The current rules for crossing the Ukrainian border are regulated by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No.1236, with the latest amendments dated December 6, 2021

From December 3, it is FORBIDDEN to enter foreigners and stateless persons who do not have a permit for permanent or temporary residence in Ukraine, and who have been for more than 7 days in the last 14 days on the territory of South Africa, the Republic of Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, the Kingdom of Lesotho, the Kingdom of Eswatini, Mozambique, Republic of Malawi.

Exceptions: citizens of Ukraine; foreigners and stateless persons permanently or temporarily residing in Ukraine; spouses or children of citizens of Ukraine; employees of foreign diplomatic missions and consular posts, missions of international organizations accredited in Ukraine, and members of their families; other categories of foreigners and stateless persons in agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – after entry, they must undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine.

From 5 August 2021, foreigners arriving in Ukraine are required to have:

• an insurance policy that covers the costs of Covid-19 treatment and observation valid for the period of stay in Ukraine;
• as well as one of the following:
  • a negative result of a Covid-19 test (polymerase chain reaction test or antigen test) taken not more than 72 hours before crossing the state border;
  • a document confirming full vaccination against Covid-19 with a vaccine included in the WHO list of Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use;
  • a Covid-certificate confirming vaccination against Covid-19 with one or more doses of a vaccine included in the WHO list of Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use, negative result of a Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction test or recovery of a person from Covid-19, issued by the authorized institutions of the eHealth Network member states.

The validity of the Covid-certificate is determined by the following clinical criteria for its formation and use:

¹ Comirnaty / Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

² Spikevax / Moderna vaccine

³ Vaxzevria / AstraZeneca vaccine

⁴ Janssen / Johnson & Johnson vaccine

In the case of absence of an insurance policy and one of the documents mentioned above or as a result of violation of the validity of the Covid-certificate, an authorized official of the state border protection unit denies entry to such a foreigner into Ukraine as it is prescribed by Article 14 of the Law of Ukraine “On Border Control”.

This requirement does not apply to:

• foreigners permanently residing in Ukraine;
• employees of diplomatic missions and consular posts of foreign states, representations of official international missions, and organizations accredited in Ukraine, and members of their families;
• drivers and crew members of commercial vehicles, and buses, carrying out regular, irregular and shuttle transportation;
• crew members of aircrafts, and sea and river vessels;
• members of train and locomotive crews;
• military personnel (units) of the armed forces of NATO member states and member states of the NATO program “Partnership for Peace” involved in the training of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
• persons recognized as refugees or persons in need of additional protection.

Children of foreigners under the age of 12 are not required to provide a negative result of Covid-19 test, a document confirming full vaccination or a Covid-certificate, but they must have an insurance policy.

Self-isolation

Mandatory self-isolation with the use of the mobile application “Vdoma” has been introduced for Ukrainian citizens and foreigners who cross the state border or entry-exit checkpoints into the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

The following persons are exempt from self-isolation:

• children under 18 years;
• foreigners who enter Ukraine and have document confirming transit through the territory of Ukraine within 48 hours;
• persons who have a document confirming completion of a full course of vaccination against Covid-19 or the Covid-certificate;
• heads and members of official delegations of foreign states, employees of international organizations, and accompanying persons;
• members of official delegations of Ukraine who return to Ukraine after short-term business trips abroad;
• employees of diplomatic missions and consular posts of foreign states, missions of official international missions, organizations accredited in Ukraine, and members of their families;
• persons arriving to participate in official sports competitions or cultural events held on the territory of Ukraine, and accompanying persons;
• servicemen of the armed forces of NATO member states and member states of the NATO “Partnership for Peace” programme and experts of border agencies of EU countries;
• participants of the External Independent Evaluation and those who intend to enter educational institutions in Ukraine, and their accompanying legal representatives;
• drivers and crew members of commercial vehicles, buses carrying out regular transportation, crew members of air, sea and river vessels, members of train and locomotive crews;
• persons transporting hematopoietic stem cells for transplantation;
• citizens of Ukraine who have a document confirming vaccination against Covid-19 (or Covid-certificate), as well as citizens of Ukraine wishing to be vaccinated against Covid-19, provided they have an invitation for vaccination with a unique identifier (applies only to entry from the TOT);
• students of educational institutions located in the territory of Ukraine where public authorities fully exercise their powers (applies only to entry from the TOT).

If a foreigner crossing the state border or entry-exit checkpoints has to self-isolate but is not able or refuses to install the mobile application “Vdoma”, then the authorized official of the state border protection unit denies entry to such a foreigner into Ukraine as it is prescribed by Article 14 of the Law of Ukraine “On Border Control”.

The period of self-isolation of persons crossing the state border or entry-exit checkpoints is 10 days and begins 72 hours after crossing the state border or entry-exit checkpoint. Persons who have arrived from Russia or India and have been on their territory for more than 7 days in the last 14 days are subject to self-isolation for 14 days.

Self-isolation of a person could be terminated in case of a negative Covid-19 test result (either PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test or antigen test (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay)) taken after crossing the state border or entry-exit checkpoint (except for persons who came from Russia or India).

Anti-epidemic restrictions

The anti-epidemic restrictions currently in force in Ukraine can be found at this link.

We also recommend you to refer to the information on a specially created page for tourists and visitors of Ukraine:

https://visitukraine.today

as well as to the information page for tourists and visitors of Ukraine compiled by the Resilience Centre of Ukraine:

https://the-urc.com/covid

Warning

The Embassy strives to update the information in this section of the website whenever possible. It is based on available data collected from open public sources of Morocco and Ukraine.

Please note that the information provided is not exhaustive and may be amended by the Competent Ukrainian and Moroccan Authorities, therefore we do not accept any responsibility, explicit or implicit, for the completeness and accuracy of the information contained on this page, or individual decisions based on it.