Foreigners or stateless persons, who legally reside in the territory of Ukraine and who reached the age of sixteen or did not reached the age of sixteen, but arrived in Ukraine for the purpose of studying without being accompanied. Grounds for obtaining a temporary residence permit – employment (more about reqired documents for temporary residence…
Work permit for foreigners in Ukraine
If a foreigner wishes to be employed in Ukraine, he/she has to obtain a work permit. It means that the permission has to be obtained both when the foreigner is employed by the Ukrainian company and when he/she is employed by a foreign company but works for the Ukrainian company within the relevant contract between…
The obligation of a foreigner to support his child (alimony for foreigners according to the Ukrainian legislation)
According to Cl. 180 of the Domestic Relations (Family) Code of Ukraine, parents, irrespective of being Ukrainian or foreign, are to support their child until his or her coming of age (18 years old). This obligation is not affected by the fact whether the parents live together as one family or are divorced. They define…
Securing temporary residence permits for volunteers
Who can get a temporary residence permit? – foreigners or stateless persons, who reached the age of sixteen and arrived in Ukraine at the invitation of a voluntary organization in order to participate in international and regional voluntary programs or participate in the activities of volunteer organizations The list of documents for securing temporary residence…
Universal lawyers recommendations
This section of our Memos for clients contains universal recommendations of Ukrainian lawyers issued by Zilver law company with following subjects: How to choose lawyer / attorney in Ukraine? NGOs; Compensations; Charity and charity organizations in Ukraine; They are not translated into English or German, as far as they might be more useful for Ukrainian.…
How to choose an advocate or a lawyer?
Before applying for legal assistance, we recommend you to familiarize yourself with the recommendations on the choice between advocates and lawyers. The advocates (attorneys) are the lawyers, who have a certain experience, passed the qualifying examinations and received the advocate certificate. Until 2017, advocates (attorneys)had a “monopoly” on representation of the interests (protection) of…
Loans in Ukraine
This section of our Memos for clients informs about regulations and case law concerning loans in Ukraine. The loans obtained by Ukrainian entities (subsidiaries) from foreign companies are subject of special regulation in Ukraine, which are described in Section “Currency regulations” (also in English and German) of our Memos for clients. Memos about loans for…
If you are not let in to the apartment?
This article is dedicated to situations, when dweller of apartment does not let in another dweller in such apartment. In most cases it happens between spouses or other relatives. Taking into account such article may be more interesting for Ukrainians, we provide you in English with short information about such situation. The complainant may call…
Statute of limitations in criminal proceedings in Ukraine
This section of our Memos for clients is dedicated to criminal investigation and criminal court procedure in Ukraine and addressed to those Ukrainians, who were unlucky to be involved in such process. Therefore we do not translate them in English or German. Zilver’s lawyers provide legal services in white-color crimes. For detailed information about criminal…
Criminal investigations and litigation in Ukraine
This section of our Memos for clients is dedicated to criminal investigation and criminal court procedure in Ukraine and addressed to those Ukrainians, who were unlucky to be involved in such process. Therefore we do not translate them in English or German. Zilver’s lawyers provide legal services in white-color crimes. For detailed information about criminal…