Cabinet resolution #443 of April 23, 2024
Decision-maker: the Cabinet of Ministers
Status: in effect since April 24, 2024
Who is affected: male Ukrainian citizens aged 18 to 60 years who live abroad
Summary:
- Ukrainian men aged 18 to 60 years will no longer have their passports sent to them abroad
- to obtain a passport of a citizen of Ukraine and a passport for international travel is now possible only at regional agencies or offices of the State Migration Service.
What is right: the work of the Ukrainian consular service is regulated by a large number of bylaws that must be updated before May 18, 2024, when the law on mobilization comes into effect.
What is wrong: the legal grounds for the decision are not sufficient to limit the issuance of documents. The law on mobilization provisions that consular services requested by male citizens of Ukraine aged 18 to 60 years who have not updated their registration information within 30 days after the law had come into effect are provided at foreign diplomatic institutions only if the military registration information is updated. The law comes into effect on May 18, 2024.
Alternative solution: to postpone the restriction on issuing passports to Ukrainian men of 18 to 60 years abroad until May 18, 2024.
Background information:
On April 23, 2024, Dmytro Kuleba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, announced that he instructed the ministry to take measures to ensure fair treatment of military-age men both in Ukraine and abroad.
From April 23, 2024, acceptance of new requests for consular services from this category of Ukrainian citizens is suspended.
On April 24, 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a clarification regarding the temporary suspension of consular services for men aged 18 to 60.
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