Application form for renunciation of Ukrainian citizenship

The conflict situation in Russian-Ukrainian relations has complicated the issues of citizenship of each side. It became especially acute for the residents of Crimea and many migrants from Ukraine to Russia. Ukrainians leaving to live in other countries have to solve the problem of maintaining citizenship or renouncing it. Some states do not recognize dual citizenship, in which case Ukrainian citizenship will need to be renounced. There is a special procedure for refusal.

Grounds for termination of Ukrainian citizenship

The Law on Citizenship of Ukraine in its current version was adopted on January 18, 2001 and signed by President Leonid Kuchma.

Issues of termination of citizenship are addressed in Articles 17–20, Section III of the Law.

Art. 17 defines 3 reasons for this:

1. Voluntary petition of a legally competent adult. An application to renounce citizenship must be made without any coercion. The petition is sent to the President of the Republic. The fact of withdrawal is confirmed by his decree. Parents or other persons who are their legal representatives apply for minors. Children over 14 years of age will require written consent. You can declare your renunciation of citizenship in any country in the world, including Russia.
2. Loss (loss) of citizenship. It arises when government authorities establish that a Ukrainian has lost contact with his homeland and is a citizen of another state or has entered service in paramilitary security forces outside the jurisdiction of Ukraine.
3. According to international treaties. The article of the law does not specify this provision, but according to legal logic, such norms will be spelled out in each specific agreement that Ukraine concludes with another state or international organization.

A Citizenship Commission has been created under the President. It considers applications for severance and submissions about loss of citizenship, after which documents are prepared on the basis of which the President of Ukraine issues a decree.

The decree on termination of citizenship is signed personally by the President

As it was before September 1, 2017

The procedure for renouncing resident status was the same regardless of the applicant’s location. It was possible to apply for a waiver even while in another country. To do this, Ukrainians visited the Ukrainian Embassy and provided them with a complete package of documents.

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After checking the documents at the embassy, ​​they were sent to Ukraine to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The package was also checked at the ministry and sent for approval to the President of Ukraine.

Now it is enough to write an application for renunciation of Ukrainian citizenship and have it certified by a notary.

Below is the application form for renunciation of Ukrainian citizenship.

Sample of filling out form 20

Renunciation of citizenship

The legislative basis for renunciation of citizenship is Article 18, Section III.

The article postulates the need for a voluntary application and for the applicant to be outside Ukraine.

Which citizens will not be able to renounce citizenship?

Renunciation of citizenship is allowed only if the applicant acquires citizenship of another country (that is, he must not remain stateless - a stateless person). To do this, you need to obtain a certificate from the authorized body of that state. It states that citizenship will be granted if a person renounces Ukrainian.

Renunciation of citizenship is not possible if:

• the applicant is accused of committing a criminal offense and brought to trial in Ukraine;
• The court sentenced the applicant to a criminal sentence that has not yet been served.

Most of the article establishes the procedure for filing a petition on behalf of minors who have traveled abroad.

If the child is an orphan or his parents have been deprived of parental rights, the petition is submitted by guardians or other legal representatives.

Table: who can write an application on behalf of the child

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How to correctly issue a refusal

When leaving for a residence permit or permanent residence in a foreign country, you must contact the migration service of Ukraine so that a notification mark is made in your passport. An emigrant registers with the diplomatic mission of Ukraine abroad at his place of residence. Where should you go to renounce citizenship?

Table: addresses of Ukrainian consulates in Russia

Is it possible to send an application by mail?

Those who are far from getting to the consulate in person try to use this method. They fill out the application, have it notarized, and mail it. But practice shows that this is just a waste of time and shipping costs. A negative answer comes from the diplomatic mission. And even the notary’s seal does not matter. Applications are accepted for consideration only in person.

If you really want to renounce Ukrainian citizenship, then you will have to take the application personally to the nearest consulate, but if you need this refusal to obtain a Russian passport, then the very fact of writing a notarized refusal and the fact of sending it is enough.

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List of documents

First of all, you need to write an application for renunciation of citizenship (in 4 copies). The petition is also allowed in the form of a questionnaire in Form 20.

