Japan on January 1, 2018, simplified visa requirements for short-term stay of Ukrainian citizens in that country, according to the news outlet 112.ua.
U.S. consulates in three Russian cities will resume interviews for nonimmigrant-visa applicants next week, less than four months after those operations were suspended following Moscow's order for deep cuts in U.S. diplomatic staff, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Japan has decided to simplify from January 1, 2018, certain visa requirements for the Ukrainian citizens going on short-term visits to Japan, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Kazuyuki Nakane said during a Thursday meeting in Kyiv with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, according to MFA Ukraine's press service.
The Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine has announced that about 2,000 people were readmitted from the EU member states to Ukraine in the past three years.
Former head of the Odesa Regional State Administration Mikheil Saakashvili, whose acquired Ukrainian citizenship was earlier revoked, can return to Ukraine only after obtaining a visa, Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yevhen Yenin wrote on Facebook.
The Ecolines bus transportation service has refused to transport Ukrainians with biometric passports heading for Bulgaria under the visa-free regime, according to their relative Olga Lenz, who posted photo proof on Facebook on Sunday, June 25.
More than a third of Russians claim that Russia and Ukraine should close the borders and introduce a visa regime, according to a public opinion poll conducted by Russian NGO Levada Center poll.
Since the launch of the visa-free regime with the European Union, more than half a million Ukrainian citizens had crossed the border with the EU countries as of the morning of June 19, including 21,200 citizens who used only biometric passports, according to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, Andriy Parubiy pledges that a motion appealing to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry for the introduction of a visa regime with Russia will be put to a vote as soon as parliament members show their support of it, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
Chief of the SBU Security Service of Ukraine Vasyl Hrytsak proposes the introduction of biometric passports instead of visas for Russians who travel to Ukraine, according to TV Channel 112 Ukraine.
The Trump administration has rolled out a new questionnaire for U.S. visa applicants worldwide that asks for social media handles for the last five years and biographical information going back 15 years, according to Reuters.
First Deputy Chairman of the People's Front parliamentary faction Andriy Teteruk says the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, is currently evaluating how many votes could be gathered for the introduction of a visa regime with Russia, according to TV Channel 112 Ukraine.
Ukraine's State Migration Service has reported that about 3.3 million citizens of Ukraine had received biometric passports by May 11, 2017, for travelling abroad, according to the Ukrainian-language service of Radio Svoboda.
The European Parliament (EP) has upheld the European Commission's decision to grant Ukraine a visa-free regime, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
The European Parliament (EP) has scheduled its final vote on visa waivers for Ukrainian citizens' short-term trips for Thursday, April 6, according to the EP's news alert.
The Trump administration is making it tougher for millions of visitors to enter the United States by demanding new security checks before giving visas to tourists, business travelers and relatives of American residents, according to The New York Times (NYT).