Required entry document · 2026 rules
Border officers check three things: your passport, your reason for travel, and your insurance. The third one takes five minutes here — a licensed PDF certificate, recognised at every open crossing.
Under Ukraine's current entry rules, foreign nationals are expected to hold a valid medical insurance policy for the whole stay, and border officers may ask to see it next to your passport. In practice checks are selective — but the traveller who gets asked and has nothing to show is the one who spends the next hour at the checkpoint, and entry can be refused.
There is a money reason on top of the legal one: Ukrainian clinics bill foreigners up front, in cash or by card, before treatment. With a certificate, the insurer's assistance line arranges and guarantees payment instead of you, and there is no deductible to cover yourself. Start with the full entry checklist or get the certificate now.
Trip dates, passport data, email. Two minutes on a phone — no account, no documents to upload.
A 4-digit code lands in your inbox; enter it and pay by card on a secure WayForPay page.
The signed PDF certificate arrives instantly. On your screen or printed — officers accept both.
€3.56 / 3 days
€1.08 per additional day
Chosen by 9 in 10 travellers
€5.75 / 3 days
€1.73 per additional day
Prices are indicative; the exact premium is confirmed before payment. Full price table →
Here is the uncomfortable part your insurer at home won't volunteer: nearly every mainstream travel policy carries a war exclusion, and many void coverage for Ukraine entirely. A policy that quietly doesn't work is worse than no policy.
Both plans on this page cover injuries caused by military action — that is named in the contract as an insured risk, not sold as an add-on. What Extended changes is the payout ceiling: 1,575,000 UAH instead of 100,000 UAH, which is also the level accepted for Ukrainian visa applications. The upgrade costs about €2 on a 3-day trip. How military-risk cover works, and where it stops →
It is emergency medical cover for foreign nationals travelling in Ukraine: sudden illness, accidents, injuries from military action. It is not general health insurance. Planned treatment, chronic conditions, dental care and sports injuries sit outside the contract, and the territorial limits exclude areas of active hostilities.
Knowing that before you buy is the point of the insurance conditions page — read it, then buy.
Buying insurance from a website you found an hour ago should come with a way to verify it. There are three checks, all public, and none of them depends on us:
The registers are published by the National Bank of Ukraine; entries are found by company code rather than by direct link. How the contract works in detail: insurance conditions.
Tourists and business visitors get the border document plus real emergency cover. Journalists get entry and city cover for the time between assignments; front-line work needs a separate policy — details here. Students cover both the border and university enrollment, up to 180 days per policy — student guide. Volunteers and drivers get cover built for where they actually go — see volunteers and drivers.
Under current entry rules, foreign nationals should hold valid medical insurance for their stay, and border officers may request proof — entry can be refused without it. Journalists sent to areas of hostilities are additionally covered by a separate employer insurance obligation under Ukraine's media law.
Yes. The certificate is issued under a licensed Ukrainian insurer's contract and signed with a qualified electronic signature — it is the contract itself, not a receipt. It is recognised at every open crossing.
Upload the PDF together with its signature file (.p7s) to ca.diia.gov.ua/verify, the state service that verifies any electronic document in Ukraine. It confirms the signature is genuine and the contract unaltered. The insurer (code 22868348) and the intermediary LLC “Welcome to Ukraine” (code 44559356) can both be found in National Bank of Ukraine registers by company code.
Across Ukraine, with important exceptions: it does not apply in areas of active hostilities, in temporarily occupied territories, within 50 km of either, or in places under a special access regime.
This is emergency cover, not general health insurance. Dental care, sports injuries, planned treatment, chronic conditions and flare-ups of illnesses treated in the six months before the trip are outside the contract. The full list is on the insurance conditions page.
Yes. The figures shown already include the 8% service fee, so the amount you see is the amount charged. The exact premium depends on your trip dates and is confirmed before payment.
Licensed certificate, instant PDF, from €3.56 all-in. Sort the one document you can sort in advance.
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