Visa Free with the European Union : State Migration Service of Ukraine Experience Riga April 17, 2019

History September 2008 – start of the dialogue with the EU on Visa Free for Ukrainian citizens (Paris Ukraine – EU Summit) November 2010 – Visa Liberalization Action Plan to Ukraine (Brussels Ukraine – EU summit) 2014-2015 – EU Experts Missions to Ukraine assessing Ukraine’s VLAP execution (II steps: legislation, implementation) December 18, 2015 – 6th EC Report on Ukraine’s successful VLAP implementation of all benchmarks June 10, 2017 – start of EU Visa Free for Ukraine Post-monitoring mechanism (December 19, 2018) – 2nd EC post-monitoring report

VLAP and SMS Migration Management Biometric Documents Migration and Asylum Biometric Documents Мобільні NFC платежі NFC доступ до приміщень Авторизований доступ до пристроїв NFC доступ до аксесуарів NFC авторизований прохід до транспорту Migration Management NFC квитки на транспорт

SMS’s Philosophy VLAP and SMS Not only BUT!!! JOINT SMS reform, migration management system in conformity with European standards and practices

GOALS WIDE REFORMS Goals Мобільні NFC платежі NFC доступ до приміщень Авторизований доступ до пристроїв Necessary level of national security in migration, identification of Ukrainian citizens and foreigners, combating irregular migration Simplification and availability of administrative services Decentralization Anticorruption Goals NFC доступ до аксесуарів NFC авторизований прохід до транспорту NFC квитки на транспорт

SMS Achievements Since December 2018 Since January 2015 Issued almost 14 000 000 passport for travelling abroad Since January 2016 Issued more than 3 000 000 ID-cards Since June 2015 - issuance of passports for travelling abroad by diplomatic institution of Ukraine Since September 2018 Issued more than 40 000 biometric temporary residence permits for foreigners Since May 2015 – biometric diplomatic and service passports Since December 2018 Issued almost 10 000 biometric permanent residence permits for foreigners

On-line E-Services development SMS Achievements On-line E-Services development Passport transliteration checks State of issuance E-appeals of citizens Passport E-queue Fill in payment details to pay for the passport Check validity of the passport be means of Data Base “Invalid Documents” “Migration Calculator” – calculate duration of stay of a foreigner in Ukraine preliminary filling of some personal data in application forms regarding issuance of foreign passports

SMS Achievements ID-card (except for the first time) may be received in any SMS territorial department or territorial unit regardless of place of residence Biometric travel passport may be issued in all 593 SMS territorial units, 25 SMS territorial departments, as well as more than 200 Centers for Administrative services of local administrations

Functions National System of Biometric Verification and Identification Formation and Storage of templates of biometric data Biometric identification 1:N (one to many) Biometric verification 1:1 (one to one) Personal Data Digitized photo Digitized fingerprints Work station (arm) Portable biometric reader Tablet Refugees. Foreigners. SMS Departmental Subsystem USDR NSBVI UIASMM

SMS Achievements State Migration Policy Strategy and Action Plan on its realization adopted Spheres: population mobility legal migration combating irregular migration employment international protection etc. Phases: І (2015 – 2020) – development of a systematic approach to the migration management, proper information support, national legal framework and procedures comply with international standards, continued fulfillment of obligations under the EU visa free; ІІ (2021 – 2025) – the use of migration tools for the social and economic development of the country, as well as to achieve the goals of European integration.

Readmission Dialogue In Place EU Belgium Luxembourg Netherlands Lithuania Belarus Switzerland Moldova Austria Iceland Czech Republic Estonia Poland Turkmenistan Hungary Latvia Bulgaria Georgia Turkey Denmark Norway Russia Uzbekistan Vietnam

Readmission Plans (European Countries) Bulgaria Greece Spain France Italy Germany Hungary Slovakia Romania Cyprus Latvia Portugal Malta Slovenia Sweden Croatia Serbia Montenegro … Great Britain Finland

Readmission Plans (other countries) Israel Armenia Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Kazakhstan China Iran Afghanistan India Sri Lanka Iraq Pakistan Libya Nigeria Lebanon Vietnam Uzbekistan Bangladesh Sudan

SMS Bilateral Cooperation on Migration Issues Lithuania Vietnam Finland ICMPD IOM Moldova Romania Hungary Poland Belarus … Kazakhstan India Turkey Azerbaijan

Combating Irregular Migration SMS 2016 + 500 officials

Combating Irregular Migration Statistics regarding Irregular Migration during 2015 – 2018 № Period (year) Detected Irregular Migrants Detected Irregular Migrants who illegally crossed Ukrainian Border beyond Border-Crossing Points Decisions on Voluntary Return Decisions on Forced Return Decisions on Forced Expulsions Decisions on Entry Ban 1. 2015 5 111 376 26 4 202 209 576 2. 2016 6 390 163 19 5 954 255 895 3. 2017 9 678 263 24 9 264 1 849 4. 2018 10 668 562 20 10 078 721 2 228

Detention Centers (DC) and Refugees Centers (RC)

Information campaign on EU visa free TV Newspapers Internet Official web-sites (MFA, SMS, MOI, Мinistry of Social policy…) Facebook Airports SMS territorial units, Administrative Services Centers Border-Crossing Points Etc.

Integrated Border Management Further actions Project IMMIS Support for Migration and Asylum Management in Ukraine Integrated Border Management Migration Management

Questions?

Thank you for attention! VLAP: SMS experience Thank you for attention! Мобільні NFC платежі NFC доступ до приміщень Авторизований доступ до пристроїв NFC доступ до аксесуарів Denys Shpak shpak@dmsu.gov.ua NFC авторизований прохід до транспорту Riga April 17, 2019 NFC квитки на транспорт