Deferral from mobilization for employees of IT companies

Question: If a person works in an accredited IT company, is it important what his specialty is by education?

Answer: To apply for a deferral, a specialty from the list is needed. The Ministry of Finance has identified a list of specialties and areas of training for representatives of IT and telecom companies to receive exemption from military conscription as part of mobilization. It is published in the order of the department No. 712 dated September 26, 2022. 

According to the Ministry of Finance, citizens of the Russian Federation who have higher education and work full-time in the following industries can receive a deferral from partial mobilization:

– employees of accredited IT companies involved in the development, development, implementation, maintenance and operation of IT solutions (software, hardware and software complexes) or involved in ensuring the functioning of the information infrastructure.

Question: Will an employee be able to get a postponement if he is issued under an employment contract after 09/21/2022?

Answer: The current legislation does not directly regulate this issue. As such, there is no prohibition. However, in the application for Public Services, it is necessary to indicate the length of service of the employee, so the possibility of refusal for this reason cannot be excluded here.

Question: Is it possible to register a person retroactively, before 09/21/2022? What are the risks and possible consequences here?

Answer: It will not be possible to issue retroactively. If the FIU has not received information about the admission, they may refuse to postpone it.

Question: Will it work if you register a person and the next day or just a few days later collect a package of documents necessary to obtain a deferral?

Answer: The current legislation does not directly regulate this issue. As such, there is no prohibition. However, in the application for Public Services, it is necessary to indicate the length of service of the employee, so the possibility of refusal for this reason cannot be excluded here.

Question: What kind of package of documents do I need to collect to apply for a deferral?

Answer: For an IT specialist, the package of documents is as follows:

• original or copy of the employment contract;

• diploma of higher education;

• extract from the list of accreditation of the IT organization where the specialist works;

• a certificate from the management or from the HR department that a citizen participates in the creation, modernization, operation and implementation of IT developments or ensures the functioning of the information space at the federal level.

Next, you need to:

1. Fill out the confirmation form from the employer and sign it with the digital signature of the CEO.

2. Open a service on Public Services.

3. Enter information about military registration (type of document, its series and number, military rank and position, etc.).

4. Specify information about higher education (university names, specialty, diploma series and number) from Appendix 1 to the order. If you have not found your specialty in it, look at the table of compliance of specialties in Appendix 2.

5. Fill in the information about the work (TIN and the name of the organization, labor duties, justification for the need for postponement, etc.).

6. Attach to the application a confirmation form signed by the head of the organization and a file of the detached electronic signature.