Belarus-Ukraine: Guide to Relocation of IT Specialists Content

Belarus-Ukraine: Guide to relocation of IT specialists Content

3 Introduction

Key cities for IT-relocation in Ukraine: features and differences, salaries 4 and living standards

7 IT communities and clusters

What you should know about 8 leasing an office space

What you should know about 13 renting a home

Company registration, taxes and options for cooperation with IT 14 specialists

Temporary residence/legalization 18 procedure in Ukraine

21 Useful links Introduction

The protests in Belarus continue, and with them a local shutdown in the IT business. Due to Internet cut off and lack of mobile communication, most IT companies are unable to work and fulfill their obligations to customers and partners, which results in financial and goodwill losses. Some companies were forced to leave Belarus for an indefinite period and relocate their teams to neighboring countries. Ukraine became one of them. We express our full support to the colleagues and have prepared a short guide in which we try to give answers to the most common questions about the relocation. Belarus-Ukraine: Guide to relocation of IT specialists

Key cities for IT-relocation in Ukraine: features and differences, salaries and living standards

There are about 185 thousand IT specialists in Ukraine. The key cities-centers of the IT industry are located in Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, and Odesa. Below we will describe the main features of life in each of them.

Kyiv The bulk of IT service companies is located in Kyiv due to the favorable geographical position and developed infrastructure. The most common business areas in which Kyiv lT companies operate: telecommunications, finance, e-commerce, travel, healthcare, IoT, online games, big data, machine learning, blockchain, and enterprise software. It is in the capital of Ukraine that more than 23 thousand IT specialists live, which is more than 41% of all Ukrainian developers. The major brands such as Samsung, Salaries of Kyiv city specialists Siemens, and Huawei also conduct their research here. according to Idapgroup.com: ЕРАМ, Wargaming, Oracle, Snap, Ubisoft, Netcracker, Terrasoft, and many others also have offices in Kyiv. $700 Junior-level programmer

The Kyiv city developer is a 25-30 year old man (76%) with a $2000 Middle higher education and fluent knowledge of English. $3800 Senior

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Lviv Lviv is the second largest IT center in Ukraine. Average monthly salaries of local More than 20 thousand IT specialist and 317 software engineers according to IT companies people work here. It is not only Idapgroup.com: a highly developed technological center, but also a popular tourist city both in Ukraine and $570Junior-level programmer in Europe. $1750 Middle The largest software development companies $3000 Senior with offices in Lviv that are well-known in the global IT scene: SoftServe, ЕРАМ, Global Logic, ELEKS, Ciklum and N-iX.

Kharkiv Kharkiv is the second most populous city after the capital of Ukraine, and, naturally, it ranks second in the software development scene in the country.

14% of Ukrainian IT talents live in Kharkiv. For TOP companies developing software, having an office in Kharkiv is a common practice. The outsourcing giants such as ЕРАМ, GlobalLogic, NIX Solutions, and Ciklum also have offices here

According to the DOU.ua data, average salaries of Kharkiv programmers are as follows:

$700 for a junior specialist $1800 for a middle specialist $3500 for a senior specialist

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Dnipro Dnipro is the fourth most populous city in Ukraine, as well as Average salaries are as follows: the fourth in the list of Ukrainian technology centers. The city is located in the Eastern part of Ukraine and has more than a $750 for a junior software million citizens, 12 thousand of whom are specialists in software developer development. Despite the fact that this number is less than $1700 for a middle specialist the volume of the IT labour force in the first three cities, Dnipro provides many great advantages for entrepreneurs. $2750 for a top-level engineer

First of all, the software development companies of Dnipro have a high-level qualification. Due to the smaller amount of human resources, the professional environment of Dnipro is not as much competitive as, for example, in Kyiv or Kharkiv. At the same time, Dnipro has all the advantages of large cities, i.e. a comfortable infrastructure and a decent standard of living. This is one of the key reasons why experienced software developers decided to settle in Dnipro and build their career here.

