On Thursday, June 25, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
adopted a decree “On implementation of a pilot project of
electronic residency in Ukraine”. The Minister of Digital
Transformation, Fedorov Mikhail, believes this step will have a
positive impact on the investment climate, the national economy,
GDP and will result in an increase of state budget revenues.
The pilot project will run for two years (July 1, 2020 to July
1, 2022) and is mainly aimed at attracting foreigners from the IT,
marketing, advertising and gaming industries. It will allow such
professionals to benefit from government services online such
as:
- to receive a Ukrainian electronic signature
- to obtain a tax registration number-to open a local bank
account online
