{"id":30946,"date":"2026-07-29T00:08:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T21:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/consultations\/vidstrochku-teper-mozhna-pereoformyty-bez-ryzyku-ii-vtratyty\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T17:15:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:15:27","slug":"vidstrochku-teper-mozhna-pereoformyty-bez-ryzyku-ii-vtratyty","status":"publish","type":"consultations","link":"https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/en\/consultations\/vidstrochku-teper-mozhna-pereoformyty-bez-ryzyku-ii-vtratyty\/","title":{"rendered":"A deferral can now be re-registered without the risk of losing it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A change in the grounds for deferral from mobilisation should no longer leave persons liable for military service in a legal trap. The government has updated the procedure for arranging deferrals, closing a gap that meant people could lose a valid deferral before they received a new one. Volodymyr Shynkar, attorney and lawyer at the Khmelnytskyi-based NGO Podilska Legal League<\/a>, explains exactly what has changed and how it will work.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Volodymyr Shynkar, attorney and lawyer at the NGO “Podilska Legal League”.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has amended the procedure for arranging deferral from conscription during mobilisation, resolving a problem that had long created risks for persons liable for military service. This was reported<\/a> by the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The amendments concern cases where a person already holds a valid deferral but subsequently acquires the right to a different one provided for by Article 23 of the Law of Ukraine “On Mobilisation Preparation and Mobilisation”<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, a person liable for military service holds a deferral as a student, and later a third child is born into their family. This too is a separate lawful ground for deferral. Previously, the procedure did not allow a seamless move from one ground to another, which could lead to legal uncertainty and the risk of losing a valid deferral during re-registration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The updated procedure is intended to resolve this problem and make it possible to arrange a new deferral without creating such risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What the problem was<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The previous mechanism did not ensure that a deferral remained continuously in force while it was being re-registered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In effect, a person was forced to give up their existing ground in order to arrange a new one. This created a window of time in which information about the new deferral had not yet been entered into the relevant registers, while the previous one had already ceased to apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In practice this created a real risk of mobilisation even for people who indisputably had the right to a deferral under the law. The problem lay not in the absence of the right, but in the imperfection of the procedure for exercising it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What has changed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The amendments introduced by the government are intended to ensure the continuity of a person’s legal status while the ground for their deferral changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following rules now apply:<\/p>\n\n\n\n