There are about 170 IT companies in Dnipro. It is dominated by small companies with 50-100 employees, however, some IT outsourcing giants have their offices in Dnipro, including DataArt, Luxoft, SoftServe, and Daxx.

Dnipro is well-known in the country (and even abroad) for its technical contributions to finance, banking, healthcare and automotive industry. Java, NET, C ++, Oracle, JavaScript are among the most widespread technologies in Dnipro.

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IT communities and clusters

IT Ukraine Association The largest association of service and product IT companies in Ukraine, which collectively generates about 50% of the IT industry export revenue in Ukraine and brings together 27% of Ukrainian IT specialists. The association has been in this business for more than 15 years. Our mission is to provide favorable conditions for the development of the IT sector here and abroad.  https://itukraine.org.ua  [email protected]  +380 (99) 266 39 03

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Kyiv IT Cluster Kharkiv IT Cluster A public organization founded in January 2016. Kharkiv public union, which since 2015 The organization’s mission is to improve the living brings together leading IT companies, local standards of the region and the country by authorities and higher education institutions to helping to develop the local IT ecosystem. implement comprehensive changes in the city’s https://itcluster.kiev.ua IT ecosystem.  [email protected] https://it-kharkiv.com  +380 (44) 338 88 58  [email protected]  +380 (73) 658 88 46, +380 (50) 658 88 46 Lviv IT Cluster A community of IT companies, authorities, and IT Dnipro Community education institutions that have taken on the The mission of this community is to create responsibility to work on the development of conditions for successful and comfortable IT the industry and the region through education business in the Dnipro region. and promotion of the industry (city, region, http://itdni.pro companies), and infrastructure development.  [email protected] https://itcluster.lviv.ua  +380 (50) 420 82 45  [email protected]  +380 (800) 300 331

European Business Association The Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs (SUP) The leading organization promoting relations and The Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs (SUP) is cooperation between Ukraine and the EU and the first and largest united force of independent providing international business with an excellent Ukrainian entrepreneurs, created to protect their network and lobbying platform. interests and form the business environment in https://eba.com.ua Ukraine.  [email protected] https://sup.org.ua/  +380 (44) 496 06 01  [email protected]  +380 (44) 351 14 07 American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private It represents business leaders and experts Equity Association UVCA from more than 600 major investing member UVCA is shaping the future direction of the organizations and large transnational venture and private equity industry by promoting corporations operating in Ukraine that make a investment opportunities in Ukraine, representing significant contribution to the state budget and the interests of private investors before create opportunities for people in Ukraine to fulfil government authorities, improving the country’s their potential. investment and business climate. https://chamber.ua http://uvca.eu/  [email protected], [email protected]  [email protected]  +380 (44) 490 58 00

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What you should know about leasing an office space

The office real estate market in Kyiv is quite “hot”. Most IT companies prefer the capital to other cities, so the vacancy rate of the business center at the beginning of 2020 was only 7% (according to Сolliers data) However, the situation has changed somewhat at the moment — the impact of the pandemic, the transition to remote work and the introduction of new business centers have significantly increased this indicator.

In the second quarter of 2020 alone, 69,100 square meters were commissioned and the vacancy rate was 12.2% (CBRE data). Naturally, this led to a decrease in the lease rate by about 7% since the beginning of the year (the prime rate is $25/sq. m/month).

In the regions, the situation is less dynamic. This is largely due to the lack of new facilities that are being put into operation. There is a stock of office

space in Kharkiv (249,000 sq. m), Lviv (259,000 sq. m), Dnipro (190,000 sq. m) and Odessa (188,000 sq. m), which greatly narrows the choice.

There are two available options for an office: fully equipped coworking spaces, or your own office in a business center.

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Coworking space

Advantages Disadvantages

1. An office fully equipped with all 1. An overcrowded open space: on average, furniture, infrastructure (Internet); therefore, rooms in coworking spaces are designed any construction or renovations are not for fairly close seating arrangement, 2.5-3 required — you can just move to the office square meters per person. and start working.

2. Flexibility — you can add additional 2. Common infrastructure (kitchen, meeting seats/rooms as the team grows. rooms, etc.)

