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Conscription in the United Arab Emirates

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506:(FNC) and became law in January 2014. Emirati men who have finished secondary school or aged between 18 and 30 will have to serve 11 months, while those who have not will serve three years. The service will be optional for women, who may be trained for nine months, regardless of their education. The law gives citizens who complete the mandatory military service a range of benefits, including priority for taking up jobs in government institutions and private businesses, marriage grants, housing plots and scholarships. 41: 976: 986: 509:
Citizens who fail to enlist for military service without valid reason until they reach 29 years of age will face a jail term of between one month and a year, or a fine ranging between AED 10,000 and 50,000 or both. They will have to undergo the military service even if they exceed the age limit of
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30. Executive rules will spell out alternative services and security training where these services can be offered and terms for exemption from military service for medical or other reasons.
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The duration of the military service was initially 9 months and was later increased to 12 months. In July 2018, the duration was extended to 16 months.
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for all Emirati males aged between 17 and 30 for the duration of 11 months. The law is intended to bolster the
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Index

Mandatory National Service in United Arab Emirates
Conscription
1780 caricature of a press gang
press gang
Alternative civilian service
Civil conscription
Conscientious objector
Conscription crisis
Counter-recruitment
Draft-card burning
Draft evasion
Impressment
Levée en masse
Military service
National service
Penal military unit
War resister
Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
Soviet Union
By modern country
Argentina
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bermuda
Brazil
Canada
China
Congo-Kinshasa
child soldiers

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