Ukrainian personal number

The Ukrainian passport is a document issued for the nationals of Ukraine as the main proof of Ukrainian citizenship. 14 July 2016, each citizen who reached the age of 14 must get ukrainian personal number passport. Passports will be issued for four years to persons under 18 years of age, and for ten years for all the rest. The law of Ukraine on a unified state demographic register and identity documents, which envisages the introduction of electronic passports for Ukrainians, came into force on December 6, 2012.

On 10 July 2015, the Ukrainian government announced that internal passports would be abolished, and replaced with ID cards, starting from 1 January 2016. On 25 January 2016, the first new Ukrainian ID cards were issued to young citizens who achieved 16 years of age. Beginning November 1, 2016 ID cards are issued to all Ukrainian citizens. See also Biometric passports in Ukraine. Passport for travel abroad, commonly known as an “International Passport”, is a document used for travel outside Ukraine. The passport information is recorded in Ukrainian and English. Passports are issued upon demand and are valid for 10 years.