Ukraine Significantly Eases Immigration Quota Eligibility Requirements For IT Specialists

New eligibility requirements and a revised immigration quota allocation for IT specialists have come into effect in Ukraine. In particular, the Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine has introduced changes to its earlier decree on quota allocations for 2020. The most notable changes introduced by the revised quota include:

• extension of the immigration quota for more than 10 additional IT practice areas;
• introduction of new eligibility requirements concerning the relevant amount of ?? experience, which has been reduced to 3 years instead of the previous 5-7 years. Other criteria, such as education, certificates and the salary/income threshold of ? USD 24,000 per year have become ancillary;