Having received a school certificate of secondary education, thinking about further continuation of studies, for a professional placement, young people have to think about military service, or about receiving deferments from the army.
How to get a deferment from the army for studies? What law? how to get it in college, university?
In the Russian Federation, calls for military service are received by adults who have reached the age of eighteen, with the absence of contraindications based on health status, having received confirmation of a medical report.
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School graduates make plans for their future secondary or higher level institution. Therefore, the legislation establishes a number of privileges, expressed as exemptions from service, since the process of study is ongoing.
Today, the availability of deferment details is regulated in the Federal Law “On Military Duty and Military Service.” Under the terms of Art. 24 of this legislative act, students of educational institutions have the right to defer.
Schooling now covers an eleven-year course, just up to eighteen (the initial conscription limit). Military registration and enlistment offices send calls for the purpose of passing a commission, and, based on a school certificate, provide exemption.
Already, and the student has not yet received his school certificate, then it is necessary to obtain an exemption from conscription before graduating from a real general education institution, no more. For these citizens, there is a deferment valid until October, after passing the final tests, expressed as a unified state exam, in order to have a document confirming the completion of their studies.
Situations when it is impossible to provide a deferment for studies:
When educational institutions are not accredited;
At an educational institute that provides evening, correspondence, and distance learning;
Full-time secondary school education, when the initial deferment upon completion of school is used;
Upon admission to a second higher education;
When studying full-time, when applying for a master's degree, more than a year from the date when the bachelor's degree was awarded;
Students studying at universities, secondary educational institutions, expelled due to poor academic performance and other reasons initiated by representatives of the places of study.
The exemption can be used once, but there are certain exceptions. In order to find out whether a young person can use another exemption, it is necessary to refer to Art. 24 of the Federal Law “On Military Duty and Military Service”, correctly identifying all paragraphs by numbering.
It will also be useful to know for the future:
The main condition that allows the real fact of deferment to be applied again and again is the process of continuous study. Students who move to a new stage of education in the year in which the previous one ended will not have to serve. The second necessary criterion for deferment is if the training involves a program that has state accreditation.
For the first time, exemption from military duty on the basis of study should be granted to young men who have not graduated from a general educational institution. A schoolchild cannot be drafted into the armed forces until he reaches the age of eighteen.
They will not be obliged to serve now even with the appearance of a certificate. For persons of conscription age and graduating class, exemption from military service is established until 01.X of the year in which school is completed. It must be remembered that only young people have the right to temporary exemption from military obligation if they successfully pass the certification exam (USE) and receive a school certificate.
For the first time, full-time secondary school students should have benefits for military service until they graduate and young people turn twenty.
For the first time, a preferential exemption is available to students at a higher education institution and it must be accredited.
Students in religious educational institutions that provide full-time education and have a license for educational activities.
Exemption for graduate students studying full-time at accredited institutions.
Repeated exemption from military duty on the basis of training employment is provided only in the following situations:
1. For the first time, a young man’s deferment is used while studying at school - then he is granted a second exemption upon entering a university;
2. For the first time the exemption is used while studying at an undergraduate university - then he is granted a second exemption for admission to a master's program;
3. Exemption for graduate students - how many times, not limited by law;
4. Liberation for students in religious educational institutions;
Other options for military deferment on an educational basis:
transfers, academic leave, deductions.
Students retain the right to military deferment in case of transfer at the place of study (between places of study), transfers with a change of specialty. There is a continuation of deferrals in situations where there is no increase in the general academic period or when there is an increase of no more than an annual period.
Pay attention! Repeated release is permissible only upon completion of higher education. While studying at colleges and technical schools, repeated exemption from military duty is not allowed.
Third exemption for reasons of study
For the third time, graduate students, as well as interns and residents, are awarded a preferential exemption; they have access to any possible number of exemptions until they complete their studies and defend their dissertation.
Now students of any accredited educational institutions have the right to legally and indisputably receive deferments from military registration and enlistment offices. The appointment of this exemption occurs at the commission, with the necessary provision of a reference document that has the appropriate structure, it states that the conscript is studying at a school, college, or university. The appointment of release must occur by personally arriving at the commission.
