If you do not appear at the court session without valid reasons or do not inform about the reasons for non-appearance, you may be subject to a summons through the internal affairs authorities with reimbursement to the state income of the costs of its implementation.

Malicious evasion of a witness from appearing before the pre-trial investigation bodies or the prosecutor entails the imposition of a fine of three to eight tax-free minimum incomes of citizens.

It is impossible to do this through mail. However, there are other ways:

1. If one of the spouses is not in the territory of Ukraine, the other spouse can file a claim at the place of their registration. Then the husband must inform his wife abroad about the hearing of the case, so that she can be either by video conference or in person.

2. A person abroad, who applies to the consulate with an application for dissolution of marriage, sends it to Ukraine, and this is enough for the second spouse in Ukraine to submit a similar application for dissolution of marriage.

According to Article 28 of the Law of Ukraine "On Mandatory State Pension Insurance", the minimum age pension is established if there is an insurance period of at least 35 years for men and 30 years for women, at the level of the subsistence minimum for persons who have lost their ability to work.

The total length of service is important for the appointment of a pension, a pension supplement, and for the provision of certain types of benefits. Ukrainian legislation establishes that seniority includes any work in which the employee was subject to state social insurance.

Currently, in order to retire at the age of 60, residents of Ukraine must have at least 29 years of insurance experience.

How much service is required for a pension in 2023:

• Those who, after reaching the age of 60, do not have sufficient insurance experience (at least 30 years), will have the right to a pension at the age of 63 if they have at least 20 years of experience.

• Ukrainians who have accumulated 15 to 20 years of insurance experience will start receiving pension payments at the age of 65.

• If a person has less than 15 years of experience, then when he turns 65, he will have the right to receive state social assistance instead of pension payments.

There are the following types of pensions:

• Old-age pensions

• Disability pensions

• Pensions in connection with the loss of a breadwinner

• Allowances, increases, pension supplements

• Long-term pensions, preferential pensions

• Pensions according to separate laws

• Pension certificate

• Pension provision of internally displaced persons

You can learn more about each type of pension on the official website of the Pension Fund of Ukraine - https://www.pfu.gov.ua/poslugi/vydy-pensij/.

Yes, you can apply for a disability pension even if you have not reached retirement age. Disability pension is awarded as a result of general illness or disability not related to work, disability from childhood.

However, for this, it is necessary to have insurance experience at the time of the onset of disability or on the day of applying for a pension. So, for persons with disabilities of the I group, it is necessary to have from 1 to 10 years of insurance experience, depending on their age. In particular, before reaching the age of 25 inclusive, it is necessary to have 1 year of insurance experience, and for persons from 54 to 59 years inclusive - 10 years. For persons with disabilities of II and III groups, the law provides for the acquisition of 1 to 14 years of insurance experience.

The application for the appointment of a disability pension and the necessary documents must be submitted to any office of the Pension Fund of Ukraine, regardless of the place of residence. The application can also be submitted through a representative who acts on the basis of a notarized power of attorney issued to him.

The following are attached to the application for the appointment of a disability pension:

• Passport, ID card or other document certifying identity, place of residence (registration) and age.

• ID number.

• Documents confirming the insurance experience (employment book, documents on training, military service, etc.).

• An extract from the review report of the Medical and Social Expert Commission on the establishment of the group, reasons and term of disability.

• Certificate of salary for the period of insurance experience until July 1, 2000 (if the insurance experience, starting from July 1, 2000, is less than 60 months, a certificate of salary (income) is submitted for any 60 calendar months of insurance experience in a row until June 30. 2000).

• Two color photos measuring 4×6 cm.

The Law of Ukraine "On Pension Security" guarantees the social security of pensioners by setting pensions at a level based on the subsistence minimum, as well as regularly reviewing their amounts in connection with the increase in the size of the minimum consumer budget and the improvement of the efficiency of the republic's economy.

Law of Ukraine "On the basic principles of social protection of labor veterans and other senior citizens in Ukraine" - defines the basic principles of state policy regarding labor veterans and other senior citizens and is aimed at forming a humane, respectful attitude towards them in society and ensuring their active longevity. The law guarantees labor veterans and senior citizens equal opportunities with other citizens in the economic, social, and political spheres, favorable conditions for a full-fledged lifestyle. The state guarantees every labor veteran and senior citizen an appropriate standard of living, satisfaction of various life needs, provision of various types of assistance through:

• implementation of the right to work in accordance with professional training, work skills and taking into account the state of health;

• provision of pensions and benefits;

• provision of housing;

• creation of conditions for maintaining health and active longevity in accordance with modern achievements of science;

• organization of social and household services, development of a network of material and technical bases for stationary institutions and home forms of service for elderly citizens, as well as training of relevant specialists.

