Marriage as a basis for obtaining documents for residence in Ukraine or other countries

residence permit in ukraine by marriage

Marriage is one of the most important stages in a human’s life and is accompanied by an extremely large number of warm emotions and memories in the future. However, in addition, marrying a foreigner in Ukraine opens a number of new perspectives and opportunities for obtaining the right to reside in Ukraine, by obtaining a temporary and, subsequently, permanent residence permit.

Thus, a temporary residence permit (for 1 year, renewable) is a document that foreigners marrying in Ukraine can receive to legally stay in Ukraine and which will identify and give them the right to enter and leave it (without a visa), as well as work for a certain period.

The permanent residence permit provides more rights for a person, which gets married in Ukraine and almost equates him with a citizen of Ukraine (except for suffrage), but is issued after 2 years of marriage and is valid for 10 years.

What are the possibilities of marriage in other countries

The same practice exists in other countries, where on the basis of marrying, like in Ukraine, and the marriage certificate confirming it, a person can obtain legal grounds for residence, for example, in Poland and Germany.

  • temporary residence permit in Poland (karta czasowego pobytu)
  • permanent residence permit in Poland (karta stalego pobytu)

Another advantage for foreigners that are marrying in Ukraine is the possibility of immigrating to a third country as a legal spouse, provided there are grounds for doing so. For example, if one of the spouses has grounds to reside in another third country of which they are not citizens, then the wife or  husband, who gets married in Ukraine, also has the opportunity to obtain documents for residence in that country.

From this we can conclude that for obtaining documents for residence you should choose one of the most  reliable and easy procedures – marrying in Ukraine, which can also help the company “Marriage in Ukraine”. Our migration specialists will help you with all your questions about immigration in Ukraine. And if the couple wants to obtain documents for living in another country, after marrying a foreigner in Ukraine, we will provide recommendations from our agency partners abroad, who have an impeccable reputation and many years of experience.

Marriage is one of the most important stages in a person’s life and is accompanied by a lot of warm emotions and memories in the future. However, using the services of our company, providing the necessary package of documents and obtaining a marriage certificate, you will discover a number of new prospects and opportunities for obtaining the right to reside in Ukraine by obtaining a temporary and subsequently permanent residence permit.

Only a marriage that is registered in accordance with the law and in compliance with all the conditions of marriage can be the basis for obtaining the necessary residence permits in Ukraine or other countries. To obtain documents for residence in other countries, it is important to legalize them properly.

The deadline for reviewing residence documents varies from country to country, and may be a little bit affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Author: Olena Kozak

Lawyer in the field of family and migration law with many years of experience, specializing in marriages between foreigners and marriages where one of the spouses is a citizen of Ukraine.