3. There is no need to take care of daily 3. If you want to lease a separate room chores (tea, coffee, water, cleaning, etc.). for the team (private room), the payment is still made for the number of seats that are provided there.

Average cost: $150-350 (per month per person, the cost depends more on the location; also on the type of jobs – not fixed in open space or your personal reserved area).

Examples (Kyiv): Creative Quarter, UnitCity, Regus, Lift99, Platforma.

Typically, small companies (up to 20 people) choose coworking, but larger ones choose their own office.

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Office in a business center

When choosing an office for a company, it is important to pay attention to and determine the importance of the following aspects: office location, transport interchange, business center/office condition, quality of repair, engineering.

Advantages Disadvantages

1. Your own office will be more cozy and comfortable, 1. An office manager handling all office as the team could have its own kitchen, meeting activities is required. room, etc. , as well as more space than just personal workplace.

2. Cost-effectiveness – you pay for the entire office, 2. Additional repair costs may be not for each person, as in coworking; therefore, you do required, depending on the office not incur additional costs with each new hire. condition.

3. Your own branding inside and outside the office. 3. Purchase of furniture results in additional costs and time expenditure (sometimes offices can be leased out already furnished).

Average cost:

Kiev: class A — $23-35/sq. m./month, class B — $15-23/sq. m./month, class C — $9-14/sq. m./month (all prices exclude VAT at the rate of 20%). The operating expenses (ОРЕХ) shall be $4-8 per sq. m.; all additional utilities costs are also paid.

Regions: Requested lease price for class A and class B areas in Kharkiv ($10-20/sq. m./month), Dnipro ($11-17/sq. m./month), Lviv ($12-17/sq. m./month) and Odesa ($11-18 /sq. m./month).

Usually, the more office space a company leases, the less it costs per square meter. And vice versa — the smaller spaces are more expensive.

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The most expensive is leasing an office in a Class Another important criterion is that the further A business center, and the cheapest is in a Class a building is located from the metro, the lower C building (see the gradation below). its cost. Often the owners of such business centers provide a “shuttle bus” service for Class А lessees (branded buses deliver employees to Beautiful facade, perfect location, the nearest metro stations for free), which makes full administrative service, expensive their location quite comfortable. engineering.

Class В BUILDING CONDITION Also a beautiful facade, the location may 1. Shell&core be a little worse, cheaper materials for Shell&core is a condition of a building finishing, excellent administrative service. after completion of construction, without any finishing Class С Usually these are modern business centers 2. Basic renovation or centers built in the Soviet, but not very Basic renovation means that the walls conveniently located. are prepared for painting, electricity and ventilation are separated for open space, In terms of the office locations, Kyiv can be lighting systems are fully installed, sanitary divided into 3 parts: facilities are finished

1. Business center 3. Finished office renovation Shevchenkivskyi, Pecherskyi, Podilskyi, and Finished office renovation implies that Holosiivskyi districts. The cost of buildings there is a floor covering, the walls are here will be the highest in its class. painted, in most cases in white or neutral 2. Left bank color, the ceiling is suspended or made in the loft style. This is less popular part of the city for business life. Many buildings on the Left 4. Designer renovation Bank deserve Class A status, but because Designer renovation is a new, beautiful of their location, they are assigned Class stylish renovation with effective, A. Business centers on the Left Bank have comfortable furniture. very liberal prices. Most offices are leased out in the “basic 3. Remote areas of the Right Bank renovation” condition. Business centers in the Solomianskyi,

Obolonskyi, and Sviatoshynskyi districts are the most affordable for lease.

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What you should know about renting a home

The apartment rental market in Kyiv has undergone some changes due to the quarantine. The cost of renting apartments on average decreased by $75-$100/month compared to the beginning of 2020, which allows tenants to choose good options for a reasonable price. In the real estate rental market, supply exceeds demand. The most popular are one - and two-room apartments with an area of 40-65 sq. m. located on the Right Bank in Holosiivskyi, Pecherskyi, Shevchenkivskyi districts of the city of Kyiv.

