Your small business can apply for a Military Reservist EIDL any time beginning on the date the essential employee receives notice of expected call-up and ending one year after the date the essential employee is discharged or released from active service. The Associate Administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience (AA/ODR&R) or designee may extend the one-year limit by no more than one additional year after finding extraordinary or unforeseeable circumstances.