental commissions, other joint intergovernmental bodies;

• participants of external independent assessment, persons who intend to enter educational institutions, including courses (departments) in preparation for admission to state higher education institutions, applicants studying in educational institutions located in Ukraine, as well as parents (adoptive parents), guardians, trustees, other legal representatives or other persons authorized by parents (adoptive parents), guardians, trustees or other legal representatives accompanying such persons;

• drivers and crew members of freight vehicles, buses engaged in regular, irregular and pendulum transportation, members of air and sea crews, river vessels, members of train and locomotive crews;

• persons carrying hematopoietic stem cells for transplantation.