Law of Ukraine on the Single State Demographic Register and the Documents that
Confirm the Citizenship of Ukraine, Identify a Person or His/Her Special Status109
Article 13: Title and type of documents issued using the Single State Demographic Register
1. The documents issued using the Single State Demographic Register are divided according to
their functional purpose into:
1) documents certifying the identity of a person and the person’s citizenship of Ukraine:
a) passport of a citizen of Ukraine;
b) passport of a citizen of Ukraine for international travel;
c) diplomatic passport of Ukraine;
d) service passport of Ukraine;
e) certificate of a sailor;
f) certificate of a crew member;
g) certificate for return to Ukraine;
h) temporary certificate of a citizen of Ukraine;
2) Documents certifying the identity of a person and the person’s special status:
а) driver’s license;
b) certificate of a stateless person for travel abroad;
c) certificate of permanent residence;
d) certificate of temporary residence;
e) migrant card;
f) certificate of refugee status;
g) travel document of a refugee;
h) certificate of a person requiring complementary protection;
i) travel document of a person provided complementary protection.
Article 21: Passport of a citizen of Ukraine
1. The passport of a citizen of Ukraine is a document identifying a person and certifying the
person’s citizenship of Ukraine.
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3. The passport of a citizen of Ukraine is issued to people under 18 years old for four years and
for people above age 18 for 10 years.
4. The passport of a citizen of Ukraine is issued in the form of a card with a contactless
electronic chip.
5. The processing of the passport of a citizen of Ukraine is performed by the executive of the
Register. Accepting application questionnaires to add information to the Register and to issue a
passport of a citizen of Ukraine is performed by the executive of the Register or by authorized
persons specified by paragraph 4 of part 1 of Article 2 of the Law.
6. The passport of a citizen of Ukraine is issued no later than 20 working days from the day of
submission of the completed application questionnaire or no later than ten working days from the
day of submission of the completed application questionnaire for urgent procedures. The
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Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, “Law of Ukraine on the Single State Demographic Register and the Documents that
Confirm the Citizenship of Ukraine, Identify a Person or a Person’s Special Status”, 20 November 2012,
<http://zakon2.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/5492-17/page2>.
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