The “permit” the State Employment Service never issued.
Documents that look authentic but were never issued by the State Employment Service of Ukraine. They will fail at the border — and the applicant carries the legal exposure.
The State Employment Service maintains a registry of issued permits. Any ‘permit’ not in that registry has no legal force, regardless of how official the paper looks.
- 01.Broker shows a sample 'permit' for a real Ukrainian company.
- 02.Demands $3,000–8,000 to 'process' the same for the applicant.
- 03.Produces a printed or PDF specimen with the company name swapped.
- 04.Permit fails at the consular check or at the border on arrival.
- 05.Applicant carries the legal consequences for using a forged official document.
Exhibits
EXHIBIT ACloned permit format
Layout is plausible; serial number is two digits off the real schema.
EXHIBIT BWrong issuing authority
Permits are not issued by 'Ministry of Migration' — that body does not exist.
EXHIBIT CMissing QR / barcode
Real permits carry verifiable QR codes resolving to the registry.
EXHIBIT DWrong company stamp
Employer named on the permit does not appear in EDR or has different signatories.
EXHIBIT EBackdated dates
Issuance dates earlier than the applicant's own documents — physically impossible.
EXHIBIT FDuplicate serials
Same serial sold to multiple applicants — caught in batch verification.
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Last reviewed: 17 July 2026 · No private party can guarantee a permit or visa; decisions rest with the State Employment Service and Ukrainian authorities.