To apply for refugee status in Ukraine you must fill a written application.

In this application you should explaining why you should be considered a refugee.

If you do not have documents, that confirm your identity, or if such documents are forged or false, you must inform about and explain these facts already in your application, as well as in any first contact you have with Ukrainian authorities.

Every family-member of eighteen years of age or older should submit a separate application.  Information on children below the age of eighteen should be included in the application of a parent or another legal representative of the child.

Upon receipt of your application, Migration Service should register it and contact you.

You may wish to contact a non-governmental organisation or lawyer to request help in preparing and filing your application for refugee status.

In Kyiv you can receive free consultations in the following organizations:

Legal assistance:
HIAS in Ukraine Legal Protection Services
Kyiv 03056 
22 Dashavska str.
tel.: (044) 453-1653
fax: (044) 453-1650
e-mail: lps@hias.kiev.ua

Social assistance:
Charitable Foundation ROKADA
Kyiv 03062
38 Oleksandrivska str.
tel.: (044) 537-3593
fax: (044) 422-3524
e-mail: office@rokada.org.ua

You can find detailed information on receiving refugee status in Ukraine in these brochures: