Ukraine - July 2025

On 3 July, President Volodymr Zelenskyy signed a bill allowing dual citizenship into law. The move was part of a ten-part ‘resilience’ plan put forward by Zelenskyy in November 2024 to both strengthen Ukraine’s connections with its large diaspora and allow Ukrainian refugees and expatriates to naturalize in their countries of residence without necessitating renouncing their Ukrainian citizenship. The law would allow the over 5 million Ukrainian wartime refugees and estimated 20 million members of the preexisting diaspora to obtain citizenship in their country of residence without giving up their Ukrainian citizenship and right to vote. The law will also simplify and streamline the process of citizenship acquisition for ethnic Ukrainians abroad who may not have a direct relationship with the country.

Sources: Kyiv Independent, Interfax-Ukraine, UNHCR