Standard cost of renting middle-class apartments: ⊲⊲ one-room apartments: $600 - $1000 ⊲⊲ two-room apartments: $750 - $1200 ⊲⊲ two-room apartments: $900 - $1500

The standard cost of realtor services in Kyiv is 50% of one month’s rent payment. The search time is up to 2 weeks (depending on the complexity of the query). In general, search and selection of an apartment, as well as the conclusion of a rental agreement may take about 2-2.5 weeks. Online resources for individual search of the rented apartment: LUN, OLX, Dom.ria.

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Company registration, taxes and options for cooperation with IT specialists

INCORPORATION OF A COMPANY IN Information required for registration: UKRAINE ⊲⊲ a company name and registration address The first question facing the investors planning (there are separate providers that deliver a to start a business in Ukraine is the form of its legal address for the purpose of registering a organization. The list of possible options is quite company in Ukraine); extensive: ⊲⊲ the chosen system of taxation and the types ⊲⊲ own legal entity in the business structure of of business activities of a company; LLC (Huawei); ⊲⊲ a list of founders and beneficiaries of a com- ⊲⊲ subsidiary company (Samsung); pany;

⊲⊲ permanent representation of a non-resident; ⊲⊲ name of a company Director. ⊲⊲ starting a business through an intermediary that helps you manage your R&D center in Documents: Ukraine (Certent, People. ai); 1. An original decision of the founders to incorporate a company; ⊲⊲ involving outsourcing/outstaffing companies (Boeing, Ericsson). 2. A document certifying the country of The most convenient and common type of registration of a parent company, if such a company in Ukraine is a limited liability company founder is a non-resident; (tovarystvo z obmezhenoiu vidpovidalnistiu) 3. A copy of the document (usually a passport) (45% of the total number of legal entities in the certifying a beneficiary of an incorporated country). The registration procedure is simple company, if he/it is a non-resident of Ukraine; (does not include government fees), and it takes only one or two working days, providing that all 4. A power of attorney to represent the interests the necessary documents are available. You just of the company’s founders; need to fill out the appropriate form and send it along with the articles of incorporation and the 5. A company’s articles of incorporation. original decision of founder to the state registrar. All documents issued abroad must be legalized After registration, the LLC opens a bank in the country of issue and then translated into account, receives a seal, and begins to operate. Ukrainian language with notarial certification of Features of LLC in Ukraine: the translator’s signature in Ukraine. ⊲⊲ the founders can be both residents and non-residents of Ukraine;

⊲⊲ the minimum amount of the authorized capital is not set (it is set by the founders at their own discretion; it must be paid within one year from the date of registration of a company);

⊲⊲ a Director can be either a citizen of Ukraine or a foreigner, but the latter shall obtain a work permit in advance.

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TAXATION OF COMPANIES IN UKRAINE The companies can choose one of the tax systems in Ukraine today: general or simplified. The table below shows the main features and differences between the two systems:

General system Simplified system Grounds A company is automatically An application shall be submitted (during for application included in this system. registration or already in the course of carrying out business activities) to switch to the simplified system. Net profit is taxed(income less Income is taxed (without deducting expenses). expenses). Revenue limit for the year ≈ 255 605 USD at the – current exchange rate of the NBU. Restrictions on types of business activities are set, – but they usually do not apply to the IT companies. Corporate 18% – income tax Unified tax – 5% 3% (for VAT payers) VAT 20% at the request or if the 20% пat the request or if the total amount of transactions total amount of transactions for for the supply of goods/ the supply of goods/services services over the past year is – over the past year is exceeded exceeded ≈ 36,515 USD at the ≈ 36,515 USD at the current current exchange rate of the exchange rate of the NBU. NBU. Until January 1, 2023, transactions with software products, the payment for which is not considered royalty according to the legislation of Ukraine, are exempt from VAT. If services for the development, delivery and testing of software and other services in the field of Informatization are delivered abroad,these transactions shall not be subject to VAT on the territory of Ukraine pursuant to the general rule. Normally, IT companies in Ukraine are not required to register as a VAT payer if they do not lease a large (expensive) office and/or do not cooperate with a large number of suppliers who pay VAT in Ukraine (not applicable to IT specialists). Salaries fund Unified social contribution is 22% Personal income tax is 18% Military fee is 1.5%

Please note that the simplified tax system is not a preferential regime for companies, but it only enables a company to change the tax base and rate (taxing a company’s income at the rate of 5% or 3% rather than the net profit at the rate of 18%). Each company independently chooses which regime is more profitable for it, taking into account the margin between its own income and expenses.