Some commissariats provide release in absentia, in a sense, there is a violation of legal norms. This mainly happens when a young man is in another locality for study, remaining in the same place of military registration. Because of this, he will not be able to arrive at the commission at the place of registration.
To receive a deferment, a student called by the commission must provide this package of documents:
Passport, birth certificate;
Certificate of where you are studying, in an approved form;
University diploma (provided by graduate students, interns, master's and residency students);
Institute license (copy), allowing to carry out activities under accredited programs (university, secondary school students);
Certificate of passing a medical examination confirming the conscript’s fitness for military service due to health reasons.
According to Russian law, a foreign higher education institution is not allowed to establish a military exemption. This is based on the fact that it is impossible for a foreign educational institute to comply with the requirements mandatory when a conscript receives deferments:
State accreditation, taking into account the requirements of the law of the Russian Federation;
The need to deregister a conscript who is outside the borders of Russia in the interval of more than six months;
Place of permanent residence for a conscript of another state.
Therefore, a conscript while studying at a foreign educational institute cannot claim exemption from service, although conscription is not obligatory for him, since he is not listed in the military register, having lived outside the borders of our state for more than 3 months. Judging therefore, an educational diploma from a foreign country is an option not to be subject to military service. These citizens need to know that upon returning to the Russian Federation (re-registration with the district commissariat), the option of calling up the armed forces is possible.
The most difficult task for granting deferments will be for students in different technical schools and colleges than for high school students and university representatives. Exemption is available to young men when they have completed nine years of schooling and have been enrolled in a place of study to receive secondary vocational education.
Deferments are possible subject to certain conditions:
The conscript is studying full-time (full-time);
Studying takes place in accordance with accredited programs established by law;
The young man had not previously received a similar exemption from service.
Important! Since the beginning of 2017, all conscripts studying at colleges and technical schools who entered an eleven-year school are applying for a deferment from military duty for the full term of study until the presentation of a diploma certificate, like everyone who entered colleges after nine years of education. The rights of continuing education for these students can be applied from the moment the amendments to the law come into force.
Young people who enter higher education institutions on the basis of an eleven-year school are exempted for the full period of study before receiving a diploma. Now, according to the terms of the law, there is no deferment for conscripts who have expressed a desire to continue their studies on the basis of higher education, after college or technical school.
The legislation provides for deferments for master's degree students, but not in all cases. Exemption should be granted only if the conscript entered the same year in which he became a bachelor, because a continuous course of study is necessary. In addition, he can receive a master's degree at another university.
The young man needs to notify in advance of his decision to continue studying in the master’s program, after passing the entrance examinations, and submit documents (application, photocopies of an identity card, document of higher education).
Additional information! For a conscript who, after studying on the basis of a specialty program, wants to take advantage of the opportunity to be exempt from military duties while still enrolling in a master’s program, this is now not possible.
For postgraduate students (adjunct, residency, internship) receiving education after university, the law provides for exemption for the entire study period. Typically, graduate school takes three to four years of study.
To obtain an exemption, the following conditions must be met:
Completing full-time (full-time) studies;
An educational institution must have state accreditation (license) based on programs for training scientific personnel.
To receive a deferment, a conscript must ensure in advance that the appropriate application is submitted to the military registration and enlistment office, after a medical commission, and submit a package of documents by October 1:
A certified copy of the graduate school’s enrollment order;
A certificate signed by the head of the university, with information (date of completion of the master's program and the estimated date of defense of the final work);
University diploma;
Identity card (copy);
A copy of the license (when the conscript is studying at a scientific institution), confirming the university’s grounds for conducting educational activities.
Based on the foregoing, it can be noted that conscripts have access to more than one deferment from military duties under these conditions:
The conscript used a deferment after graduating from school (for the first time), then re-exemption from the army is available after entering a university;
The conscript received an exemption while studying on the basis of a bachelor's degree program (for the first time), the use of an additional deferment in a master's degree was allowed;
The conscript entered graduate school because the law does not limit the number of deferments for such training;
The conscript is busy receiving education from any educational institution of a religious nature.
