About Penwriter

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Ukraine: Buying A House:

Hi. You can read about buying dwellings on this forum www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=586208

Ukraine: Need a guide:

Do you have a Facebook account? An american friend of mine have been helping a few orphanages in Ukraine for many years and visits them regularly. Maybe he knows a decent guide. I can get you in contact on Facebook if you like.

Ukraine: Immigration quotas:

The immigration quota doesn't apply for those applying for temporary residence. It is used only for those who apply for permanent residence (who immigrate). Moreover, as article 4 of the Law of Ukraine On Immigration says, the immigration quota doesn't apply for those having been married to a Ukrainian national for over 2 years. So the officer is wrong. I suggest you visiting her superior officer.

Ukraine: It is worth to visit:

Answering in another thread I got an idea of another topic. Lets exchange our experience about visiting different places in Ukraine. I can start with Truskavets. A great quite place by mountains. I stayed in Mirotel hotel that is a great 5 star hotel recenlty built. But next time I go to the Carpathians I want to stay somewhere away from people (the less people the better). Mind that roads in the Carpathians are bad and I am relactant to drive my Skoda there once again. When it gets green I want to visit the Ukrainian grand canyon.

Ukraine: Things we dont have in Ukraine:

I would like to change our thoughts about things we dont have in Ukraine and would like to have. But it should be something feasible and important. For example, I would like to have an expat barbeque every Sunday. But not - I miss Dunkin' Donuts. The purpose of this post is to try to find out how to make an expat life here easier, more comfortable and more like at home.

Ukraine: Long-term Visa:

Hi. I have always heard about firms getting a work permit for foreigners and then hiring them so they could obtain a temporary residency. Finally I found such one. Dealing through them you don't need to set up your own company. However I still don't understand how they manage to do this. No doubt it is all about connections.

Ukraine: Hello:

To have the kid leave Ukraine his mother has to receive a notarized approval from his father.

Ukraine: the 90 days res. limit:

I keep a blog which you can read following the link: http://lawyer-advises-how-to-live-in-ukraine.blogspot.com/ There you will find all cases for obtaining temporal or permanent residence. I will sited the respective laws in there so all those cases are not what I heard from someone but what the law says. If you do not have Ukrainian residency and you are from a country that has a visa free regime in Ukraine (e.g. the US), then yes you should shuttle every 90 days. All the time it was quite obscure how to determine the starting point from which your 90 days have commenced. But recently they finally made it clear. A border guard just takes your passport and calculates 90 days from the present day.

Ukraine: Cost of living:

You know that it differs from a location. Cost of living in Kyiv and in my native town in the west of the country is very different. I would say that an okey life in Kyiv starts from USD 1000 per month per person. Less makes you always deny yourself in good food, clothing etc.

Ukraine: Odessa:

Mike, there are a couple of other forums for expats in Ukraine. Those are more active than this one and there are regular members from Odesa posting there on. Your should also try to ask there. I can pm you names of those forums if you like.

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