No visa needed

Do citizens of Latvia need a visa for Ukraine?

Citizens of Latvia don’t need a visa for Ukraine and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Latvia: the passport opens 118 countries visa-free; Riga — Kyiv: ≈ 840 km, about 1.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Ukraine without a visa on a Latvia passport?

Yes, citizens of Latvia don’t need a visa for Ukraine for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Ukraine visa rules at a glance

With a Latvia passport you can visit 118 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 37 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Latvia passport ranks 27th of 199.
Latvia passport: visa-free access to 118 countries; Ukraine passport: 89.
Citizens of Latvia and Ukraine can travel together visa-free to 85 countries, for example: Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Belarus, Sweden, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Moldova, and Netherlands.
Citizens of Ukraine, in turn, don’t need a visa for Latvia. Latvia visa for citizens of Ukraine

Travelling to Ukraine: good to know

Riga — Kyiv: about 840 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Ukrainian Hryvnia.
Languages: Ukrainian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ UAH 45.
Ukraine is the 8th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Latvia.