If a conscript intends to receive an education abroad, he must appear at the district military registration and enlistment office, report his intention and write an application for deregistration. The application must be accompanied by evidence of moving abroad: documents on enrollment in a university, tickets, temporary residence permit and/or residence permit. After consideration and approval of the application, the conscript will be deregistered. From now on, he need not fear being drafted, even if he spends every holiday at home. Distance learning abroad, if the conscript is in Russia, does not exempt you from conscription. In such cases, a deferment cannot be issued. Obtaining a deferment has many nuances. If you have any questions, I am ready to answer them.
On military duty and military service,” correctly identifying all paragraphs by numbering. It will also be useful to know for the future: The main condition that allows one to apply the present fact of deferment again and again is the process of continuous study.
Students who move to a new stage of education in the year in which the previous one ended will not have to serve. The second necessary criterion for deferment is if the training involves a program that has state accreditation.
Granting the first deferment For the first time, exemption from military duty on the basis of study should be granted to young men who have not graduated from a general educational institution. A schoolchild cannot be drafted into the armed forces until he reaches the age of eighteen.
They will not be obliged to serve now even with the appearance of a certificate.
Deferment from the army for studies is the law. Today, the availability of deferment details is regulated in the Federal Law “On Military Duty and Military Service”. Under the terms of Art. 24 of this legislative act, students of educational institutions have the right to defer.
Schooling now covers an eleven-year course, just up to eighteen (the initial conscription limit). Military registration and enlistment offices send calls for the purpose of passing a commission, and, based on a school certificate, provide exemption.
The spring conscription campaign has already begun, and the student has not yet received his school certificate, then it is necessary to obtain an exemption from conscription before graduating from a real general education institution, no more. For these citizens, there is a deferment valid until October, after passing the final tests, expressed as a unified state exam, in order to have a document confirming the completion of their studies.
You will have to continue training after military service even if the conscript dropped out on his own initiative, but the period of training after reinstatement has increased by a year or longer. An example from our legal practice Due to a transfer to another university, conscript Oleg D.
What to do if you are not given a deferment for your studies, read in the “Our Practice” section. Does the second postgraduate course give a deferment from the army? The Federal Law “On Military Duty and Military Service” does not provide for a limit on the number of deferments when studying for a second postgraduate course.
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A deferment from the army is provided if the graduate has re-entered full-time education and is studying in accredited programs. Will they give a deferment again? A conscription deferment is given to a conscript once, but there are several exceptions to this rule.
Deferment from the army is guaranteed only to those students who are enrolled full-time. To apply for it, the student needs to register with the military registration office of the university, for which he must provide the following documents: passport, student ID, registration certificate.
After this, the conscript needs to obtain a certificate from the dean’s office of the university stating that he is indeed a student. It should indicate:
With this certificate and registration certificate, conscripts need to come to the military registration and enlistment office, undergo a medical examination and receive a decision from the draft commission to grant a deferment.
An example from our legal practice Konstantin T.
As a rule, by the end of graduate school the young man reaches the age of 27, and therefore will receive an exemption from conscription into the army. If you have not yet turned 27 years old, then those who have successfully defended their dissertation - young candidates of science - are also exempt from conscription service.
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Please note that correspondence graduate school does not provide any deferment from the army, like any other distance learning (more details below). Which colleges/universities offer military deferment? Before enrolling, young men of military age are often asked whether college gives a deferment from the army (or technical school/university, etc.)? This rule applies to all study deferments discussed in this article.
How do such young men resolve the issue of the army? In accordance with the regulations of the Russian Federation, at the beginning of college education after the 9th grade, a young man is given a deferment from the army for the duration of his studies, but only until the student reaches the age of 20 years. As a rule, training in such educational institutions lasts 3-4 years. Considering that in most cases a young person finishes 9th grade at 15-16 years old, such a delay is just enough to graduate from a technical school/college. Deferment from the army when entering college/technical school after 11th grade On the other hand, today it is not uncommon for a young man to want to get a vocational education, having successfully completed all 11 grades of school, because high technology these days has penetrated into all spheres of life, including production , where young men with solid knowledge of mathematics/computer science/programming are urgently needed.