The following must be attached to the application:

• four copies of a passport with a mark on departure for permanent residence;
• four photos 35 x 45 mm;
• confirmation that the applicant has become a citizen of another state or will become a citizen in case of refusal of Ukrainian;
• receipt of payment of the duty.

The package of documents for a child is slightly different:

• statement;
• photocopies of the child’s birth certificate and citizenship document;
• photo 35 x 45 mm - 4 pcs.;
• confirmation of the presence or possibility of obtaining another citizenship by the child (except for cases where citizenship is granted automatically upon entry with parents);
• consent of a minor 14–18 years old;
• confirmation of the child’s departure abroad for permanent residence.

If you change citizenship, you will have to give up your Ukrainian passport

How much does it cost to renounce citizenship?

The state fee is paid before submitting the application. The fee is 210 US dollars, it is accepted in the currency of the country in which the consulate operates.

How quickly can you get an answer?

The consulate is given 8 months to process and forward documents to the Presidential Commission on Citizenship. What follows is a consideration of what the year is allotted to check the validity of the application submitted and the absence of reasons for refusal. The presidential decree on renunciation of citizenship is sent to the consular department of the diplomatic mission, from where the applicant must be notified within a week.
After this, you will need to come to the Ukrainian consulate, where you can get a certificate of renunciation of citizenship and hand over your passport.

Required documents

In order to formalize the voluntary loss of the status of a citizen of Ukraine, it is necessary to collect the required package of documents:

1. International passport.
2. Photos of the established sample - 4 pieces.
3. A certificate confirming the presence of citizenship in another state, or a certificate of registration thereof.
4. Receipt for payment of state duty.
5. Written consent of the minor and birth certificate of the minor.

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After 1 month, the consulate submits, along with the application, all documents to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for consideration of the issue. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also considers the issue within a period of up to 1 month; if errors are found, it is returned to the applicant for revision. The person is given no more than 8 months to eliminate the comments. Otherwise, the application becomes invalid.

Loss of Ukrainian citizenship will be considered in the following cases:

• citizenship was acquired by fraud;
• completing military service in another state;
• if a citizen who has reached the age of majority has become a subject of another state.

When completing the procedure for renouncing Ukrainian citizenship, in order to avoid sending documents for revision, legal assistance or advice will not be superfluous.

The only legal way to lose the status of a citizen of Ukraine is a voluntary withdrawal at the written request of the person. If a resident of Ukraine has committed any offense leading to loss of citizenship, the profiling authorities have the right to initiate this procedure.

Ukraine is one of the countries that does not recognize or allow dual citizenship. Therefore, if you want to change your civil status, a representative of Ukraine must renounce Ukrainian citizenship. “Exit” means a voluntary refusal agreed upon between two parties: a citizen of Ukraine and the country itself.

Attention! The article contains changes made after the adoption of the new law “On Amendments to the Federal Law “On Citizenship of the Russian Federation” and Articles 8 and 14 of the Federal Law “On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation”. You can download the text of the law here.

The President of the Russian Federation signed a law that allows Ukrainians to undergo the procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship in a simplified manner. According to the new rules, future citizens of the Russian Federation will have to take an oath.

Often, the reason for renouncing citizenship is the desire to acquire citizenship of another country or the enrollment of a Ukrainian resident to serve in the security forces of another state. Often the reasons for this step in 2021 are permanent residence in the territory of another republic.

Both an adult representative of the republic and a child can renounce Ukrainian citizenship. Age doesn't matter. Children often refuse for the following reasons:

• Moving with parents to another country for permanent residence.
• Citizenship was acquired at birth by one of the parents. If at the time of birth a child, for example, was assigned the citizenship of his mother, then he has every right to renounce it, provided that the child’s father is a resident of another state.

A child who has been adopted can renounce Ukrainian citizenship only at the request of the adoptive parents.

It is worth noting that renunciation of Ukrainian citizenship is a rather complicated and lengthy procedure, during which you will need to present a document confirming that the person will accept the citizenship of another republic.

