In Ukraine, in February 2023, there was an update of the software in the system for issuing biometric passport documents.

The State Migration Service reported that if citizens of Ukraine have different transliteration in their passport and ID-card, then the last issued document is recognized as valid.

“That is, if a person first issued a passport for traveling abroad, and then an ID-card with a different spelling of the last name or first name in Latin letters, then the passport will be automatically invalidated,” the State Migration Service said in a statement..

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The department asks citizens to check passport documents and, in case of disagreement, contact the departments of the migration service, the central control center, the Passport Service.

Earlier we wrote that citizens of Ukraine can apply for passport documents in Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Turkey. This can be done in the subdivisions of SE "

Also, Ukrainians can take the opportunity to extend the validity of their passport for five years if it has expired..