How to check the ban on entry to Ukraine?

In order to properly understand the reasons and mechanisms for imposing a ban on entry to Ukraine, it is necessary to first distinguish two concepts: refusal to enter Ukraine and ban on entry to Ukraine.

The decision to refuse is made exclusively at the time of the foreigner's attempt to enter Ukraine, and the reason for such a decision is mostly non-compliance with the requirements stipulated by Ukrainian legislation for entry into Ukraine. For example, a foreigner does not have a visa in his passport that allows entry to Ukraine, or he has invalid documents, or the purpose of the trip is not confirmed.

The decision is made on the spot, at the checkpoint and does not carry any responsibility or consequences. According to the decision to refuse entry, the foreigner must return to the country of his citizenship or permanent residence as soon as possible.

As for the ban on entry to Ukraine, even after removing the reasons for refusal to enter Ukraine, which became the basis for the decision on the ban on entry to Ukraine, a person will not be able to enter Ukraine while this decision is in effect .

If we open the norms of the law, we can see that the decision to ban entry to Ukraine is not mandatory, but has only an optional value in the procedure of forced departure (a procedure that is applied to a foreigner in case of violation of the terms of his permissible stay on Ukrainian territory). Studying court practice and analyzing the personal cases of clients of the law firm "Prikhodko&Partners" - the reasons for the forced departure of a foreigner and the ban on entry to Ukraine are quite often identified.

The decision to prohibit entry into Ukraine is made by the bodies of the Migration Service, the Border Service and the Security Service for a period of up to three years. In case of failure to comply with this decision, the term increases to ten years.

The problem is also that such a decision is not always brought to the attention of the foreigner, the appropriate stamp on the ban on entry is not always placed in the passport (a red or black stamp, as it is also called), and therefore there are many confusing situations because of this at the border at the next entry.

How to understand from the actions of border guards or other authorities that they are making a decision to ban you from entering Ukraine?

You can have your passport checked as usual. If you have suspicions or you understand that you have violated the period of your stay and at your next entry you are checked for a long time or something is written or put in your passport - know that this is a ban.

If we are talking about the same situation, but in the bodies of the migration service, a decision on violation of the period of stay is first made for the foreigner, then a decision is made on forced departure, and in the complex - a ban on entry to Ukraine.

How to check the presence or absence of a ban on entry to Ukraine?

It's very simple: contact the lawyers of the Prikhodko&Partners law firm. We will make a lawyer's request to the relevant state bodies and, after analyzing the information in the response we receive, we will be able to offer you ways to remove such a ban: administrative or judicial.

In accordance with the legislation, our lawyers will receive a response to a lawyer's request within five days.