Please send TDS your current valid and signed passport. It must not expire within 6 months and must have at least one blank visa page.   If your passport expires within 6 months, you must renew your passport and then we will secure your visa with the new passport.

Please send 1 recent professional passport-type photograph.
Digital and non-passport photographs are not acceptable.

Photocopy of Alien Registration Card (Green Card) -or- evidence of legal status in USA (valid visa plus I-94 in passport)

Please send a copy of your round trip airline tickets, or itinerary or e-ticket, or letter of confirmation from a travel agent. The itinerary must show the applicant's name, date of arrival and departure from the country, and flight information. The Embassy does not recommend purchasing your ticket prior to a visa being issued.

Official Invitation: A letter of invitation from a Ukrainian tourist agency or from a Ukrainian hotel.

Original invitation issued in the name of the applicant from a local Immigration Authorities of the Ministry of Interior of Ukraine.

Complete and sign One application

You must complete the Online Order Form.

The order form gives TDS your name, address, shipping information and payment method. Multiple applicants can be entered using one order form. You only need to complete one TDS order form per request. Please print two copies of the confirmation page. Include one copy with the documents you ship to TDS and keep one copy for your records.

While completing the online order form in this step, you will be asked how you want to pay TDS fees. You may pay our fees online with a credit card or enclose a personal or business check or money order.

Please forward the completed requirements detailed above to:

TRAVEL DOCUMENT SYSTEMS, INC.,
925 Fifteenth Street N.W. Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20005

Urgent applications should be shipped to TDS using only the FedEx Company.
Please use FedEx Priority Overnight. Do NOT ship "First Overnight." This will delay the delivery of your package.

Visa Requirements, processing times, validity of the visa, and Embassy visa fees are subject to change without prior notice.

(1) Normal processing time is up to 30 days. Rush fees apply to urgent applications.

Visa fees are non-refundable if the application is rejected by the embassy for incomplete or incorrect data. TDS is not responsible for rejected applications.

(2) 24 hours rush visa processing is not available.

In order to expedite rush visa, please include a copy of flight itinerary as proof of urgent departure date.

The UKRAINE tourist visa is issued for a single entry or double entry within three months of issue date, for the dates of entry and exit not to exceed those stated on your application form and invitation or confirmation.

No visas are required for citizens of Romania, Hungary, Poland, Mongolia, Serbia, Lithuania and Montenegro, and the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (except Turkmenistan).

Double entry visas can be issued if travel itinerary specifies two entries or if a letter is attached to the application requesting a double entry and explaining why it is needed.