Military and non-military service for men, services

If you want to switch from civil to military service, you can apply for transfer.

In case you must have either your assigned service starting time or brigade-level unit changed for a compelling reason, please apply for this online.

If conviction-related reasons prevent the performing of military service, you may apply for non-military service. Non-military service is 347 days.

You can send a request in Omasivari for placement in a training group to notify when you would like start to carry out the civilian service.

You can apply for up to three years of postponement of alternative civil service at a time.

Your civil service starts with a training period. The training period is followed by a work placement.

You can apply for partial or full exemption from supplementary service.

In peacetime, you can request a temporary or a complete exemption from the non-military service for health reasons.

On reasonable grounds, you can request transfer to another placement during alternative civil service.

You can, on proper grounds, request a transfer of the civilian service position during the labour service.