Without this document, it is impossible to renounce Ukrainian citizenship. After all, there is a huge risk that the applicant will remain stateless. A stateless person is a person who does not have citizenship of any country.

If at the time of “exit” the person is 14 years old, then renunciation of residency occurs only with her consent. Children under this age “come out” with the consent of their parents or guardians.

It is worth noting that a person who is under investigation or suspected of committing a crime cannot renounce his status. Also, persons who have already been convicted and are serving time in prison cannot refuse.

Consultation on obtaining a residence permit and then Russian citizenship by a citizen of Ukraine, in this video:

Features for residents of Crimea

Until January 1, 2016, Crimeans were in a legal impasse. There were no diplomatic missions of Ukraine on the peninsula, which did not recognize Crimea as Russian, and Crimeans as citizens of Russia. There was no point in going to Moscow to submit documents to the Ukrainian Embassy. Firstly, there was no guarantee that the petition would be accepted and submitted for consideration. Secondly, the population of Crimea is almost 2 million people. Such a mass of applicants required a different legal mechanism. And it was developed.

Registration procedure

Residents of Crimea who lived there before March 21, 2014 and received certificates of citizens of the Russian Federation are recognized as not having citizenship of another state. To document their status, Crimeans need to contact the territorial body of the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation and complete the following procedure:

1. Submit an application about unwillingness to be a citizen of a foreign state (Ukraine).
2. Attach to the application copies of a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation, a passport of a citizen of Ukraine or another document of an authorized body of Ukraine confirming the presence of Ukrainian citizenship.

Video: rules for renouncing Ukrainian citizenship for Crimeans

Can Ukrainian citizenship be deprived after receiving a Russian passport?

Some Crimeans are in no hurry to get rid of Ukrainian citizenship. Over time, Ukrainian passports and identity cards will become invalid, but the uncertain status will remain deep in various databases, in the archives of the Federal Migration Service of Ukraine and the Russian Federation.

According to Ukrainian legislation, these people will formally be considered citizens of Ukraine who have lost their documents. In Russian - by persons who have received Russian passports, but have not completed the procedure for renouncing the citizenship of another state. When and under what conditions such a conflict will create problems for a Crimean citizen, not a single lawyer can predict.

In this situation, a resident of Crimea should decide for himself which country he wants to remain a citizen of, and act accordingly.

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Loss (loss) of Ukrainian citizenship

The loss procedure is initiated by the state in accordance with Article 19, Section III of the Law on Citizenship of Ukraine.

The official text of the Law on Citizenship has been published in Ukrainian and English. In Russian translations, which are not official, the title of Article 19 “Substitute for the loss of the vastness of Ukraine” is often given as “Grounds for the loss of citizenship of Ukraine.” Therefore, in Russian-language comments and on thematic forums you can find two options: “loss” and “loss”. In relation to the procedure for termination of Ukrainian citizenship, both terms are synonymous. But “loss” is a misnomer.

Reasons for loss of citizenship

Ukrainian citizenship may be deprived in the following cases:

1. Voluntary enlistment in the military service of a foreign country that does not have universal conscription. The same consequences occur when performing duties in alternative service (it is considered a replacement for conscription service).
2. When authorized government bodies establish that Ukrainian citizenship was obtained as a result of deception, forgery, or the provision of false documents. The same applies when registering a marriage with a Ukrainian/Ukrainian, if the marriage is declared invalid.
3. Acquisition by an adult citizen of Ukraine of citizenship of another state voluntarily, without coercion, through filing an application and going through a legal procedure prescribed by that state.

The latter provision emphasizes voluntariness. Ukrainian law does not recognize it in the following cases:

• simultaneous acquisition by a child of citizenship of Ukraine and citizenship of another state by birth;
• acquisition by a child who is a citizen of Ukraine of the citizenship of his adoptive parents as a result of his adoption by foreigners;
• automatic acquisition by a citizen of Ukraine of another citizenship due to marriage with a foreigner;
• automatic acquisition by a citizen of Ukraine who has reached the age of majority, of another citizenship due to the application of legislation on the citizenship of a foreign state, if the citizen of Ukraine has not received a document confirming his citizenship of another state.