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Henk
Hallo! Ik heb gehoord,van mijn vrienden in de Oekraine.Dat het binnekort,geen visum meer nodig is? Voor mensen,die een EU paspoort hebben? Is dat waar?? Als dit waar is,dat zal dan tegek zijn!!
Onderstaand bericht is afkomstig van Interfax.
Ukraine scraps visas for Eurovision visitors
Fans hoping to travel to Ukraine for the Eurovision Song Contest in May this year will no longer need to obtain a visa ahead of entering the country.
As part of its effort to bring Ukraine closer to Europe, and attract more fans to the Eurovision Song Contest, the government intends to suspend the need for a visa from the start of April until the end of May, said Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Kinakh in Berlin yesterday.
The new visa policy for EU citizens was being hastily thrown together at the personal request of President Viktor Yushchenko, officials said. “Ukraine will introduce a visa-free regime for European Union citizens,” Kinakh said.
Citizens from other countries might also enjoy eased rules, but officials said it was too early to give a possible timetable. “Simplified visa rules will primarily apply to students, journalists and young people,” Kinakh added.
Visa prices for Europeans, Americans, Canadians and Australians currently start at about $100, and an application must be submitted days in advance. The maximum stay for EU citizens is one year, and obtaining a new visa means leaving the country and reapplying at a Ukrainian embassy.
By simplifying its visa rules, Ukraine would be following in the steps of a handful of other former Soviet republics in welcoming guests from EU member states, the United States, Canada and Australia. The Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) lifted all short-term visa requirements for citizens of those countries in the early 1990s.
Russia does not require Ukrainian citizens to obtain Russian visas, and Ukraine offers Russians the same courtesy.