How to properly prepare for conscription during a deferment in order to receive a military ID after defending your diploma, read in the “Our Practice” section. Remember the important rules of military deferment. Firstly, only the military registration and enlistment office, and not the management of the educational institution, can exempt from conscription.
Secondly, the military department and deferment from the army are not considered by law in a single context. Military training does not provide additional benefits to the student.
Therefore, if a young man does not have a deferment, then studying at a military department will not guarantee exemption from conscription. Thirdly, if there was previously a deferment from the army for a bachelor's or specialty degree, a second deferment will not be granted.
Persons recognized as limitedly fit (“B”) can only be drafted in time of war.
Can absentee students get a deferment from the army? The options that we have discussed in this review are only suitable for the face-to-face process. Correspondence improvement of intellectual level is not provided by a deferred period.
It is worth remembering this when applying for studies. “Academic” (i.e. academic leave), cases of transfer to another university, situations during reinstatement, or re-entry. The time of academic leave assumes the full preservation of the deferment. An important feature of its safety is the impeccable registration of the vacation.
Availability of medical reports if the cause is illness, or relevant documents in the case of “family circumstances”). The duration of this leave is 12 months. If you transferred to another course or changed your specialty, you do not go into service, provided that your education lasts no more than a year.
Deferment from the army at an institute / university / university It is no secret that for many young people entering universities in our time, one of the main advantages of such a decision is the deferment from the army provided when studying at institutes for the duration of their studies (4-5 years). But not everything is so simple here, because the legislation of the Russian Federation describes the following conditions for granting a deferment:
In this regard, for example, admission to college for a second higher education does not provide a deferment.
Therefore, in order to receive a deferment from the army at the university, it is important to fulfill all the listed conditions.
Read below to find out whether 20-year-old college students are entitled to a deferment, as well as whether a temporary exemption from military service is provided for college students and whether “the law is not written for the military.”
More recently, it was just a dream for many students, but now it has become a reality and everyone knows for sure: the technical school gives a deferment from the army!
Young people of conscription age studying in technical schools and colleges on a full-time basis can receive a deferment of military service if their educational institutions have state accreditation. An important condition for obtaining a deferment is that before entering a college, the applicant must not have completed more than 9 classes.
The duration of exemption from conscription corresponds to the period of study and cannot exceed the standard duration of receiving a secondary education qualification.
The deferment is canceled when the student turns 20 years old. There were cases when, through the courts, it was possible to obtain an extension of the deferment from the army. The reason is that at the time the summons arrived, the conscripts were in their last year of college and/or had to defend their thesis.
This type of temporary military exemption applies to applicants planning to enroll in college. Graduates of the eleventh grade of secondary schools who have passed the Unified State Exam satisfactorily have the right to it. The deferment lasts until October 1, which gives applicants time to enroll in a college.
If you plan to enroll in a college, technical school or college, you will have to choose a part-time course, since a student who has taken advantage of the deferment will be able to get it again only if he continues his full-time studies at the university. College deferment does not apply to 11th grade graduates. If an adult graduate of the 11th grade is enrolled full-time in college, he will be called up in his first year.
If the law requires a deferment, but they are persistently trying to draft you into the army, do not be shy and immediately go to court. The reality is this: if you don’t fight for your rights, you will be willingly deprived of the opportunity to use them.
In the Russian Federation, conscription begins for every man at the age of 18. But there are a number of nuances that allow you to extend the period for receiving a summons for military service.
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If a citizen does not have any contraindications in terms of health, then he should explore options on how to apply for a deferment from the army for study in 2019.
The deferment is provided to those young people who want to receive secondary vocational and higher education.
In this case, they can count on full training throughout the entire duration of the course.
But there are a number of features that significantly affect this type of deferment. If a student is expelled early from an educational institution, he will automatically receive a summons from the military registration and enlistment office.
