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Appeal review period

Citizens’ appeal response deadline calculator

Enter the reg­is­tra­tion date of an or­di­nary citizen’s appeal to the pros­e­cu­tion au­thor­i­ty. For appeals in Kyiv and Kyiv region, the tool shows several statu­to­ry time es­ti­mates but does not choose on behalf of the au­thor­i­ty which period applies to your letter.

Legal workflow with calculations and documents
Current
August 8, 2026
Format
Online
Value
0 ₴
Online tool

Check the route and response calendar

First dis­tin­guish an or­di­nary appeal under the Law on Cit­i­zens’ Appeals from a crime report, a pro­ce­dur­al com­plaint, and a public in­for­ma­tion request.

What exactly did you file?

The cal­cu­la­tor shows all ref­er­ence points and does not guar­an­tee a 15-day or any other regime.

Enter the date from the in­com­ing stamp, elec­tron­ic con­fir­ma­tion or of­fi­cial reg­is­tra­tion notice. The reg­is­tra­tion date is day 1.

Preliminary calendar

not yet expired
Three response-period references6 November 2026 · 23 November 2026 · 7 December 2026

Cal­en­dar rule:the reg­is­tra­tion date is day 1 for the 5-, 15-, and 45-day ref­er­ence periods.

The monthly date is an es­ti­mate based on adding one cal­en­dar month. The law ties the period to the content and com­plex­i­ty of the request, so a re­sponse is not guar­an­teed by that date.

Registered
23 October 2026
Referral to the proper authority — up to 5 days
27 October 2026
Urgent resolution — within 15 days
6 No­vem­ber 2026
General reference — one month
23 No­vem­ber 2026
Extended period — no more than 45 days
7 De­cem­ber 2026
Maximum estimate as of today
not yet expired: in 45 days

The cal­cu­la­tor moves a date from Sat­ur­day or Sunday to Monday only. Check other of­fi­cial non-working days, the spe­cif­ic pros­e­cu­tor’s office sched­ule, and the actual method of service sep­a­rate­ly.

The brief summary is easy to paste into a message to a lawyer or save for your­self.

Check the inquiry and proof of filing

Why does the calculator show several dates

The Law “On Cit­i­zens’ Appeals” does not give ap­pli­cants the right to choose a 15-day period. An appeal that needs no further review must be re­solved prompt­ly, but no later than 15 days; the general period is no more than one month. If needed, it may be ex­tend­ed with notice to the ap­pli­cant, but to no more than 45 days in total.

If the matter is outside the pros­e­cu­tor’s office’s au­thor­i­ty, the appeal is for­ward­ed to the com­pe­tent body within no more than five days and the ap­pli­cant is no­ti­fied. This is not a sub­stan­tive re­sponse and does not mean the next au­thor­i­ty has already re­solved the matter.

Methodology

Calculation methodology

Cal­en­dar review method­ol­o­gy

  1. The user clas­si­fies the doc­u­ment; special regimes stop the cal­cu­la­tion without re­plac­ing the dead­line with the general rule.
  2. For an or­di­nary appeal, enter the con­firmed in­com­ing reg­is­tra­tion date; it cannot be in the future.
  3. The reg­is­tra­tion date counts as day 1 for the 5-, 15-, and 45-cal­en­dar-day es­ti­mates.
  4. One cal­en­dar month is added to the reg­is­tra­tion date, using the last day of a shorter month when nec­es­sary.
  5. Each date is moved to Monday only when it falls on a Sat­ur­day or Sunday; other non-working days require manual review.
Example

Example of an appeal in Kyiv

A routine written com­plaint about an or­ga­ni­za­tion­al matter was reg­is­tered with the pros­e­cu­tor’s office on August 3, 2026. It is not a crime report, in­for­ma­tion request, or pro­ce­dur­al motion.

  • Route: or­di­nary citizen appeal
  • Reg­is­tra­tion date: 03.08.2026
  • Reg­is­tra­tion date in­clud­ed as day 1

Guide­lines: re­fer­ral to the proper au­thor­i­ty — August 7; simple request — August 17; one month — Sep­tem­ber 3; maximum 45 days — Sep­tem­ber 16, 2026.

