My question is in which countries could she easily obtain a tourist visa, either at the border/airport or in advance at a consulate? Our vacation would be in February or March, so I would like to take her someplace warm.

I know that she can get into Turkey/Turkish Cyprus easily, but I've already been there, and three weeks in Turkey at that time of year doesn't really appeal to me all that much. Dominican Republic will let her in, but it's a long and expensive flight, and she would have to go through a U.S. airport. From what I've heard, Ukrainians would have to obtain some special type of airport transit visa that would make this a difficult option.

I know that she can get into Thailand, but she can only stay for 15 days, and I'm not sure that I want to spend all that money to fly both of us to Bangkok given that she can only stay for 2 weeks. It's an awful long way to travel.

I had her call a travel agency about Kenya, and they told her that they would only arrange for a Kenyan visa if she buys a big overpriced package deal that includes hotels, etc. She would also have to get a yellow fever innoculation, which is only available in Kiev (she lives in Kharkov).

I'm about out of ideas. I wanted to fly her into Mexico, but the travel agency told her that she would not be able to get a Mexican visa. Can anyone recommend other options here?

Thanks!!

egypt is one option.

last spring took my ukrainian wife to sharm el shiek egypt.
you buy a visa at the airport for 10$ i think was the price.no more than $25.

It is located o nthe REd sea and "tyhe Gardens" one of thew worlds largest  soceanic national parks.

it is th elargest and probably best known coral reefs and areas for diving in the world.
google
red sea divers
or Siani dives.

there are a myriad of western hotels and resorts there.
Several hiundred -like Hilton etc-
We stayed at the hyatt regency and it was very nice and inexpensive because of the worries over a muslim nation?
There are hundreds of hotels there , the weather is very mild and temperate , march being pretty nice.
although febuary *might* stil be a little cold for the beach.
it hasnt rained since 97 so many moonlit nights.
plenty of inexpensive yachts to take you out diving or for diner on the red sea

Lots of decent seafood resturants and for night life -
enough disco /night clubs to keep a ukranian girl who likes to dance happy.
one being "outsdoor style" on the beach and attended by about 2,000 each friday.

The place is mainly geared towards diving
and has many schools and instriuctors and hundreds of qualified dive boats.

snorkling there is first rate , better than anything in the carribian.

we also went to cairo, toured the museams and pyramids etc
there are various excirsions to other places and pyrimids
as well as to Mt Siani and ATV riding excursions thru the desert.

its a popular destination for ukranians and russians, your G/f will have plenty of people to speak with by the pool.

wew were there in mid- April- it was sunny , pleasant and 75 F day time.. 65F 70F night time.

the water temps i cant remeber a little chilly but still very peasant for snorkling and with a dive suit on plenty warm.

:::Shrugs:::

my buddy just got back from the Dom Republic last week.
he and his wife really enjoyed it.
(shes originally from romania)

maybe whoever  needs to tell the customs officers
and other officials working the airport in sharm ela shiek  
and thier official tourism site!!
as it is a very popular place for ukranians to holiday.

or perhaps the rules changed,in the last few months-
but not that i can find on the web, or any official site.
or any tourist agency in ukraine.

there were 120 pasengers on our flight at least 100 where
ukranian or russian.
none of them had
pre approved visa's
and so stood in line with us to buy the stamp at the airport.
you should contact a knoweledgble travel agent in ukreaine..
there are several good ones in kiev.
and they know the ukranian tourist visa rules for various countries quite well.

ps: the reason we went to sharm el shiek Egypt was to dive and because it required no pre entry visa
( it was a quickly planned trip)

ALSO:
if you stay ONLY in the sinia pennisula and the general arewa of sharn el shiek the visa stamp is *free* atr a small counter just to the right of passport check.

if you wish to go elsewhewre in egypt like cario etc- you will need to pay for the $20 visa stamp.

if you are interested - i have plenty of links that describe the place, its attractions and yes its visa requirements for a ukranians citizen
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the dominican republic you can buy a visa at the airport as well for $10
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jamiaca and barbados as well as cuba a ukranian citizen can go to fairly easily.
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prague budepest, bucharest-krakow, warsaw.. all fairly easy visas to obtain
for a ukrainian.
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you CAN get her a shengen visa for western european countries.
It takes a little time and a travel and hotel voucher and a certain amount of cash on hand.
Also if she lives in kiev and you meet her there pre-trip you can arrange a shengren viasa proibably fairly quickly with coiuntries like Germany that have an embassy in Kiev.

Any of these places could arrange a shengren visa---
or other travel /plsans and visa info for most any country a ukranian can go easily.

http://www.olymp-travel.kiev.ua/
http://welcome.to/kievguide
http://travel.kyiv.org/map/e_kyiv.htm
http://www.visit.kiev.ua/
http://www.kievrent.net/kiev.html
http://www.teren.kiev.ua/
http://www.ukrcst.com/ucst/default.asp
http://www.accomodation.kiev.ua/index.php?services.php
http://www.lingo.com.ua/lingo/eng/about.asp

more options-

prague , budepest, and bucharest!!

are all fairly easy to get UW a visa thru a tourist agency.

Prague is beautiful! although becoming very touristy it doesnt detract from its appeal much.

Finland seems to be an easy visa and  interesting destination but in march the weather might be cold! lol

I think Italy France Spain and Portugal are possibilties but take a little more time in the visa and planning process.

I have not heard details yet on how to obtain a polish visa for a ukranian citizen , but I dont think that at this time it would be difficult.

Krawkow and warsaw would be nice close spots to visit..
::shrugs::