FAQ – Зеленая Карта

Call the emergency services and the police — 112 is the single emergency number across the European Union. You may only move the vehicles after an accident if it is necessary to protect the injured or to keep the road safe. Without the police’s agreement, those involved — passengers included — may leave the scene […]

No. Only insurers belonging to the Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine may issue them. Any other seller is either an intermediary for one of those insurers, or is selling you something that will not be recognised at the border. Check that the policy is entered in the MTSBU database before you travel.

You can, but it is the most expensive and least reliable way to do it. Prices at the border are higher, the choice of insurer is whoever happens to be there, and forged documents have historically been a problem in that setting. Buying green card insurance online before you set off takes 15 minutes and […]

No. Unlike CASCO, the price is not rated on the driver. It depends on the vehicle category, the zone you are travelling to, the term, and the euro exchange rate. This is why quotes for the same trip are similar across insurers — and why the sensible thing is to check that the seller is […]

Around 15 minutes online. The policy is sent to your email as a PDF and registered in the Motor Bureau database at the same time. You can buy it the night before you travel, provided the start date on the policy covers your crossing.

The vehicle registration document (technical passport), and the policyholder’s name and address — or the company’s name, if the vehicle belongs to a business. That is all. No inspection and no photographs of the car are required.

The injured party abroad claims from the motor insurance bureau of the country where the accident happened. That bureau, or its appointed representative, assesses and settles the claim locally under that country’s rules, and then recovers the amount from the Ukrainian insurer that issued your card. You do not pay the injured party yourself, and […]