This is not a promise of a re­sponse by the se­lect­ed date: check the pros­e­cu­tor’s office’s com­pe­tence, the letter’s con­tents, and any notice of ex­ten­sion or re­fer­ral.

Documents

What to keep to track the response

  • The full text of the appeal with sig­na­ture, date, and a clearly worded request.
  • In­com­ing ref­er­ence number, stamp, elec­tron­ic con­fir­ma­tion, or reg­is­tra­tion notice.
  • Postal receipt, en­clo­sure in­ven­to­ry, and de­liv­ery con­fir­ma­tion if the appeal was sent by mail.
  • Notice of re­fer­ral to the proper au­thor­i­ty or ex­ten­sion of the review period.
  • The pros­e­cu­tion au­thor­i­ty’s re­sponse and the en­ve­lope or tech­ni­cal data con­firm­ing the date it was re­ceived.

Official sources

Prepared
The method­ol­o­gy was pre­pared by the website ed­i­to­r­i­al team based on of­fi­cial sources.
Checked
Cal­en­dar logic and scope of ap­pli­ca­tion re­viewed by a lawyer without pub­lish­ing per­son­al data.
Important
The tool pro­vides a pre­lim­i­nary result and does not replace analy­sis of the appeal’s content, reg­is­tra­tion mark, and special pro­ce­dure.

Current as of . The cal­cu­la­tion is pre­lim­i­nary and depends on the doc­u­ments and cir­cum­stances.

Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

Must the prosecutor’s office respond within 15 days?

Not always. A request that does not require further review is decided within 15 days. The au­thor­i­ty as­sess­es its content and com­plex­i­ty; the general guide­line is up to one month, or no more than 45 days if an ex­ten­sion is re­port­ed.

From what date should the period be counted?

From the con­firmed date of reg­is­tra­tion with the pros­e­cu­tion au­thor­i­ty. The mailing date or form com­ple­tion date may differ from in­com­ing reg­is­tra­tion, so keep the ref­er­ence number and ac­knowl­edg­ment.

What does forwarding a request within five days mean?

If the matter is outside the pros­e­cu­tor’s office’s au­thor­i­ty, the appeal must be for­ward­ed to the com­pe­tent body within five days and the ap­pli­cant no­ti­fied. This is a sep­a­rate step, not a de­ci­sion on the merits.

Can this calculator be used to calculate an ERDR deadline?

No. Reports of crim­i­nal of­fens­es and appeals against failure to enter in­for­ma­tion in the Unified Reg­is­ter of Pre-Trial In­ves­ti­ga­tions are gov­erned by the Crim­i­nal Pro­ce­dure Code. Choose the rel­e­vant stop route and check the pro­ce­dur­al guid­ance.

What to do if 45 days have passed without a response?

Check reg­is­tra­tion, notice of re­fer­ral or ex­ten­sion, and the correct ad­dressee. Then you can prepare a follow-up, a com­plaint about the han­dling process, or another remedy de­pend­ing on the subject.

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Related publications
Practical guideHow to request public information without missing the response deadlineA practical guide for Kyiv: how to distinguish an information request from a citizen appeal, find the information holder, document receipt, and track the response deadline.Practical guideHow to submit an ordinary appeal to the prosecutor’s officeLearn when the prosecutor’s office reviews an ordinary appeal, how to identify its jurisdiction, confirm registration, and distinguish it from a crime report.Practical guideHow to challenge an investigator’s or prosecutor’s inactionWe explain when to file a complaint with an investigating judge, how to calculate the 10-day deadline, what to include about the URPTI, and how to prove the date of inaction.

Free initial con­sul­ta­tion

Unsure whether the prosecutor’s office was selected correctly?

Submit an ap­pli­ca­tion if you need to check the appeal’s content, the au­thor­i­ty’s com­pe­tence in Kyiv or Kyiv Oblast, proof of reg­is­tra­tion, and next steps after a re­sponse or no re­sponse.

  • the cal­cu­la­tor result can serve as a ref­er­ence for a con­ver­sa­tion
  • doc­u­ments, dead­lines, or con­tract terms may change the con­clu­sion
  • briefly de­scribe the cir­cum­stances in the form if needed