The state registrar reviews LLC documents within 24 hours of receipt, weekends and holidays excluded (Law No. 755-IV, Art. 26); a faulty set is suspended for 15 calendar days (Art. 27). For a Pakistani founder the slower steps sit around it: preparing and translating your documents, then the bank account, which in our experience is the usual bottleneck.
Registering a Ukrainian limited liability company (TOV) is fast on paper: the registrar has one working day. Founders from Pakistan feel a longer timeline because the registration sits between two slower stages. Before it, your passport, tax number and power of attorney have to be ready in Ukrainian. After it, a bank has to open the account and the company has to start operating. This page sets out each stage, the term the law gives it, and where our practice sees the weeks go.
- 01Founder documentsPassport translated, tax number, power of attorney if a representative signsPakistani side first
- 02Charter and filingName, activity codes, charter, registered addressdrafted with us
- 03State registrationRegistrar reviews the documents (Art. 26)≤ 24 hours, working days
- 04Bank accountBank’s own KYC on owners and source of fundsusual bottleneck
- 05Residence linkEUR 100,000 investment or a work permit from the companyseparate clock
Stage by stage: what the law sets
| Stage | Term | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| State registration of the LLC | Within 24 hours of receiving the documents, weekends and holidays excluded | Law No. 755-IV, Art. 26 | Counted from receipt of a complete set by the registrar |
| Faulty or incomplete documents | Review suspended for 15 calendar days | Law No. 755-IV, Art. 27 | Review resumes from the day corrected documents are filed |
| Charter capital paid in | Within 6 months of registration, unless the charter sets another term | Law No. 2275-VIII, Art. 14 | No minimum capital is set by law |
| Bank account and first operations | Set by the bank | Our practice | Several weeks end to end in our experience, the bank account usually the longest step |
| Founder residence permit | Card within 15 working days of acceptance | Res. 322, para. 5 | Available on a foreign investment of at least EUR 100,000 (Law No. 3773-VI, Art. 4, part 12) |
Law No. 755-IV “On State Registration of Legal Entities, Individual Entrepreneurs and Public Organisations”; Law No. 2275-VIII “On Limited and Additional Liability Companies”.
Before filing: what a Pakistani founder prepares
A foreign individual can own a TOV alone, without a Ukrainian partner. The registrar needs your passport with a Ukrainian translation certified by a notary, and a Ukrainian taxpayer number issued by the State Tax Service. If a representative signs for you in Ukraine, a notarised power of attorney apostilled by MoFA in Pakistan is added. The company needs a registered address and a charter with activity codes. The Pakistani steps follow the legalisation timeline; what a TOV is and how ownership works is in the Ukrainian LLC explained.
Registration: one working day, or a 15-day pause
Once a complete set reaches the registrar, the review takes up to 24 hours, weekends and holidays excluded (Art. 26). The registrar can suspend it only on the grounds listed in Art. 27: an incomplete set, documents that fail the format rules, data that conflicts with the register, an unpaid fee. A suspension lasts 15 calendar days, and the review resumes from the day the corrections are filed. The new company then appears in the public Unified State Register with its EDRPOU code.
After registration: tax, bank, operations
A registered company still has to choose its tax regime, open a bank account and start trading. The bank runs its own check on the owners, the beneficial owners and the source of the capital, and the law gives it no deadline. In our experience tax registration, the bank account and the first operations take several weeks, with the bank account the usual bottleneck for foreign owners. Participants pay in the charter capital within 6 months of registration unless the charter sets another term (Law No. 2275-VIII, Art. 14).
Residence through the company: a separate clock
Registration alone gives no right to live in Ukraine. A founder qualifies for a temporary residence permit with a foreign investment of at least EUR 100,000 in the charter capital (Law No. 3773-VI, Art. 4, part 12); the card is valid two years and issued within 15 working days of acceptance. With a smaller investment, the company can employ you on a work permit, and residence follows the job; those dates are in the work permit timeline. The arithmetic of both routes is in the founder route.
Questions about registration time
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Sources
Start with the structure, then file.
The $600 deposit covers structuring, name reservation, activity codes and the charter draft; later stages are billed against agreed milestones. If the residence side is still open, the $99 eligibility assessment sets out the route in writing within 3 working days.
Last reviewed: 31 October 2026. Legal terms as set by Ukrainian law; bank and operational timing is from our practice and depends on the bank and your case. General information, not legal advice.