Renouncing Ukrainian citizenship from the USA: the permanent-residence stamp first, $300 and up to two years
Checked against the official pages on 22 October 2026. How we check.
The Embassy’s page opens with the condition: you can apply if you arranged permanent residence abroad under Ukrainian law, with the stamp in your passport (Embassy page, in Ukrainian).
Since 2026 Ukraine recognizes a second U.S. citizenship in several cases, so check dual citizenship before you start.
Step one: the permanent-residence stamp
The stamp comes from a separate procedure.
A citizen aged 16 or over files in person by appointment: a valid passport for travel abroad, the application, one photo of 3.5 by 4.5 cm, copies of the internal passport and taxpayer number if you have them, the form acknowledging the conditions, a green card, proof of your U.S. address and a money order or cashier’s check for $200 to “Embassy of Ukraine” (Embassy page, in Ukrainian).
The papers go to Kyiv for checks by the Security Service and, if needed, the State Migration Service; the decision usually takes up to two months. From the decision you have six months to bring proof that you were removed from the register of residence in Ukraine.
Only then is the stamp “permanent residence in the USA” put in your passport.
| What | Permanent residence (PMP) | Leaving citizenship |
|---|---|---|
| Fee | $200 | $300 |
| Usual time | Up to two months to the decision | Up to two years |
| Who decides | The office, after checks in Kyiv | The President of Ukraine, by decree |
| Result | Passport stamp | Certificate of termination of citizenship |
The figures come from the Embassy’s two pages (PMP page, in Ukrainian, renunciation page, in Ukrainian).
Step two: the renunciation file
With the stamp in the passport, you file in person by appointment, at the office of your district (Embassy page, in Ukrainian):
- the application on form 20, in four copies;
- four photos of 35 by 45 mm;
- your passport for travel abroad with the permanent-residence stamp, or a 1974-model USSR passport with the discharge stamp, and a copy;
- proof that you hold U.S. citizenship: the U.S. passport or naturalization certificate, with a notarized Ukrainian translation;
- a copy of a document with your U.S. address;
- proof of any name change, apostilled and translated;
- a money order or cashier’s check for $300 to “Embassy of Ukraine”.
A translation certified by a U.S. notary needs an apostille from the apostille authority of the state where the notary works (usually its Secretary of State). You can instead have it certified by a notary in Ukraine, or at the Embassy for $50.
The common fee table charges $40 a page for certifying a translation, and the Embassy’s criminal-record page asks the same $40; its renunciation page asks $50 for certifying the translation of a U.S. passport or naturalization certificate (sources: 1 in Ukrainian, 2 in Ukrainian, 3 in Ukrainian).
The decision
Review should not take more than two years, not counting the time to send the file by diplomatic mail. Citizenship ends on the date of the President’s decree.
Within a week of hearing about it, the office tells you, takes back your Ukrainian travel documents and issues a certificate of termination of citizenship.
You must hand in the originals of all your Ukrainian passports (Embassy page, in Ukrainian).
- Passport with the permanent-residence stamp
- Four copies of form 20 and four photos
- U.S. passport or naturalization certificate, translated
- Proof of your U.S. address
- Money order or cashier’s check for $300