uResidency

A comprehensive service that allows foreigners to become residents of your country online, register a business, register with the tax office, and open a bank account in order to conduct business.

About the project

Kitsoft developed the comprehensive uResidency service on the Diia portal. Citizens of other countries will be able to register and conduct business in Ukraine online easily. 

The special status of electronic residency is granted to foreigners by the Ukrainian government and allows them to register a business and pay taxes in Ukraine. All stages in the uResidency system — from applying for e-resident status to opening a bank account and paying taxes — are done online.

Currently, the service is available for IT entrepreneurs from 4 countries: India, Pakistan, Thailand, and Slovenia. In the future, the program will expand to citizens of other countries and other sectors of the creative economy.

The e-residency program in Ukraine will contribute to increasing budget revenues, developing the banking sector, attracting investments, and expanding export potential.

The uResidency online service will allow foreigners to do business in Ukraine online from anywhere in the world. 

Solution

The Kitsoft team developed a portal and a set of services for foreign citizens to obtain and revoke e-resident status, including:

• State registration of individual entrepreneurs and termination of business activity;
• Opening and closing current accounts;
• Use of QES (qualified electronic signature);
• Appointment scheduling with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for identity verification;
• Informing the State Tax Service about e-resident statuses;
• Assignment of the Taxpayer Identification Number;
• Obtaining a criminal record check;
• Interaction with the Security Service of Ukraine for applicant verification.

To ensure all functions, we have established interaction and data exchange with the IT systems of all involved government agencies via API, as well as through the mobile app «uResidency». 

Before the official launch of the system, there was a closed beta testing phase for citizens of India and Pakistan.

The implementation of e-residency required many changes in regulatory documents and establishing technical interaction between various government agencies, including:

• The National Bank of Ukraine;
• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine;
• The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine;
• The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine;
• The Security Service of Ukraine;
• The State Tax Service of Ukraine.

Application for e-residency status

How uResidency works

1. A foreign citizen applies for e-resident status through their account on the portal https://e-resident.diia.gov.ua/

The application is automatically translated into Ukrainian. The submitted data is checked against open sanctions lists to ensure no connections with russia.

2. The application undergoes financial and security checks. At the same time, an automatic request is sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs via the «Trembita» system to obtain a criminal record certificate.

Information about the applicant is displayed in the personal accounts of Security Service of Ukraine and Foreign Diplomatic Institutions.

3. If the Security Service of Ukraine check is successful and there are no criminal records in Ukraine, the application is sent to the State Tax Service, where a Taxpayer Identification Number is reserved for the applicant.

According to the Tax Code of Ukraine, submitting an application for e-resident status is equivalent to personally submitting a tax registration form and an application for registration in the State Register of Individuals – Taxpayers.

Workflow of the e-Resident system

4. In the personal English-language account of the e-resident on the Diia portal, it becomes possible to schedule an appointment at a Ukrainian foreign diplomatic mission in their country via the e-Queue.

This is a resource of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs used for scheduling appointments at a Foreign Diplomatic Institutions for identity verification. A consulate employee checks the applicant’s physical documents for consistency with the submitted data. If the check is successful, a request is sent to the State Tax Service to assign the Taxpayer Identification Number.

The functionality for booking time slots and making appointments at Foreign Diplomatic Institutions, as well as the system interface for booking in the e-Queue, was also developed by Kitsoft specialists.

5. A foreign citizen obtains e-resident status in Ukraine.

Using the uResidency mobile app, they can generate a Diia.Signature and register a business in Ukraine online and remotely open a bank account*.

*currently, this service is only available with «PrivatBank».

For Reference

The uResidency project is implemented with the support of the European Union under the EU4DigitalUA and DT4UA projects, which are being implemented by the Estonian e-Governance Academy. The project’s communication support is provided by the International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies (FIIAPP) as part of the EU4DigitalUA project.