The Government Made Changes to the Rules for Crossing the Border by Full-Time Students

On April 2, 2024, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted a resolution “On Amendments to the Rules for Crossing the State Border by Citizens of Ukraine.”

The document stipulates that male students will be able to cross the border during martial law if they:

• are aged from 18 to 22 years old, not subject to conscription for military service during mobilization;
• study on a full-time basis in higher education institutions of Ukraine of state or communal ownership and obtain a bachelor’s degree (master’s degree in medicine, pharmacy or veterinary field);
• are participants in educational academic mobility;
• go to study in foreign educational institutions for 1 semester.

To cross the border for the purpose of studying on academic mobility programs, students must have a certificate from a higher education institution of Ukraine regarding the referral of a participant of the academic mobility program to study in a foreign educational institution, stating:

• grounds for cooperation; term of the academic semester abroad;
• lack of negative grades and facts of retaking tests and exams based on the results of the last two semesters (half a year);
• confirmation of the level of proficiency in the language of instruction in a foreign educational institution;
• a copy of the academic mobility agreement, certified by the educational institution of Ukraine;
• e-ticket of a student verified by means of the Diia portal;
• military registration documents with the appropriate markings of district, city territorial recruitment and social support centre.