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ОПЦИИ СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВА С ІТ СПЕЦИАЛИСТАМИ

A distinctive feature of Ukrainian IT is an increasing involvement of specialists as independent contractors. This model of employment in the IT sector has been the main one since the mid-1990s. Currently, about 90% of the country’s lT specialists cooperate with Ukrainian and foreign companies as sole proprietors (SP).

This model of cooperation with IT specialists is used in Ukraine by IT companies of any size: from the No.1 player in the IT market (8000 + specialists) to small startups, and in a position of any level. At the same time, the model of cooperation with the sole proprietors is also utilized by companies registered on the NYSE such as EPAM (8000 sole proprietors), Wix (800 sole proprietors), BigCommerce (60+ sole proprietors), which are audited annually by SOX: Ernst & Young, Deloitte & Touche and SEC (!).

This model avoids a number of formalities and risks associated with labour relations, improves the regulation of issues related to intellectual property, and reduces the tax burden of the parties, in particular:

Staff member Sole proprietor Formalization Employment contract, the terms and Business contract, the terms and of the labour conditions of which are strictly regulated by conditions of which can be flexibly relationship the outdated labor legislation as the code adjusted to the situation. of 1971 is still in force. Vacation and It is obligatory to provide paid vacation The legislation does not require the sick leave every year (at least 24 calendar days) and provision and payment of a sole pay for the first 5 days of sick leave. proprietor's rest and sick leave by the customer of its services. In this case, the company may, at its own discretion, determine which types of PTO and in what quantity shall be paid. Termination of It is extremely difficult to fire the employees A company can terminate the cooperation without their consent, even if they do not contract with a sole proprietor cope with their duties. Also, labor legislation at any time, usually even without provides for a number of guarantees giving any reason. for certain categories of employees (for example, pregnant women), who cannot be fired at all without their consent, even if they do not report to work and grossly violate the terms and conditions of the employment contract. Taxation Unified social contribution is22% (paid by Unified tax is5% an employer) Unified social contribution≈ 38 USD Personal income tax is 18% at the current exchange rate of the Military fee is 1.5% NBU (such a fixed rate is provided exclusively for sole proprietors) Effective rate is 41,5% Effective rate is %5

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For example, if a remuneration of 2,500 USD is paid, taxes and other expenses will amount to:

Staff member Sole proprietor

41,5% 22%of unified social contribution, 18% of personal income tax, 1.5% of military tax 5% if a specialist is in the company’s staff: (22% of if a specialist is engaged as an independent unified social contribution + 18% of personal income contractor (a sole proprietor): (5% of unified tax + 1.5% of military fee) * 2500 USD tax * 2500 USD) + 38 USD as unified social = 1037.5 USD contribution = about 163 USD at the current exchange rate of the NBU

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Temporary residence/legalization procedure in Ukraine

According to the legislation of Ukraine, any foreigner can stay in Ukraine for 90 days in the last 180 days (for most countries, including citizens of Belarus). To be able to stay in Ukraine above this limit, it is required to obtain a temporary residence permit (TRP) or permanent residence permit.

One of the most common grounds for obtaining TRP is employment of a foreigner in a Ukrainian company. The initiator of legalization in this case is a company that hires a foreigner. Depending on the situation, TRP can be obtained for a period of from 6 months to 3 years (with the right of further extension).

