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The number of Schengen visas issued to the citizens of Ukraine in recent years has been growing, and the number of refusals decreasing, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has said.

Germany is introducing "Blue Cards" designed to make the immigration process easier for skilled workers. Among other measures, the program rewards immigrants who learn German.

Arguments about possible restoration of borders within the Schengen Area may delay the process of liberalization of visa regime for Ukraine for a very long time or even break it once and for all

Customers give mixed reviews to attempts by European Union nations to outsorce the visa process to private firms.

Kyiv hopes that an agreement with Poland on the cancellation of the fees for Polish national visas for Ukrainian citizens will be signed in June 2012, the director of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s consular department, Andriy Olefirov, has said.

Fake Schengen visas are not being made in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has said.

The agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of the Russian Federation on the procedure for crossing the Ukrainian-Russian state border by residents of border regions of the two countries, which was signed on October 18, 2011, has entered into force.

EU Court of Justice in Luxemburg gave the green light to prison for fraud in obtaining Schengen visas. As the court stated in its latest decision, the highest judicial organ of the European Union turned for the explanation to the Supreme Court of Germany, which considered the case of organizing illegal migration into the country.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has made a decision on the free issing of visas for official observers from other countries and international organizations for the parliamentary elections in Ukraine in 2012, Ukrainian First Deputy Foreign Minister Ruslan Demchenko has said.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko met with members of the House of Representatives, the lower house, of the parliament of the Netherlands and urged the political elite of the Netherlands to support the abolition of visas for Ukrainians.