The Law of Ukraine "On Mandatory State Pension Insurance" defines the principles, principles and mechanisms of the functioning of the system of mandatory state pension insurance, the appointment, calculation and payment of pensions, the provision of social services from the funds of the Pension Fund, which are formed at the expense of insurance contributions from employers, budgetary and other sources provided for by this Law, and also regulates the procedure for the formation of the Accumulated Pension Fund and financing from its funds expenses for the payment of life pension insurance contracts or one-time payments to insured persons, members of their families and other persons provided for by this Law.

Yes, you can.

A complaint against the decision of the body that assigns pensions is submitted by a citizen in person or by a legal representative in accordance with the law or by a representative who acts on the basis of a notarized power of attorney issued to him.

Term for submitting a complaint: a complaint can be submitted to the higher-level body of the Pension Fund of Ukraine within one year from the moment of the decision, but no later than one month from the time the applicant was informed of the decision.

Required documents: the complaint must be in writing and signed and dated by the applicant.

The complaint is sent to the body of the Pension Fund of Ukraine by mail or delivered by the applicant personally.

The complaint must state:

• surname, first name, patronymic, place of residence of the applicant;

• name of the body of the Pension Fund of Ukraine, which made the decision;

• the essence of the violated claim;

• information on appealing the decision of the Pension Fund of Ukraine body in court (in case of appealing the decision).

A complaint filed without complying with these requirements, which does not provide an opportunity to consider the complaint on its merits, is returned to the applicant with relevant justifications no later than ten days after receiving such a complaint. If necessary, the applicant can submit other documents necessary for considering the complaint, which are returned to the applicant after its consideration.

Court procedure for appealing the decision of the pension awarding body: if a citizen believes that the pension awarding body made a decision that contradicts the legislation on pension provision or exceeds the limits of its competence established by law, the citizen has the right appeal such a decision by submitting an administrative claim to the court within 6 months from the day when the person learned or should have learned about the violation of his right.

The statement of claim states:

• the name of the administrative court to which the claim is filed;

• first name (last name, first name and patronymic of the parties and other participants in the case, their place of residence or stay;

• ZIP Code;

• registration number of the taxpayer's registration card, if available, or passport number and series for natural persons - citizens of Ukraine (if such information is known to the claimant), known numbers of means of communication, official e-mail address or e-mail address;

• the content of the claims and a statement of the circumstances by which the claimant substantiates its claims, and in the case of filing a claim against several defendants - the content of the claims against each of the defendants;

• a statement of the circumstances by which the plaintiff substantiates his claims;

• indication of evidence confirming the specified circumstances;

• information on taking measures for pre-trial settlement of the dispute - in the event that a mandatory pre-trial dispute settlement procedure is established by law;

• information on taking measures to secure evidence or a claim before filing a claim, if such were carried out.

Delays in pension payments can occur from time to time for various reasons.

Persons whose bank card has expired may not receive funds on time. This needs to be checked, but despite this, the funds will still go to the card.

If you were not paid your pension on time, you can register a violation of your rights by calling the government hotline 1545 or the Pension Fund of Ukraine hotline 0800 503 753. You can also apply in writing to the nearest social protection body or the Pension Fund of Ukraine.

Citizens of Ukraine whose housing was damaged as a result of the fighting and is subject to restoration have the right to receive compensation under this program.

The priority order by which the funds will be distributed has been determined:

• combatants;

• people who became disabled as a result of the war;

• war veterans;

• family members of fallen soldiers;

• mobilized;

• large families;

• people with disabilities of the first and second groups;

• parents-educators of family-type orphanages;

• guardians and custodians;

• foster parents and foster carers;

• orphans and children deprived of parental care.

Persons who do not belong to these categories apply for funds on a "waiting-to-order" basis.

To become a participant of the program, you should submit an application in "Action". Later, this option will be available at administrative service centers, notaries and social security offices.

In "Actions" in the "Services" section, you need to choose a program, report damaged property, specify the type, area, address of the object, contact information, add a photo and describe the damage if available. After that, you need to go to the "Submit an application for payment" section.

Next, you should expect a call from the local authorities to inspect the property and determine the amount of assistance. After that, Diya will receive a notification about the commission's decision.

At the moment, there is no direct ban on Russian citizens entering Ukraine.

According to the agreements, there is a visa-free regime between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. However, to cross the Ukrainian border, citizens of the Russian Federation must have a foreign passport, since entry to the territory of Ukraine with internal (Russian) passports was canceled back in 2015. According to the decision of the National Security Service of Ukraine, enhanced biometric control has been introduced at the border, especially for citizens of countries included in the migration risk list, which also includes Russia.

According to Ukrainian legislation, the maximum period of visa-free stay in the country for citizens of the Russian Federation is 90 days within 180 days from the day of first entry. In other words, Russians can stay in Ukraine for three months out of six, after which they must leave the country. The right to re-entry will appear only after 90 days.