Immigration in Ukraine

11/09/2024

Belkovy law firm is ready to assist you with migration legal issues
in Ukraine.
Currently we are helping our clients with:

✅Getting visa D and temporary residency
permit in Ukraine & (business, volunteering, marriage and other grounds).
✅Company/PE registration and corporate issues.
✅ Obtaining a work permit in Ukraine.
✅Cancellation of a ban to enter Ukraine.
✅Obtaining a Permanent residency permit.
✅Other legal services you can check on our website: belkovy.com

📲Contact us: +380965146281

23/06/2022

❗️ How do I protect myself from scams as a freelancer?

Scams are unfortunately a fact of life in business whether you’re a large multinational corporation, a small-to-medium enterprise (SME) or a freelancer. The impact on a freelancer, however, is probably much harsher than on the other two for two reasons:

1. Many if not most freelancers don’t have much of a financial buffer to absorb these sorts of events which directly impacts their quality of life; and
2. Freelancers need to resolve these situations on their own which compounds the problem as the time taken to resolve the matter takes away from time that can be spent earning revenue.

There are several different ways in which a freelancer can protect themselves from scams and these can be broken down into two broad categories:

1. Self-managing risk measures: for example, asking for a partial upfront payment from the client, withholding work until payment is made and other commercial tactics to protect against scams. These measures (while better than doing nothing) only manage the risk but don’t mitigate it.
2. Using freelancer platforms: there are plenty of them out there that offer an escrow and dispute resolution process which are far more effective than self-managing the risk.

Obviously freelancing platforms provide a better level of protection than self-managing risk and this is reflected in the significant commissions they charge on freelancer earnings of up to 20%.

These platforms exist for one purpose and that is to generate profit which is not a problem per se. What does become a problem is where these centralized platforms have a conflict of interest which will influence how they operate. An easy way to find the conflict of interest is to follow the money.

The money, in the case of a centralized platform, almost entirely comes from clients who are paying for work to be done. This fact is not lost on platforms who recognize that if they alienate clients, they are putting their revenue at risk. This is the real reason they insist on all communications taking place on platform – the platform believes they own the client and by extension the money.

Consequently, in the case of any conflict there is a good chance that the platform will find in favor of clients – and plenty of freelancer forums have stories where freelancers have been unfairly treated by platforms.

So, the question becomes this: what does your day look like if you had access to the same scam-mitigating infrastructure that platforms provide but where you own the client – i.e. a decentralized model?

Firstly, you would wake in the morning, knowing that you have direct relationship with your client and be empowered to run your own business the way you see fit and without arbitrary rules placed upon you.

You would log onto Vleppo, look at your proposals and see which ones have been accepted because the funds for the jobs are held in escrow protecting both you and your client.

You can negotiate variations in scope directly with your client and update the contract accordingly along with the escrow amounts.
As you have a more personal relationship with your client you will be less likely to have contracts move into dispute saving you time and money.

If they do move into dispute, you will have access to a mediator (either Vleppo as a default or a mediator of your choice) who is paid a fixed fee to mediate an agreement. In this way, the mediator is independent as they are paid a fee regardless of whether you or the client are successful.

Most importantly, as a decentralized system, the costs of the escrow are less than 5% which is a saving of 10-15% by comparison to other platforms. With annual inflation running at around 8.6% in the US (and probably higher in other countries) the reduction in escrow fees can offset this either fully or in part and preserve your standard of living.

Overall, Vleppo is an option where you can protect yourself against scams while also benefiting from a decentralized solution aligned to you and your needs.

23/06/2022

13/06/2022

Hi all!

Hope you are safe and doing well.

Due to the war Belkovy law firm was temporarily closed, but our team has already started working and we are ready to assist you in migration legal issues.

Currently we are helping our clients with:
- Obtaining a temporary residency permit after a refusal (submit an appeal).
- Cancellation of a ban to enter Ukraine.
- Getting visa D and a temporary residency permit in Ukraine.
- Obtaining a Ukrainian citizenship.

Other legal services you can check on our website: belkovy.com

Our contacts: +380965146281

We will be glad to help you in Ukraine.

God bless you!

Reside in Ukraine. Set up a company in Ukraine. Visas to the EU, the US, Canada. Qualified professional Ukrainian lawyers. Work permit.

18/04/2022

Hi. My husband Eugene and I are Ukrainian citizens, we are representing our law firm - BELKOVY LAW FIRM (belkovy.com). Currently our company is involved in the volunteering activities in Ukraine as our clients are expats, so we can find some required equipment etc abroad.

Guys from the territorial defense are engaged in demining cities and villages around Kyiv, especially a lot of mines were left near kindergartens and schools(
Unfortunately, there are a lot of cases of mine explosions, so we are now looking for very powerful flashlights, walkie-talkies (portable radio set) and power banks in Europe.
They are no longer in Ukraine.

Maybe someone has used POWERFUL flashlights, walkie-talkies, power banks, we don’t need new ones, used ones are enough, and you could pass them on, please, you can unsubscribe in the comments.

All confirmations will be given (video/photo report).

So what we are searching for:
- POWERFUL flashlights,
- walkie-talkies,
- power banks.

Many thanks in advance.

Reside in Ukraine. Set up a company in Ukraine. Visas to the EU, the US, Canada. Qualified professional Ukrainian lawyers. Work permit.

22/12/2021

Now foreigners need a notarised passport translation for residence registration.

On December 1, 2021 the new law of Ukraine «On provision of declaration and residence registration (an electronic public) services» entered into force.
The new law also establishes new rules for residence registration of foreigners in Ukraine.

As a general rule, all foreigners have to register a place of residence within 30 calendar days after obtaining a permanent or temporary residence permit or after a deregistration.
For residence registration foreigners have to submit a temporary or permanent residency permit. The owner of the apartment has to come personally or issue a power of attorney and submit a passport and document of title.

Now pursuant to the new law additionally foreigners have to submit a notarised translation of their passport while residence registration.

13/11/2021

Belkovy law firm –Professional Immigration and Custom Solutions!

We are a team of highly qualified professional lawyers who are proud to offer dedicated expert advice on any immigration, business and customs issue.

Winning our clients’ trust sits at the heart of everything we do.

📲Call us and get consultation
+38 (096) 408-71-71
+38 (066) 784-35-83

11/11/2021

Non-visa stay in Ukraine: 90 days rule

If you are planning to come to Ukraine, you have to be aware of a 90 days rule upon visa-free regime.
The above rule mainly applies to citizens of the USA, Canada, and EU countries.

Pursuant to the Ukrainian legislation, foreigners have a right to stay in Ukraine for 90 days within 180 days period.
What is this «90 days within 180 days period» rule, and how it is calculated?

To calculate 90 days of your stay in Ukraine, you must do the following:

a) Select a control date from which period of your staying will be calculated: you can identify  the date of a trip to Ukraine; or given that you are in Ukraine and want to figure out how many more days you can stay in Ukraine, at that rate, you need to select the date of checking the length of stay (as of today).
b) 180 days period is calculated backward from the selected control date. It will be the period during which you can legally stay in Ukraine for a maximum of 90 days.
c) Next step is to check the stamps in your passport of entries and exits to Ukraine for the period of the last 180 days, calculated from the control date.
d) Having counted all the entries and exits, you will understand how many days you stayed in Ukraine, and how many days you still have in stock.

If, as a result of a miscalculation, it turns out that you have been staying in Ukraine for more than 90 days, this means that you have overstayed and will have to pay an administrative fine and leave Ukraine.

For more details, feel free to contact our lawyers. We will be glad to provide you with a legal advice.