{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"MT","name":"Malta","slug":"malta"},"destination":{"code":"UA","name":"Ukraine"},"status":"visa_free","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-26","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"ukraine-current-eu-member-ordinary-passport-visa-waiver-pass358-2026","title":"Named EU ordinary passports: Ukraine short-visit visa waiver","summary":"Ukraine's live current-edition Presidential Decree waives visas for citizens of EU Member States entering or transiting Ukraine for stays not exceeding 90 days.","status":"visa_free","effectiveFrom":"2005-09-01","conditions":["Applies to a citizen of the named current EU Member State travelling on that state's standard ordinary passport for a short visitor entry or transit.","The Ukrainian Decree itself establishes the named EU-Member-State class; this is not an inference from EU or Schengen rules applicable elsewhere.","The Rada portal prints the operative decree as the current edition without a lost-force marker, but does not explicitly label its legal status as in force. The Ukraine MFA's June 2023 table directly corroborates the named visa-free outcomes; this metadata/currentness limitation keeps the cohort at medium confidence.","The Decree states a stay may not exceed 90 days. It does not itself state an 180-day calculation, so none is asserted here.","Work, residence, diplomatic, service, emergency and other special travel documents, wartime operational access, and final admission remain outside this baseline."],"sourceIds":["ukraine-rada-eu-citizen-waiver-decree-current-edition-2026","eu-current-member-states-directory-page-one-2026","eu-current-member-states-directory-page-two-2026","ukraine-mfa-luxembourg-legacy-visa-free-entry-table-2023"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"ukraine-rada-eu-citizen-waiver-decree-current-edition-2026","title":"Presidential Decree No. 1131/2005: visa-free regime for citizens of EU Member States, Switzerland and Liechtenstein","url":"https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1131/2005/print","publisher":"President of Ukraine / Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine legislation portal","jurisdiction":"Ukraine","kind":"law","language":"Ukrainian","reviewedAt":"2026-08-26"},{"id":"eu-current-member-states-directory-page-one-2026","title":"EU countries: current member-state directory, page one","url":"https://european-union.europa.eu/principles-countries-history/eu-countries_en","publisher":"European Union, Directorate-General for Communication","jurisdiction":"European Union","kind":"official-dataset","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-26"},{"id":"eu-current-member-states-directory-page-two-2026","title":"EU countries: current member-state directory, page two","url":"https://european-union.europa.eu/principles-countries-history/eu-countries_en?page=1","publisher":"European Union, Directorate-General for Communication","jurisdiction":"European Union","kind":"official-dataset","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-26"},{"id":"ukraine-mfa-luxembourg-legacy-visa-free-entry-table-2023","title":"Entry regime of Ukraine for foreign citizens","url":"https://mfa.gov.ua/en/consular-affairs/entry-and-stay-foreigners-ukraine/entry-regime-ukraine-foreign-citizens","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine","jurisdiction":"Ukraine","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-24"}]}