Certificate of crossing the border

A border crossing certificate is a document that foreigners and stateless persons often need. Sometimes Ukrainians also need it. If you need such a certificate, you can contact the “Prikhodko&Partners” law office, because we are ready to provide legal support for its production. We specialize in migration law and know how to make a request to the border service in order to receive information about the crossing of the state border of Ukraine by a specific person. We invite you to familiarize yourself with this service in more detail and learn about its key advantages that we provide.

A border crossing stamp in a foreign passport

Foreigners and stateless persons who come to Ukraine must receive confirmation in the form of a stamp in their foreign passport. It contains information about check-in with the corresponding date. Such a border crossing stamp is affixed at any checkpoint by the State Border Service of Ukraine.

The mentioned stamp is very important from a legal point of view, because its presence in the foreign passport of a foreigner or a stateless person indicates the legal crossing of the state border and legal entry into the territory of Ukraine. Placing this mark is included in the unified border crossing database, which contains information on the entry and exit of foreigners and stateless persons. The base is called “ARKAN”. It stores the specified information for a long time.

When do foreigners and stateless persons need a border crossing certificate?

In most cases, such a certificate of crossing the state border is required from foreigners and stateless persons, if the mark in the foreign passport is not legible. If it is visually impossible to read or you need to know about crossing borders using old passports that have lost their legal validity, you need this certificate.

So, cases of presenting a border crossing certificate can be as follows:

• when you need to issue a tax identification number (if the stamp is not visually visible);
• when there is a need to apply for Ukrainian citizenship (this is possible when there is confirmation of total permanent stay in Ukraine for more than 5 years);
• when it is necessary to issue a certificate of tax resident (for it, confirmation of stay in Ukraine for more than 183 calendar days is important);
• when there is a need to execute certain notarial actions;
• when the certificate must be presented at the place of demand to certain authorized bodies.

As you can see, there are quite a lot of situations when a border crossing certificate can be really relevant and appropriate.

When is such a certificate necessary for Ukrainians?

Ukrainians also have situations when a border crossing certificate is needed. For example, this may be relevant when it is necessary to prove that a person has not been in Ukraine for a certain period of time. Or – provide proof that she really legally crossed the border through the checkpoint. Situations can be common when a person is charged a utility debt at a time when he did not use utility services.

Why should you contact us?

There are quite a lot of situations when a certificate is needed urgently, and there is no time to wait for it for a long time. It is in such cases that the help of a lawyer on migration law becomes critically important for the client. If you will be engaged in obtaining a certificate on your own, then you will spend about a month on it, or even more. When a lawyer deals with this matter, it takes about 5 working days to receive the certificate. So this stark difference in terms can be significant for many customers.

What services do we provide in the field of migration law?

The lawyers of our law office in the field of migration law provide a wide range of services. So you can apply not only in cases where you need a border crossing certificate, but also in many other situations. Therefore, they turn to us for such services as:

• Consultations. It is by receiving professional legal advice that you will learn which specific laws and regulations are relevant in your situation. This will free you from the need to study a large body of legislation and search for answers on your own.
• Legal support. This service is needed in cases where you want to simplify your life and speed up necessary legal processes that do not require your personal presence and can be delegated to a representative.
• Representation of interests in court. Sometimes there are situations when it is necessary to apply this very tool to protect the rights of our clients. So we own it to an extent.

To get a consultation or to order a lawyer’s request for a border crossing certificate – fill out the form on the website and our lawyer will contact you in the near future.