Why Sources Matter in Immigration Advice
Immigration practitioners who do not cite sources are asking you to trust their memory of the rules — which may be current, or may be based on how the rules worked two years ago. Ukraine has amended immigration regulations multiple times since 2022. Cabinet of Ministers resolutions on work permit procedures, DSZ portal requirements, and DMSU registration rules have all changed during this period.
Every substantive legal claim in our library and written assessments references the specific law, regulation, or official publication it is based on. If we cannot provide a source, we do not publish the claim. Source links and specific article citations are included in every written assessment and consultation note we produce.
Primary Ukrainian Legislation
| Law on Employment of Population | Law of Ukraine No. 5067-VI (5 July 2012) — the primary statute governing work permits for foreign nationals in Ukraine. Source: zakon.rada.gov.ua |
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| Law on Legal Status of Foreigners | Law of Ukraine No. 3929-XII (4 February 1994, as amended) — governs residence rights, visa categories, and deportation. Source: zakon.rada.gov.ua |
| Law on the Bar and Legal Practice | Law of Ukraine No. 5076-VI (5 July 2012) — governs professional obligations of Ukrainian lawyers including confidentiality. Source: zakon.rada.gov.ua |
| Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 322 | Procedural rules for work permit applications — document requirements, timelines, and grounds for refusal. Source: kmu.gov.ua |
| Official Gazette of Ukraine | Офіційний вісник України — the official publication of new legislation and government resolutions. We monitor this for immigration-relevant updates. Source: zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/main/journal |
Ukrainian Government Registries and Portals
| State Employment Service (DSZ) | Work permit issuance regulations, permit verification, regional office contacts, employer vacancy registration. dcz.gov.ua |
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| State Migration Service (DMSU) | Temporary residence permits, permanent residence applications, deportation appeals, migration registration. dmsu.gov.ua |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ukraine | Visa policy, visa category definitions, embassy instructions for Bangladeshi nationals, consular processing. mfa.gov.ua |
| Unified State Register (ЄДР) | Company registration, EDRPOU verification, director information, company operating status. data.gov.ua |
| OpenDataBot | Accessible EDRPOU search with company status, court records, enforcement history, and sanction checks. opendatabot.ua |
| YouControl | Comprehensive Ukrainian company due diligence including financial indicators, legal risk, and ownership structure. youcontrol.com.ua |
Bangladeshi Official Sources
| BMET (Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training) | BMET clearance requirements, registered employer database, licensed agency register, emigration clearance procedures. bmet.gov.bd |
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| Bangladesh Police / CID | Police clearance certificate process, processing times, application procedures for overseas use. police.gov.bd |
| Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Apostille procedures for Bangladeshi documents, document authentication requirements for Ukraine. mofa.gov.bd |
| University Grants Commission (UGC) | Verification of Bangladeshi degree credentials for submission to Ukrainian authorities. ugc.gov.bd |
What We Do Not Use
We do not cite blog posts, unverified social media content, Facebook immigration groups, agent websites, or AI-generated summaries of immigration rules as sources for legal advice. We do not reproduce claims from other immigration advisory websites without tracing them to their underlying official source.
AI-generated overviews of immigration rules — including those produced by major search engines — frequently contain errors, outdated information, or plausible-sounding but fabricated procedural details. We cross-reference against official government sources only. If you have read something about Ukraine immigration on a non-official website and want to verify it, we can help you trace the claim to (or fail to find it in) the original legislation.
Currency of Information
We aim to review and update library content at least quarterly. Significant law changes — a new Cabinet of Ministers resolution on work permits, a change to DSZ procedure, a DMSU policy update — trigger an immediate review of all affected pages. Our blog posts and library pages include publication and last-reviewed dates so you can assess how current the information is.
If you see information on this website that appears to conflict with a recent official Ukrainian government source, please contact us and cite the source. We want to know. Law changes faster than any website can reliably track, and client and reader feedback has caught genuine discrepancies that we then corrected.
Ukraine's immigration and registration framework has been subject to multiple emergency and wartime amendments since February 2022. We monitor the Official Gazette and DMSU/DSZ communications for relevant updates. Where wartime provisions affect standard procedures, we note this explicitly in our library content.
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