The State Migration Service of Ukraine (DMSU) issues the temporary residence permit after you enter on a Type D visa. File in person at the office for your place of residence, at least 15 working days before your stay ends; the card is issued within 15 working days. Listed fees: UAH 34, 452 and 654.
The State Migration Service is the last Ukrainian body on a Pakistani worker's or student's route. Its clock starts at entry: the Type D visa gives 90 days, and the residence file must be in at least 15 working days before the permitted stay ends. This page covers what DMSU does, where to file, the fees it lists, its three online checks, how long each permit lasts and what an overstay costs.
- 01Enter on a D visaMultiple entry, 90 daysMFA · Border Guard
- 02File the permitIn person, at the office for your place of residence≥ 15 working days before the stay ends
- 03Track onlineStatus appears 24 hours after you applyDMSU e-service
- 04Collect the cardIssued within 15 working days of filingRes. 322, para. 5
What DMSU does for a Pakistani applicant
| Service | How it works | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Temporary residence permit | In person at a DMSU territorial office, a DMSU state enterprise or an administrative service centre (TsNAP) for your place of residence | DMSU service page |
| Exchange on expiry | Up to the last day of the card; with fewer than 15 working days left, only at a DMSU territorial office, which extends your stay for the review; the old card is returned to you until the new one is issued | Res. 322, para. 19 |
| Exchange after a change | Within one month of the event; after a new passport or a name change, within one month of receiving it | DMSU service page |
| Immigration permit | Granted within quotas the Cabinet of Ministers sets for each group of immigrants | DMSU services |
| Invitations for visas | DMSU invitations stopped counting as a basis for short-term visas on 16 April 2017 | DMSU services |
Source: DMSU, issuance of temporary residence permit and the DMSU services list, checked 31 October 2026. The full document list by ground is in residence permit documents.
Fees, terms and validity
The DMSU service page lists three payments for a residence permit: a government charge of UAH 34, an administrative service fee of UAH 452 and UAH 654 for the blank card. The payment slip goes into the file. The permit is issued within 15 working days of filing (Resolution No. 322, para. 5). Validity follows the ground: for work, the term of the employment contract; for study, the period in the university's order; for a founder with at least EUR 100,000 in a Ukrainian company, two years; for most other grounds, one year with exchange. DMSU states that the permit is exchanged, never extended. The exchange file can go in up to the card's last day; with fewer than 15 working days left, only a DMSU territorial office accepts it (Resolution No. 322, para. 19). How the dates line up with the work permit is in the residence permit timeline.
Three online checks on dmsu.gov.ua
| E-service | What you enter | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|
| Status of a document | Series and number of the passport the permit is issued on, without spaces or punctuation | Accepted → approved for personalisation → sent → personalised → delivered to the office |
| Duration of stay | Date of control and every entry and exit date | Days spent in Ukraine in the control period |
| Invalid documents | Document type, series and number | Whether the document is in the invalid-documents base; information only |
The status check shows your file 24 hours after you apply; once the card is personalised it reaches the office in 1–3 working days. If the status still reads “Information was not found” 48 hours after filing, contact the territorial office. The stay calculator counts your days from entry and exit dates. The invalid-documents check is for information only: DMSU warns that a document missing from its base is not thereby proven valid. To check a work permit, use the employment centre's published decisions; how is in how to check if a work permit is real.
Overstay and refusal
A foreigner who stays beyond the permitted term is fined under Art. 203 of the Code of Administrative Offences. The authorities can order a forced return, which may come with a 3-year entry ban, or, through a court, a forced expulsion with a 5-year ban (DMSU, responsibility for violation of term of stay). DMSU also refuses a residence permit when the applicant is already over the term, files an incomplete or late package, presents a forged or expired passport, or gives false information. What an overstay does to a future application is in overstay risks and entry bans.
Contacts
DMSU hotline: +38 (044) 363-22-50, Monday to Thursday 9:00–18:00, Friday 9:00–16:45. Public reception: 9 Volodymyrska Street, Kyiv. Residence files are handled by the regional office for your place of residence; the list of regional offices is on dmsu.gov.ua. We check the ground, prepare the document pack and accompany the filing through our residence permit service.
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Read next
- Residence permit documentsThe file for each ground: work, study, founder, family
- Residence permit timeline15 working days, and when to file
- MFA of UkraineThe visa stage before you enter
- All official resourcesEvery body on your file, in one place
Sources
Have the residence file ready before the deadline.
Eligibility assessment, $99: a lawyer-validated written note on your residence route, with an indicative timeline and your first action. Document review, $349: a lawyer reviews up to 4 Ukrainian documents, such as the work permit copy or the employment contract, and signs a risk memo before you file.
Last reviewed: 31 October 2026. Services, fees, terms and e-services as published by the State Migration Service of Ukraine on dmsu.gov.ua; DMSU decides every residence file. UAVISA.PK is a private legal service, unaffiliated with DMSU. General information, not legal advice.