Host payments
In January 2025 the government published information on a number of changes taking place across the different Ukrainian visa schemes (Homes for Ukraine, Ukraine framily scheme and Ukraine extension scheme).
As individual initial visas start to come to an end, Ukrainians will need to apply for the new Ukraine permission extension scheme. Ukrainians must make an application before their current permission expires. The scheme will be valid for 18 months.
Ukrainians can only apply for the new scheme when their current permission has 28 days or less remaining until it expires. The government has stated that the application process could take up to 8 weeks.
Ukrainians must remain in the UK until the decision is made.
Parents can now become a sponsor under the Ukraine permission extension scheme and apply for their children to have visas under the scheme.
The Ukraine permission extension scheme replaces the following visa schemes:
To qualify for the Ukraine permission extension scheme a Ukraine must have been on one of the above schemes and must:
- be in the UK when making an application
- have been living in the UK since the intial visa was granted, or arrived in the UK, with permission under the Ukraine Schemes
Find out how to apply to the Ukraine permission extension scheme.
Host payments
After 1 April 2025, sponsors / hosts will be eligible to receive £350 a month per household, irrespective of how long guests have been in the UK.
If a guest is in a sponsorship arrangement when granted permission under the Ukraine permission extension scheme, sponsors/hosts will be asked to reapply for thank you payments if they wish to continue to receive a monthly payment.
Eligible sponsors/hosts of those previously on Homes for Ukraine visas will be able to claim thank you payments of £350 a month, for the 18 months that guests are covered by the Ukraine permission extension scheme visa.