Exemption from and Deferral of Military Conscription

What age frame governs call-up?

Call-up concerns persons on register from 18 to 27; after 27 a person who has not served transfers to the reserve with a private's rank.

What are the main grounds for exemption?

Unfitness on health grounds, service in a foreign army, conviction for a grave crime, disability status, alternative service, family loss and membership of Parliament.

How much does a paid deferral cost?

Deferral by 1 calendar year costs 5 000 lari; the right may be used until the age of 25.

What role does the medical commission play?

The conscription commission often refers the conscript to the standing medical expert commission, whose conclusion confirms health-related grounds.

5 min·22 Sep 2026

Conscription Age and the 27-Year Barrier

The Defence Code fixes the age frame for compulsory conscription into national military service: compulsory call-up applies to a person from 18 to 27 years of age who is on pre-conscription military register and has no ground for exemption from or deferral of call-up. These two conditions — registration and the absence of a ground — must exist together for the call-up to be lawful.

Reaching 27 carries a specific statutory consequence: a person who has turned 27 and is on military register but has not served is, on the basis of the Minister's individual administrative-legal act, granted the rank of private and enlisted in the reserve of the Defence Forces. The same happens to a person who is not on military register — upon discovery of that fact he is likewise enrolled in the reserve with a private's rank. The legal consequence of crossing the age barrier is thus resolved in this manner.