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A simplified procedure allowing Ukrainian citizens to visit certain Greek islands without a Schengen visa will be in effect until September 8, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Oleksandr Dykusarov has said.

“The Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection of Greece has
taken a decision, according to which citizens of Ukraine departing from
the Turkish ports of Bodrum, Marmaris, Dikili, Foca, Fethiye, Ayvalik,
Cesme and Kusadasi can stay up to 15 days on the Greek islands of Chios,
Kos, Lesbos , Rhodes and Samos without Schengen visas. This simplified
procedure for Ukrainian citizens visiting the islands in the eastern
Aegean Sea will be in effect until September 8 this year,” he said at a
briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday.

Dykusarov said that to get to these Greek islands without visas one
needs to purchase ferry tickets or book a hotel on the islands at any
travel agency, which officially provides such services in Turkey. After
that, no later than 24 hours prior to the departure of the ferry, one
needs to submit the following documents to the travel company’s office: a
copy of a passport, a photograph or a full application form. The
company scans and sends this information to the immigration service of
Greece.

At passport control on the Greek islands tourists show the original
visa application form, a passport and pay 35 euro in visa fees.

If a tourist fails to do this before the ferry departs, they may get
the visa in Greece, but this procedure will take much longer, Dykusarov
said.