Ukrainian nationality law

On Citizenship of Ukraine Про громадянство України
Verkhovna Rada
Citation	2235-III
Territorial extent	Ukraine
Passed by	3rd Verkhovna Rada
Passed	18 January 2001[1]
Signed by	President of Ukraine
Commenced	1 March 2001
Related legislation
Constitution of Ukraine
Status: Amended

Ukrainian nationality law details the conditions by which a person holds nationality of Ukraine. The primary law governing these requirements is the law "On Citizenship of Ukraine", which came into force on 1 March 2001.

Any person born to at least one Ukrainian parent automatically receives Ukrainian citizenship at birth. Foreign nationals may naturalize after legally residing in the country for at least five years, demonstrating proficiency in the Ukrainian language, and renouncing any previous nationalities.

Ukraine was previously a constituent republic of the Soviet Union and local residents were Soviet citizens. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, all post-Soviet states established separate citizenship laws. Although Ukrainians no longer hold Soviet citizenship, they remain eligible for facilitated naturalisation or a change of nationality in some other former Soviet republics.