Postponement | This is the postponement of a deadline to a later date for taking any action. |
Military service | This is a type of service in the state, which provides for training in the field of military affairs with the possibility of further employment in this field |
Educational institution | This is a place where every individual can receive education in the chosen profile to carry out work in this field |
Student | This is a full-time or part-time student in secondary and higher educational institutions |
Military registration and enlistment office | This is the body that is responsible for recording military personnel and citizens who are subject to conscription |
In this regard, there is a clear distinction between the categories of citizens who are granted a deferment. Thus, we can distinguish the following options for the duration of deferments:
Graduate students, interns and residents | They receive the largest number of deferments. For them, the law provided for three extensions of the deadline for conscription |
Full-time students of higher educational institutions | A second deferment from the army for studies is issued for them, in the case where the first one was received at school. |
Secondary school students | Provided until the end of training and until the citizen turns 20 years old. But only if there are no delays before this training |
Schoolchildren | It is also possible to receive a deferment once |
The main regulatory legal act in this area is Federal Law No. 53-FZ “On Military Duty and Military Service.”
Since, in addition to the standard provisions on the implementation of conscription for compulsory service, this document also contains information on granting a deferment.
Detailed information is provided in Article 24, paragraph 2. Here are provisions on what rules apply when applying for a deferment.
At the same time, various kinds of changes are applied annually in relation to this article. Therefore, you need to be careful and check the data so as not to make a mistake with your right to receive a study deferment.
To receive this type of deferment, a prerequisite is enrollment in one of the educational institutions. But even in this case, several nuances should be taken into account.
Since the provision of several deferments is possible only in case of successful training and improvement of one’s qualifications. Without this condition, re-issuance of the deferment is impossible.
Registration of a deferment from the army occurs by providing data on completion of training to the military registration and enlistment office. If a citizen meets all the criteria for receiving this deferment option, he will not be included in the list of conscripts.
The main thing in this case is to provide a complete package of documents for the military commissariat. All of them must be genuine, since they will be checked anyway.
And if there is a place for falsification, you can be punished for evading service and falsifying documents.
There are several categories of citizens who can receive a deferment. The first is schoolchildren who are 18 years old at the time of studying at a general education institution.
The next option for obtaining a deferment is continuous enrollment at the university. Since the call for which he will be included in the lists will be on October 1. Until this moment, you should officially register at your place of study.
Students of secondary specialized educational institutions can also receive a deferment. But this is only possible if they have not previously received such status.
For example, when studying at school. If you have already taken a deferment, then you will not be able to apply for a deferment. Students who study at universities have the most privileges.
Photo: who has the right to a deferment from the army
They, subject to continuous professional development, can receive a deferment until the end of their studies, even if there is a deferment while studying at school.
University academic staff receive the maximum number of deferments. The third is issued for the last stage of training - in graduate school, internship and residency.
This procedure largely depends on who exactly is granted temporary exemption from military service. Therefore, each category of citizen has its own procedure for provision, taking into account the necessary nuances.
But still, a common similar element in this algorithm will be the provision of a certain set of documents to the military commissariat.
It is on their basis that the decision is made to include a man in the lists of conscripts. You need to be prepared for the fact that you may be given a refusal to defer your military training if there are problems with any papers.
Schoolchildren receive a one-time opportunity to use the deferment if they do not intend to enroll in a university. To obtain this opportunity to graduate from school, the student will not need to take any action.
It will be enough to visit the military commissariat at your place of registration and provide proof of schooling there.
You can get a deferment a second time only if you enroll in a higher education institution. But in this case, the design comes with its own set of features.
To receive a deferment when entering a secondary-level educational institution, you must meet the following set of conditions:
The innovations of 2019 affected graduates of grades 11 and 9, who are equally given the opportunity to defer their admission to secondary educational institutions.
In this case, obtaining a deferment is the easiest. Since a school student can obtain this right upon admission to any accredited institution of this level.
In total, one deferment is provided for obtaining a diploma. Therefore, after expulsion
the student automatically loses the right to deferment.
In the future, temporary exemption from the army is granted on the basis of advanced training and scientific work during training. In total, no more than three deferments are received during the period of postgraduate work.
In order to receive a deferment, you need to complete a number of simple steps:
In the case of a student at school, they collect the following set of papers:
When the conscript acts as a student, he will need to add several more documents to these documents.
They relate to the license on the basis of which the university or educational institution carries out its work. The document must reflect the accreditation of the specialty.
If a student enrolls for advanced training and research work, then another additional document will be his diploma, on the basis of which admission is carried out.
