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What is Homes For Ukraine scheme?

The Homes for Ukraine Scheme was launched on 14 March 2022 by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

This scheme is open to Ukrainian nationals who lived in Ukraine before 1 January 2022, and to their immediate family members (for example spouse/partner and children under 18) who may be other nationalities. The scheme allows them to be sponsored to come to the UK. Applicants can apply from Ukraine or from any other third country.

Sponsors can live anywhere in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) and can be of any nationality, provided they are British or Irish citizen, or ‘settled in the UK’ (which means having the right to live in the UK permanently), and able to provide accommodation for a minimum of 6 months.

From 7 December 2023, new applicants to Ukraine visa schemes will need to provide biometrics in advance of coming to the UK. This will not impact those already in the UK.

Further details.

Ukraine Extension Scheme

You can apply under the Ukraine Extension Scheme until it closes on 16 May 2024 if one of the following is true:

  • you had permission to be in the UK on or between 18 March 2022 and 16 November 2023 – the permission does not need to cover the whole period; or
  • you previously had permission to be in the UK and that permission expired on or after 1 January 2022

You can apply under the Ukraine Extension Scheme for your child born in the UK after 18 March 2022 if one of the following is true:

  • you have permission to be in the UK under one of the Ukraine Schemes (including the Ukraine Family Scheme)
  • you qualify under the Ukraine Extension Scheme

This route does not require a UK-based sponsor.

The Ukrainian Extension Scheme will remain open after 16 May 2024 for children who are born in the UK.

Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme

If you have been given permission to be in the UK under one of the Ukraine Schemes, you may be able to apply for a further 18 months permission to stay in the UK under the new Ukraine Permission Extension scheme. You’ll be able to apply 3 months before your existing visa is due to expire.

Other visas you may apply for

You may be eligible to make an application under other immigration routes.  

Check which visas you may be able to apply for.