Latest regulations on procedures for first-time military service registration in Vietnam

Latest regulations on procedures for first-time military service registration in Vietnam (Internet image)

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On August 29, 2023, the Ministry of National Defense issued Decision 4089/QD-BQP announcing revised administrative procedures in the field of military service within the scope of the Ministry's management functions.

Latest regulations on procedures for first-time military service registration in Vietnam

The Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam has amended the regulations on procedures for first-time military service registration, specifically as follows:

(1) Regarding dossier components

Components of the first military service registration dossier include:

- Self-declaration form for military service;

- Photocopy of one of the following documents: Identity card; Citizen ID card, or birth certificate (bring the original for comparison).

In cases where a competent agency or person is assigned responsibility for receiving and handling administrative procedures, providing public services, and exploiting citizen information in the National Population Database, citizens are not required to submit a photocopy of their ID card; Citizen ID card or birth certificate (bring the original for comparison).

(2) Regarding implementation order

People carry out the procedures directly to the commune-level Military Command to register for military service.

Then, the procedure for performing this procedure will go through 3 steps as follows:

- Step 1: 10 days before the deadline, up to the date of military service registration, the commune-level Military Command is responsible for sending the Call to register for military service to the citizen. If an agency or organization does not have a Military Command, the head or legal representative of the agency or organization is responsible for transferring the Military Service Registration Order to the citizen.

- Step 2: After receiving the Military Service Registration Call from the Commander of the Military Command of the district, town, provincial city, and equivalent administrative unit (hereinafter referred to as the Commander of the District Military Command) citizens are responsible for going to the Military Command of the commune, ward, town, agency, or organization (hereinafter referred to as the Commune Military Command) to directly register for military service.

- Step 3: Within 01 working day, the Commune-level Military Command is responsible for comparing the original ID card, Citizen Identification card, or birth certificate; instructing citizens to declare their health self-declaration form for military service; registering the necessary information of citizens in the List of male citizens who have turned 17 years old during the year; and transferring the Military Service Registration Certificate to citizens immediately after registration.

(3) Regarding the agency implementing administrative procedures

Relevant agencies for carrying out initial military service registration procedures are as follows:

- Authority with decision-making authority: District Military Command.

- Authorized or decentralized authority or person to implement: No.

- Agency directly implementing administrative procedures: Commune-level Military Command.

- Coordinating agency: Relevant agencies and units.

Legal basis of administrative procedures

- Law on military service 2015.

- Residence Law 2020.

- Decree No. 13/2016/ND-CP dated February 19, 2016 of the Government on the order and procedures for registration and the regimes and policies of citizens during the period of registration, medical examination, and health check for military service.

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