Registration of Homes for Ukraine

Homes for Ukraine is a charitable sponsorship program organized specifically to help Ukrainians who wish to live in the UK. This program was launched when the issuance of family visas for those who are family members of British citizens was suspended. It is worth noting that the Homes for Ukraine program is somewhat similar to the American program Uniting For Ukraine (U4U), but the British program has a difference in that the package of documents for each applicant is submitted separately. At the same time, all immediate relatives of a Ukrainian citizen who has become a participant in the program are also eligible.

What are the other features of the Homes for Ukraine program?

At its core, Homes for Ukraine is similar to U4U in that it is also a sponsorship program that allows you to obtain the right to legally reside in the UK or Ireland through the website or through your relatives, with the support of a citizen of the country.

The requirements for the applicant are as follows:

• Only those Ukrainians who have been permanently residing in Ukraine before January 1, 2022, can take advantage of the program.
• This also applies to those who have already been forced to leave Ukraine, are outside the UK and have a sponsor.

All applications are submitted online. If the application is approved, participation in the program gives you the right to legally reside in the UK for 18 months.

What are the benefits of the Homes for Ukraine program?

When we analyze any sponsorship program, it is not only the fact that its participant can move to a favorable and safe country that is important. What is also important is the range of opportunities the program provides in the context of a person’s adaptation in a new place and ways to integrate them into the local society. So, what is remarkable about the Homes for Ukraine program if we look at it by this criterion? In addition to the right to reside in the UK, it also opens up opportunities such as:

• the right to work
• the right to study;
• the right to access government programs;
• the right to extend the term of the Homes for Ukraine program for its participants if they still have an existing sponsor.

Thus, you can stay in the UK even longer than 18 months if everything goes well.

How can the services of the law firm “Prikhodko & Partners” be useful?

Our law firm specializes in various branches of law, including migration law. Therefore, we regularly monitor current trends, news, programs and changes in legislation not only in Ukraine but also in the international context. We know how to help each client by analyzing the circumstances of their particular situation.

When a person reads information on the Internet about the emergence of certain new programs, they can often seem attractive, but not available to them. This reaction occurs when there is no understanding of the step-by-step algorithm of how to participate and successfully move, adapting to a new place. These are the questions that can be answered by specialists who provide regular legal support in requests related to participation in sponsorship programs. Such experts work at Prikhodko & Partners Law Firm.

Thus, we provide the following services:

Consultation on registration of the Homes for Ukraine program. We will tell you about all the important features, benefits, opportunities and conditions of this program not in general terms, but adapted to your situation. This will allow you to realistically assess your prospects and make the right action plan.

Consultation on the required package of documents. By consulting in this format, we answer our clients’ questions about what documents they need to collect and submit with their application in order for it to be approved.

Assistance in finding a sponsor, as well as further processing of documents within the framework of participation in the program.

Further legal support, including in documentary aspects that may arise on the spot.

In summary, the Homes for Ukraine program opens up quite a few relevant opportunities for Ukrainians to move to the UK and legally find employment, study and participate in government programs in this country. The key is to entrust the support of such cases to professionals who really specialize in it, so that your application is approved.