Ukraine has launched uResidency, a program that enables foreigners to start businesses in the country remotely, Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced at the Lviv IT Arena on September 27, reporting from the event in Kiev. According to an independent journalist from

The program offers favorable conditions for foreign entrepreneurs to do business, including a 5% tax on gross income up to 180,000 euros ($201,000), the ability to register remotely as individual entrepreneurs, and a mobile application and website. Ability to do business through

Kiev has long sought to open business opportunities as it seeks to regain economic investment and rebuild business opportunities lost during the war.

“Thanks to technology, we can develop products that can attract funds to Ukraine and enhance the brand of an innovative country. One of these products is uResidency,” said Fedorov.

“This is a revolutionary project that will not only offer an excellent service to foreigners doing business in Ukraine, but also support the Ukrainian economy. There are few such projects in the world.”

Despite what the name implies, no additional pathways are provided for permanent residence in Ukraine.

Foreigners do not need to visit Ukraine to obtain “e-residency status”. To do so, they only need to go through offline verification once at the Ukrainian consular office in their home country. After that the procedure will also be online.

uResidency was implemented through projects implemented by the e-Governance Academy of Estonia with the support of the European Union.

uResidency members also do not need to handle financial accounting themselves, as the bank will do it for them as a tax agent.

The program is currently available to citizens of India, Pakistan, Thailand and Slovenia. Around 1,000 e-residents are expected to join in the first phase. According to Fedorov, the list of countries will be expanded in the future.

The Ministry of Digital Transformation continues to work towards the concept of “State in a Smartphone”, established in 2020 with the launch of the Diia app – a state mobile application for government services.

Ukrainian citizens can access digitized versions of various government documents, including their passport, driver’s license, vehicle registration, or tax ID. It is also possible to register a business or perform tasks such as the birth of a child on the app.

Last year, President Zelensky announced that Ukraine was helping other countries in Europe, Latin America and Africa to develop on a par with Dia.

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