In this situation, you need to know a few subtleties. The legislation of the Russian Federation contains precise instructions on which educational organizations can be considered for deferment - those with a state license.
Foreign universities and colleges do not have such documents. Therefore, the possibility of officially obtaining this type of exemption is automatically excluded.
But there is still a loophole in this law. For students who are outside the state for more than 3 months, they cannot be assigned to a specific military commissariat. Therefore, they will not be sent summonses.
Upon returning home and during the process of being re-registered, it is possible to be called up for service. But for this, the citizen must be under 27 years old.
There are a number of advantages to deferment, which can be expressed as follows:
Current issues of conscription, or rather, deferments from the army, were reviewed in 2017, which entailed a number of changes. They are aimed, first of all, at the opportunity to receive an education, this is understandable, since modern youth are simply obliged to have a high level of education. The state order determines not only the number of conscripts ready to join the ranks, but also the proportion of them who have a specialty.
It should be noted that the legislation has finally resolved a number of casual and absurd issues that previously arose. Secondary specialized education ceased to be valued due to the fact that all graduates who completed eleven grades sought to get into a university. The time of “fake” diplomas is over a long time ago, but higher education has not lost popularity, and one of the reasons for the current situation was the deferment for college students. What happened in secondary educational institutions before this time?
Those who decided to enroll in a technical school based on 9 grades were given a deferment until a very certain point. In particular, it was limited to the age of 20 years. All educational programs for different specialties were designed for 3 or 4 years of study. Thus, the young man had the opportunity to master his specialty and then calmly join the army.
Eleventh grade graduates were particularly disadvantaged. For them, the military deferment in college did not work. Or rather, she was, only her period was limited to reaching adulthood. It is not difficult to guess that the percentage of technical school students who have completed secondary education is very low.
Attempts to transfer students immediately to the second year after admission also did not bring results. It was impossible to put up with this state of affairs, because the knowledge acquired in the 10th and 11th grades is especially valued when choosing technical specialties.
By 2017, the problem raised was vividly illustrated by sad statistics. The overwhelming majority of demobilized guys who were taken from the technical school refused to continue their studies. This negatively affects the number of qualified personnel in the country. Among all the possible reasons for refusing to study, attempts to create and provide for a family, loss of previously acquired knowledge, and a simple lack of desire stand out.
There is a real need to introduce amendments to the legislation that will give absolutely all students the opportunity to receive a secondary specialized education. An additional motive was the replenishment of the ranks of the Armed Forces with a contingent whose professionalism exceeds the average statistical recruitment carried out previously.
Today, in the main law on military service, in the part relating to deferment for training in secondary educational institutions, the age threshold has been completely abolished. This makes it possible, both after completing the basic education program and after the 11th grade, to receive a deferment until the end of their studies, provided that in the year of graduation the young man will be enrolled in a school, college or technical school.
Today there is another misconception, which is that the process of studying at a university, which began immediately after secondary school, provides another delay. Studying at the institute implies obtaining one more education, and the second deferment is provided only for postgraduate or master's studies. Therefore, there is no deferment from the army after college.
Even if a conscript expects to postpone his conscription, he will still have to go through a commission at the military registration and enlistment office. This is a formality that must be respected. The fact is that the question of deferment can only come when the conscript receives the appropriate category, according to the conclusion of a medical expert. After this, you can begin to obtain the coveted temporary release.
In addition to the passport and registration certificate, two more documents will be required:
Issuing certificates is a standard procedure for the dean’s office, but it is necessary to ensure that it is filled out correctly and that all necessary data is available. The full name of the institution, the duration of study, and a link to the order where the student is listed as enrolled in the 1st year must be indicated.
The student should not be idle. For the sake of peaceful studying, you can try once, collecting all the documents and submitting them to the military registration and enlistment office. It turns out that not every institution that has the status of a college or technical school will provide continuous learning. The decision on deferment is made by the military commission, but first it will check whether the institution has state accreditation. This is a prerequisite, so this fact must be taken into account when choosing a place of study.
Often disputes arise on the issue raised, which former graduates can resolve in court. You can approach the meeting with confidence, since if the main listed conditions are met, the court’s decision will definitely be in favor of the student.