On Tuesday 26 November 2024, the Government announced the first details of the Ukraine permission extension scheme which will open on Tuesday 4 February 2025.
You will need to have created your eVisa by Tuesday 31 December 2024 in order to be able to apply for the new scheme.
How to create your e-visa
From Tuesday 6 August 2024, any person with a biometric residence permit (BRP) expiring on 31 December 2024 can now create a UKVI account and access their eVisa, without needing an invitation from UKVI to do so.
Please see link below for a helpful tutorial on creating an eVisa account in Ukrainian and helps to provides clear, step-by-step instructions.
Creating an eVisa account in Ukrainian - YouTube
Citizens Advice have also produced a useful guide to creating an eVisa account.
For support, you can visit your local Citizens Advice centre who will be able to help you -
Check your immigration status online
If you have already registered your eVisa account - please make sure that your immigration status is also active and correctly displayed.
You need to follow the link 'start now' (green button) and enter your BRP (biometric residence permit) number and date of birth as well as the 6-digit security code that will be sent to you.
If after these actions a page titled 'your immigration status' with your photo appears, it means that your eVisa account has been successfully registered.
Host thank you payments and funding tariffs
Lord Khan has written to all local authority leaders and chief executives. The letter was published on Tuesday 26 November and outlines changes to the thank you payments and funding tariffs at a national level.
For the third year, Hampshire County Council has decided locally to increase thank you payments for all hosts to £500 per month, regardless of how long their guests have been staying with them.
Nationally, the Government is setting payments at £350 per month for those hosts who provide accommodation to guests who have arrived in the country less than 12 months ago, and £500 for hosts of guests who have been in the UK for over 12 months.
Hampshire County Council are currently reviewing the Governments flat rate of £350 per month during the UPE visa period following the latest announcement and will confirm in due course the monthly thank you payments for eligible hosts for the 18 months their guests are covered by the UPE scheme.
For any queries, please contact ukrainesupport@easthants.gov.uk.