Can master's students postpone military service in 2024?

According to regulations, can citizens who are studying for a master's degree be deferred from military service? Please refer to the article below.

Đang học thạc sĩ có được tạm hoãn nghĩa vụ quân sự năm 2024?

1. What is the age to register for military service?

According to Article 12 of the Law on Military Service 2015, the age to register for military service is as follows:

- Male citizens 17 years of age or older.

- Female citizens with professional occupations that meet the requirements of the People's Army, 18 years of age or older.

2. What is the age for military service?

According to Article 30 of the 2015 Law on Military Service, the age for enlistment to participate in military service is as follows:

Citizens who are 18 years old or older are eligible for military service; the military service age ranges from 18 to 25 years old; citizens who have received college or university degrees and have had their military service deferred are eligible for military service until 27 years old.

3. Can I postpone my military service in 2024 while studying for a master's degree?

According to Clause 1, Article 41 of the Law on Military Service 2015 (amended by the Law on Militia and Self-Defense Forces 2019), the following citizens are temporarily exempted from military service:

- Not healthy enough to serve in the army according to the conclusion of the Health Examination Council;

- Being the sole worker who must directly support relatives who are no longer able to work or have not reached working age; in a family that has suffered serious loss of life and property due to accidents, natural disasters, or dangerous epidemics confirmed by the People's Committee at the commune level;

- A child of a war invalid or person infected with Agent Orange whose working capacity is reduced from 61% to 80%;

- Having a brother, sister or sibling who is a non-commissioned officer or soldier serving in the army; a non-commissioned officer or soldier performing duty in the People's Public Security;

- People who are subject to migration and resettlement in the first 3 years to particularly difficult communes under the State's socio -economic development project decided by the People's Committee of the province or higher level;

- Cadres, civil servants, public employees, and youth volunteers mobilized to work in areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions according to the provisions of law;

- Studying at a general education institution; being trained at a full-time university level at a university, or at a full-time college level at a vocational education institution during one training course of one training level.

- Standing militia.

Thus, according to the above regulations, citizens of military service age who are studying for a master's degree will not be eligible for a temporary deferment of military service because the deferment is only applicable to those studying at a general education institution ; those receiving full-time university training at a university, or full-time college training at a vocational education institution during a training course of a training level , except for those who are temporarily deferred from military service due to other cases.

Note: According to Clause 3, Article 41 of the 2015 Law on Military Service, citizens who are subject to temporary deferment from military service will be called up for military service if there is no longer a reason for deferment.

Citizens who are eligible for deferment or exemption from military service, if they volunteer, will be considered for selection and call-up.

4. Cases of exemption from military service

According to Clause 2, Article 41 of the 2015 Law on Military Service, the following citizens are exempt from military service:

- Children of martyrs, children of first-class disabled soldiers;

- A brother of a martyr;

- One child of a second-class disabled veteran; one child of a sick soldier with a reduced working capacity of 81% or more; one child of a person infected with Agent Orange with a reduced working capacity of 81% or more;

- The person doing the key work is not a soldier or a member of the People's Police;

- Cadres, civil servants, public employees, and youth volunteers mobilized to work in areas with especially difficult socio-economic conditions as prescribed by law for 24 months or more.

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