Law on mobilisation: Ukrainian men abroad formed huge queues for passports
15 April 2024 12:23
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In a number of European cities, Ukrainian men are forming long queues at passport offices to obtain documents without a military ID. They are trying to get their passports made before the new mobilisation law comes into force. This became known from a video circulating on social media, Komersant ukrainskyi 
reports.
On 11 April, the Verkhovna Rada passed a law on mobilisation in the second reading. It provides for restrictions on the provision of consular services to Ukrainian men liable for military service abroad. This right will be denied to men who have not updated their military registration data in the Military Registration and Enlistment Office. So, before the new law came into force, men abroad rushed to passport offices to update their documents.
Huge queues formed in cities with a representative office of the State Enterprise Document.
One video shows people standing outside a passport office in Prague. The queue is very long and not everyone will be able to get into the office before the end of the working day.
Also in Germany, a large number of men are waiting in line outside the offices of the State Enterprise “Document”.
@olha0lisa #закордонпаспорт#кёльн🇩🇪#дпдокумент#passport#köln ♬ original sound – OlyaYa
In Warsaw, a crowd of people has gathered in the lobby of the office. They queue up in the evening to get an appointment the next day or even later.
@__parsival__ #dpdocument #warsaw#passport #passport ♬ original sound – __PARSiVAL__
Local media reports that most of the men who came here have been living and working in Poland for a long time and arrived before 24 February 2022. They express dissatisfaction with having to deal with additional bureaucracy.
Restrictions on consular services
According to the new mobilisation law, which has not yet entered into force, consular services in foreign diplomatic missions of Ukraine for men aged 18-60 will be available only if these persons have military registration documents.
What does the law on mobilisation provide for?
The main provisions of the document are as follows:
- The provision on the right to demobilisation of people with disabilities remains.
- Demobilisation in connection with the release from captivity (if the servicemen did not express a desire to continue military service).
- Those found to be partially fit will be obliged to re-evaluate within 12 months.
- Servicemen and women who sign their first contract are entitled to compensation of 50 per cent of the down payment on a mortgage-backed loan.
- Those who received a 2-3 disability group after 24 February 2022 (except for military personnel) are subject to a second medical examination to determine their fitness for service.
- During mobilisation, men are required to carry a military registration document and present it at the request of a representative of the CCC or a police officer. The process of document verification can be recorded on camera or phone.
- In the border area and at border crossing points, a border guard may require you to present your military registration document.
- Restrictions on driving vehicles for men of the appropriate age at the request of the MCC.
- Citizens who are registered with the military may voluntarily register an electronic account of a conscript, person liable for military service or a reservist.
- Military personnel are entitled to compensation of 50% of the down payment on a mortgage when entering into their first contract.
- Persons liable for military service aged 18 to 60 will be able to obtain documents at foreign diplomatic missions of Ukraine only if they have military registration documents .
- Persons liable for military service will also be able to obtain a passport and a foreign passport if they have their military registrationdocuments with them.
- All servicemen are to be paid a monthly remuneration of UAH 10,000.
- Those who evade mobilisation will be punished by a temporary restriction on driving vehicles, based on a court decision.
- Instead of conscription, it is planned to introduce basic military service for citizens aged 18 to 25. They will be able to choose the period of service until they reach the age of 24.
- There are no plans for compulsory mobilisation of women. They are subject to military registration if they are fit for military service for health and age reasons and have received medical or pharmaceutical education. Women who are registered for military service may be called up for military service during martial law on a voluntary basis.
- uAH 70,000 in monthly payments to those who participate in combat operations from scratch.
When will the new mobilisation rules come into effect?
According to the regulations and the Constitution, the document must be signed by the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada and submitted to the President for signature. After that, the law comes into force a month later.