Action Plan Work Permit – Tax Number – Residence permit – Registration Timing 1,5-2 months $1500 (full package of documents, including all fees*) Сosts for employee *for 1 year. Сosts for family members $750

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Step-by-step legalization procedure is STEP 3. Individual Tax Number described below: Term: 5 business days. STEP 1. Work permit (employment Presence of a foreigner: not required. This authorization) step can be completed independently of Term: 10-12 business days. the others. You can apply in person or by power of attorney. Presence of a foreigner: not required. This step can be completed before a foreigner arrives in Ukraine. STEP 4. Temporary Residence Permit The legislation contains some benefits Term: at least 15 business days. for obtaining the work permit for IT Presence of a foreigner: submission and companies. In particular: receipt of the document is carried out in 1. the opportunity to obtain the work person (biometric data). permit immediately for 3 years Steps 3 and 4 can be completed in parallel 2. there is no requirement to pay the to speed up the process. minimum salary for foreigners in the It is worth mentioning that the termination amount of 10 minimum salaries (47,230 of the employment contract with a UAH, as of 2020) company constitutes grounds for To be included this “preferential” category, the cancellation of the employment two conditions must be met: authorization and, as a result, the residence permit. 1. A foreigner shall hold a position related to the development and implementation of computer STEP 5. Residence Registration programming results and cryptographic Term: 3-5 рабочих дней. information security tools. Presence of a foreigner: не требуется. 2. The main type of a company’s business From the moment of obtaining the activities (according to KVED) shall be residence permit, a foreigner shall register computer programming (KVED 62.01.). a place of residence within 30 calendar days. This can be done at the address STEP 2. Entry to Ukraine* of rented apartment (owner’s consent is Belarusian citizens are not required to required) or another address. obtain a visa to enter Ukraine. Border crossing is carried out on the basis of a STEP 6. Registration in the company’s passport for travelling abroad; due to staff, signing an employment contract. COVID-19 pandemic, you shall also obtain a medical insurance policy (which covers STEP 7. Registration of a sole propri- observation and treatment) when crossing etorship for a foreigner (the right to carry the border. out business activities). If needed. *We recommend that you enter Ukraine after receiving the work permit (and not before receiving it) in order to avoid additional leaving/entry. If at the time of obtaining the work permit a foreigner was already in Ukraine, it is considered that he entered for the purpose of tourism, but not employment, and it will be impossible to proceed to the next stage of legalization (obtaining TRP) without additional border crossing.

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REGISTRATION OF A SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP FOR A FOREIGNER Иностранец может зарегистрировать ФЛП во время своего законного пребывания в Украине. Для A foreigner can register the sole proprietorship during legal stay in Ukraine. To do this, it is required to obtain an individual tax number and to enter into a rental agreement.

Registration of the sole proprietorship enables carrying out independent business activities and allows to cooperate with foreign and Ukrainian IT companies on the basis of an IT service agreement.

At the same time, it is worth paying attention to two important points: 1. A foreigner could not be able to stay in Ukraine for more than 90 days (out of 180). The registration of the sole proprietorship is not a basis for obtaining the temporary residence permit in Ukraine. But, pursuant to the general rule, a foreigner can obtain the work permit (official employment in the company’s staff) and the temporary residence permit.

2. A foreigner without the residence permit cannot use the simplified tax system (subject to registration in the general system).

Should you require any assistance in legalization of foreign specialists in Ukraine or have any other questions, please contact ALCOR, [email protected].

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Useful links

1. THE COUNTRY THAT CODES

2. Software Development Report

3. Development of Ukrainian IT Industry: Analytical Report

4. Why Ukraine is a Great Fit for International Tech Companies - Alcor

IT Ukraine Association is the largest association of service and product IT companies in Ukraine, which collectively generates about 50% of the IT industry export revenue in Ukraine and brings together 27% of Ukrainian IT specialists. The association has been in this business for more than 15 years. Our mission is to provide favorable conditions for the development of the IT sector here and abroad.

ALCOR provides services for legalizing more than a hundred foreign specialists a year for large IT companies such as Wargaming, Luxoft, Grammarly, Amadeus, etc. ACLOR also assists their foreign partners and employees in obtaining the residence permit in Ukraine. ALCOR would be happy to take care of the registration of IT specialists in Ukraine.

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