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

2. 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)
– 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

3. VLAP and SMS Migration Management Biometric Documents
Migration and Asylum
Biometric Documents
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4. SMS’s Philosophy VLAP and SMS Not only BUT!!! JOINT
SMS reform, migration management system in conformity with European standards and practices

5. GOALS WIDE REFORMS Goals
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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
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6. SMS Achievements Since December 2018
Since January 2015
Issued almost passport for travelling abroad
Since January 2016
Issued more than ID-cards
Since June issuance of passports for travelling abroad by diplomatic institution of Ukraine
Since September 2018
Issued more than biometric temporary residence permits for foreigners
Since May – biometric diplomatic and service passports
Since December 2018
Issued almost biometric permanent residence permits for foreigners

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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.

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

12. 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

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

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

15. Combating Irregular Migration
SMS
2016
+ 500 officials

16. 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

17. Detention Centers (DC) and Refugees Centers (RC)

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

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

20. Questions?

21. Thank you for attention!
VLAP: SMS experience
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