Business immigration to Ukraine is residence on a business ground of Law No. 3773-VI, Article 4. A founder with at least EUR 100,000 of foreign investment in a Ukrainian company gets a two-year residence permit. With less, the company employs the founder on a work permit, and the permit follows the employment contract.
In Ukrainian law, “business immigration” means a set of specific residence grounds. The law lists who may hold a temporary residence permit, and three of those grounds rest on a business. This page defines each one, what it requires and how long the permit lasts, and shows where business residence connects to permanent residence later. The company itself is defined in Ukrainian LLC (TOV), explained.
- 01Register the companyA TOV in the Unified State Register, with an EDRPOU codestate review in 24 hours
- 02Choose the groundEUR 100,000 stake, a job on a work permit, or a foreign company’s officedecides every document after it
- 03Type D visaIssued for the purpose of the stay, through VFS in PakistanEmbassy of Ukraine
- 04Residence permitFiled at DMSU, card within 15 working days2 years · or contract term
- 05Later: permanent residenceImmigration permit in a category of the Law “On Immigration”e.g. 5 years on a TRP
The three business grounds for a residence permit
| Ground | What the law requires | Term of the permit | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Founder with investment | Founder, participant or beneficial owner whose foreign investment in the charter capital of a Ukrainian company is at least EUR 100,000 at the National Bank rate on the day it is made | Two years | Law 3773-VI, Art. 4, part 12; DMSU |
| Employee of your own company | The company employs you, as director or in another post, on a work permit it obtains and pays for; salary at least the minimum wage, UAH 8,647 a month in 2026 | Term of the employment contract | Art. 4, part 4; Law 5067-VI, Arts. 42-2, 42-4 |
| Foreign company’s representative office | Employment at a registered representative office of a foreign business entity in Ukraine, on the office’s request and its registration certificate | One year, then exchanged | DMSU service page |
Sources: Law No. 3773-VI, Art. 4; Law No. 5067-VI; DMSU, issuance of temporary residence permit, checked 31 October 2026.
The founder ground: EUR 100,000 in the charter capital
The founder ground covers a founder, participant or beneficial owner of a Ukrainian legal entity whose share, held directly or through a foreign company they control, is at least EUR 100,000 at the National Bank rate on the day the investment is made. For the residence file the company certifies its constituent document, gives DMSU a written undertaking to report when you stop being a founder, and proves the investment by the form it took: a statement of a cash contribution, a customs declaration with a transfer act for imported property, a transfer act for property bought in Ukraine, or a securities account extract for a joint-stock company. The permit is issued for two years. The step-by-step version, with the visa, is in residence through your own company: the founder route.
Employee of your own company
Below EUR 100,000, the company becomes your employer. Working as its director, or in any other post, is employment of a foreigner, so the company applies to the State Employment Service for your work permit, pays the fee and pays at least the minimum wage, UAH 8,647 a month in 2026 (Law No. 5067-VI, Arts. 42-2, 42-4). The decision comes within 7 working days (Art. 42-6), the residence permit runs for the term of the contract, and when the contract ends the permit goes with it. The employer's side of that procedure is in the work permit guide.
A foreign company's office in Ukraine
A Pakistani company can register a representative office in Ukraine and send staff to it. DMSU lists employment at a registered representative office of a foreign business entity as its own residence ground, filed with the office's request and a copy of its registration certificate; branches and offices of foreign banks file with their accreditation certificate. The standard card is issued for one year and then exchanged.
From business residence to permanent residence
Permanent residence takes its own application. The Law “On Immigration” (No. 2491-III), Article 4, part 2, lists categories for an immigration permit: item 11 covers foreigners who have lived in Ukraine continuously for the last five years on a TRP on the work, founder and certain other grounds, and item 3 covers investors of at least USD 100,000 in Ukraine's economy. The Cabinet of Ministers may set a quota for these categories. The differences are in TRP vs permanent residence.
A company that works
Every Ukrainian company has a public record in the Unified State Register with its code, status, director and founders, open to anyone. The founder ground also needs proof of the investment itself, in the form it took (DMSU). Packages sold as “company with residence included” are covered in fake visa agents; registration with us, with the residence plan set out first, is our company registration in Ukraine service.
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Last reviewed: 31 October 2026. Grounds, thresholds and terms as set by Laws No. 3773-VI, 5067-VI and 2491-III and published by the State Migration Service; the migration and employment services decide every file. General information, not legal advice.