The concepts of removed from military registration and excluded from military registration have different legal meanings.
Removal from military registration implies a temporary termination of military registration, while exclusion means complete and final exemption from compulsory military service.
Deregistration from military registration means that a man liable for military service must update his registration data, report a change in his residential address, etc. In addition, after deregistration, he must register at a new territorial recruitment center or at a consular office if he is abroad.
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Do those removed from the register need to undergo a VVK and what to do if a man is removed from military registration – read in the ICTV Fakty material.
What is deregistration from military service?
The rules for maintaining military records clearly regulate the list of reasons for which military personnel may be removed from the register.
Among the main ones we can highlight:
- Enrollment in the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- Change of place of residence. If a person moves to another region, which is not covered by the TCC, where he is registered, then he must be removed from military registration at his previous place of residence. Within seven days after the move, the conscript must register again with the new TCC and SP.
- Admission to military educational institutions. Persons enrolled in institutions of professional pre-higher or higher military education are subject to registration with the relevant educational institutions. Consequently, during their studies, they are not registered with the TCC and SP at their place of residence.
- Other cases when deregistration is carried out on the basis of individual decisions taken by the Ministry of Defense or the Security Service of Ukraine.
After being removed from military registration, a man liable for military service must register for military service at another TCC and SP or at another agency where he will be registered for military service.
Do I need to undergo a VVK if I am removed from military registration?
Removal from military registration is a temporary measure that concerns specific life situations of a person.
After these circumstances have passed, a person subject to military service is required to register for military service again and, if necessary, undergo a medical examination.
Free Legal Aid lawyers noted that passing the military medical commission (MMC) is necessary for:
- conscripts;
- military personnel, reservists during mobilization or change of status, contract soldiers;
- persons aged 25-60 years who were previously of limited fitness, until June 2025.
— If the removal from military registration occurred for one of the listed reasons, then it is worth contacting the TCC to obtain a referral. If not, then it is not necessary to undergo the VVK, — the lawyers say.
We remind you that in accordance with paragraph 2 of Section II of the final and transitional provisions of the Law of Ukraine On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine Regarding Ensuring the Rights of Military Personnel and Police Officers to Social Protection, citizens of Ukraine aged 25 to 60 years who were recognized as partially fit for military service were required to undergo a repeat medical examination to determine their fitness for military service.
Lawyers emphasized that such citizens had to apply to the territorial recruitment and social support center (TRSC and SP) or through the electronic account of a conscript, a person liable for military service, and a reservist by June 5, 2025 in order to receive a referral to a military medical commission to undergo a medical examination.
Is it necessary to undergo a military medical commission if you are excluded from military registration?
You may be removed from military registration in the following cases:
- Recognition of unfitness for military service based on the conclusion of the VVK. The main condition is official confirmation of unfitness. It is important that such a conclusion be submitted for approval to the relevant regional military medical commission.
- Reaching the maximum age for being in the reserve. In most cases, this threshold is 60 years.
- Loss of Ukrainian citizenship. Persons who are no longer citizens of Ukraine are also excluded from military registration.
- Persons who have died or are declared missing or dead by a court are also removed from military registration.
In such a case, the military ID or temporary certificate is not withdrawn. The corresponding marks on exclusion from military registration are entered into them by means of a stamp.
Lawyers from the BPP noted that in 2025, it is not necessary to undergo a VVK if a person has been removed from military registration . Since this status means the final termination of the status of a person liable for military service.
“If a person is excluded from military registration, then he is not subject to a medical examination, mobilization or any other military registration activities, therefore, a referral to the VVK is not provided,” say lawyers.
However, if a person liable for military service has only submitted an application for exclusion, then he may be sent to a medical commission to confirm the reasons for exclusion (for example, disability, unfitness, etc.).
