Due to a high volume of enquiries, our Ukraine Advice Team may take slightly longer to respond. We appreciate your patience and understanding.

🎄 Festive Service Update – Settled Ukraine Service 🎄

As we approach the festive period, we would like to inform our partners and community about a temporary change to our service delivery.

From 18 December to 5 January, many of our volunteers will be taking well-earned time off. During this period, the Ukraine Service will be covered solely by Settled’s Ukraine team staff members. As a result, response times will be longer than usual.

To ensure that those most at risk continue to receive support, during this period we will be prioritising urgent referrals only, submitted exclusively by Settled partners via the referral form or urgent request process. Unfortunately, we may not be able to respond to non-urgent enquiries during this time.

Please email us at [email protected] or complete our web referral form: https://settled.org.uk/selfrefer/

You can also follow our Settled Ukraine Advice Facebook group for updates here.

Also, please read our New Travel Advice for Ukrainians in the UK in 🇬🇧 English or in 🇺🇦 Ukrainian.

Thank you for your understanding and continued cooperation. Your patience helps us ensure that urgent and vulnerable cases receive the support they need.

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🎁✨

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Our Ukraine Advice Service has been operating since March 2022. It is led by immigration solicitors and accredited advisers, supported by Ukrainian-speaking volunteers and the wider Settled team. Our expertise allows us to assist with the most complex immigration matters and provide reliable guidance to our service users.

For free accredited immigration advice in Ukrainian or English, please email [email protected] or use our referral form: https://settled.org.uk/selfrefer/

You can also follow our Ukrainian-language Facebook group for updates and general information here.

Please see information below on the Ukraine schemes and training that Settled can provide to other organisations.

Current Ukraine Schemes in the UK

• Homes for Ukraine
  https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-a-visa-under-the-ukraine-sponsorship-scheme
• Ukraine Permission Extension (UPE)
  https://www.gov.uk/guidance/applying-to-the-ukraine-permission-extension-scheme
• eVisa system: https://www.gov.uk/evisa

Settled works in partnership with Opora in providing support for Ukrainians. To read the relevant information in Ukrainian, please visit the Opora website: https://opora.uk/

April 2025 update – UPE Section 3C Leave

If you have submitted your application for the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme (UPE) on time, your existing rights in the UK will be automatically extended under Section 3C leave of the UK immigration law while you await a decision on your application. This means you can continue to live, work, study, and access public funds in the UK while your application is being processed. For more information please click here.

Якщо ви своєчасно подали заявку на подовження дозволу на перебування в Сполученому Королівстві (UPE), ваші наявні права у Сполученому Королівстві будуть автоматично подовжені відповідно до Розділу 3C Leave імміграційного законодавства Сполученого Королівства, на час очікування рішення за вашою заявкою. Це означає,
що ви можете і надалі проживати, працювати, навчатися та мати доступ до соціальних виплат у Сполученому Королівстві, поки ваша заявка перебуває на розгляді. Для отримання додаткової інформації, натисніть тут.