Hello,

My fiance is originally from Ukraine so I sent him to the ukrainian embassy to order his police report. I read on their website that it should be FREE. Today my fiance went there and had to pay up front $50 and they told him that once he'll receive it there are much more fees to pay ( but i don't care about that, that's the least of the problem)
Now, he has asked how long is the wait and they told me him that by law it should take about 3 months but from their own experiece people don't receive it earlier than 8-12 months and not to expect earlier than in 8 months The lady told him that he can go to Ukraine, live there for 15-20 days and obtain it himself. That's impossible, he can't quit his job and school and just move to Kiev!!!!!
Any suggestions?

I am freaking out

NYGirl, don't cry. The easiest solution is to have someone do it for your fiance in trust. Here's a description how - if you read Russian:
http://www.greencard.by/services/certificates/ukraine/ (go to the end of the page). You can search up a paid service on Yandex.ru, and this way it may take less time since such people have established relationships with govt. officials. Good luck!

This is so strange. In Moldova it's done in 1 day..It cant take that long and yeah...have someone do it for him.

Welcome to Ukraine! That's what I have to say whenever I'm there and have to deal with strange things like you had described. It's become quite common practice to have bribe cops, etc. When I was there last month, I got jacked by the cops while walking down the street with my fiancee. All for the sole purpose because they could and it was obvious I was not a national there. They wanted to see my passport, but I would only give them a copy of it. They wanted to take me the station. I told both the cops I would give them $10 each. And if they didn't want what I offered, then to take me to the station. But I would not give them my original passport. They took the money and left because they knew if I reached the station, they weren't going to get anything from me. If they would have gotten ahold of my original passport, they could've extorted $200 or more from me. I'm glad I took the advice of my friend that lives there to never give up my passport!
Men traveling there, this is good advice to know. It is legal to give only a copy of your passport to the cops. Stick $50UAH ($10USD) in it and keep it with you at all times!

UPDATES!!!!
After he paid the fees and all, the lady told him that there is a law office right around the corner from them that represent the embassy and works directly with Kiev to go there and see if they can speed up the process. He went there and the lawyer told him that for $340 he can get it within 4 weeks, if needed even earlier he'll get it for 10 days but it'll be much more expensive. So..........Vova and I decided to go with this lawyer but if you can get that info for us then I'll greatly appreciate it. I will wait for your answer before he goes back to that lawyer. Vova is so pissed, why couldn't this lady tell him this right away and told him AFTER he paid the $50 fee? Is that their ways of making money or something

He has a very close friend there that can do it for him but he knows they won't give her anything even if she'll pay them but i wonder if she can try at least!!

Thanks all!!!!

NYGirl, any info I can get would be equally on the surface for you guys. I have no business with Ukraine but here in Russia, making a trust doc for a paid footman to run to GUVD and obtain the certificate for you would cost 50 USD in total and take some 20 days. I cannot imagine it would be much harder/longer in Kiev.
My guess is that the "lawyer" recommended to you guys is actually part of corrupt structure to get extra cash from visa applicants and there are easier and more legit ways to obtain the police clearance. Please read the link I provided, there's a paid service offered there. Or here.

Thank you so much!!!!

I have an old post on here somewhere about what my wife had to go through to get her police report. Her dad ended up having to give them a case of vodka and about $100 to get the report made. The police chief ended up giving him the key to the police station and he wrote it himself (it was a holiday).

R u serious? Whoaaaaa...only in post soviet countries...i'm surprised actually...in Moldova it costs.....$5 to get it and about mmm....$2 to translate and legalize...the stories u guys have on here are freaky

Terrific.

Sounds like a really wonderful place to visit .....



P.S.......in Turkey the police certificate only takes a few hours....tops.