Arrival plan

Your first days in Ukraine

A plan for crossing the border, reaching your university and applying for your temporary residence permit (TRP), the card that lets you stay longer than 90 days.

Ukraine Arrival Timeline

Reach the foreign students' office: Hand in your original papers in person.

Priority
First day

Cross the border and reach your university.

Essential Tasks

Give your original papers: Give your original school papers (not copies) to the foreign students' office in person.
Tell the university you arrived: Use the contact they gave you.

Quick Tips

Emergency contacts to save

Any emergency (operators speak English): 112
Fire and rescue: 101
Police: 102
Ambulance: 103

Papers

Keep your passport, visa and invitation in your hand luggage
Keep proof of money with you at the border

First three days

Settle in and register.

Campus & Administration

Register your visa: Some universities ask you to register your visa within 72 hours of arrival. Ask the foreign students' office.

Local Orientation

Know your city: Shops and supermarkets usually close by 9 pm. Banks and government services are open. Public transport runs regularly.

First week

Start your permit papers.

Official Registration

Temporary residence permit: Apply at the State Migration Service (SMS) or a Center for Administrative Services (a local government service office) no later than 15 working days before your visa or allowed stay ends.
Medical check: Some universities give you a health check when you arrive. Bogomolets National Medical University (Bogomolets NMU) does this.

Social & Practical

Learn the shelter rules: Students learn what to do during an air raid alarm (a siren that warns of an attack from the air) and where the shelters are. Your university shows you.

Safety and emergencies

Ukraine continues to resist Russia's full-scale invasion. Every university that teaches on campus must have equipped shelters. Many universities from the east and south have moved to safer areas in western Ukraine.