Some Egyptian young men may fail to perform their mandatory military service after finishing their studies or obtaining their qualifications, as determined by the Egyptian military law. Failure to perform military service is considered a crime punishable by military law in accordance with the Egyptian military regulations. We provide a guide to the procedures for resolving the military service situation for citizens who have failed to perform military service and are over the age of 30.
The jurisdiction for these cases falls under the Egyptian military judiciary, as stipulated in Article 48 of Law No. 127 of 1980, which designates the military judiciary as the competent authority for cases that violate the provisions of the military service and national service law, and for failure to perform mandatory military service until the age of exemption.
The Egyptian military law defines failure to report for military duty as the individual’s refusal to present themselves to the designated recruitment and mobilization area upon request until the age of exemption from military service. The penalty for failure to perform mandatory military service is specified in the law.
Article 49 of Law No. 127 of 1980 stipulates that anyone who fails to report for examination or military service beyond the age of thirty shall be punished with imprisonment and a fine of no less than three thousand pounds and no more than ten thousand pounds, or one of these two penalties.
Procedures for resolving military service delinquency for citizens who have reached the age of exemption from military service (30 years old):
Go to the designated recruitment and mobilization area with the following documents:
Criminal record.
Birth certificate.
National ID card.
Military service card (6 Gend) or the old paper ID card for those born in 1984 or earlier.
If you have previously been exempted or temporarily exempted, provide evidence that the reason no longer applies.
To complete the procedures for resolving military service delinquency:
Ask for the location where military service delinquency procedures are handled upon arrival at the recruitment and mobilization area.
Purchase a military service delinquency form (Dawsey).
The Dawsey will contain a yellow paper (modified 6 Gend form), two investigation forms, and a document receipt.
Proceed to the application window and fill out the yellow paper (only the first part) and provide a copy of your ID card and the document receipt.
When asked where you obtained your military service number, inform the clerk that it is from the old ID card or the 6 Gend form. If they insist on providing the 6 Gend form and you don’t have it, say that it is lost.
The clerk will fill out the document receipt, stamp it, and give it to you, informing you to return in one week.
During this week, they will investigate whether you have already undergone a medical examination or have been granted a deferment for any reason.
Return to the designated recruitment and mobilization area in one week to complete the procedures for resolving military service delinquency.
Go to the same window and give them the receipt that you took from them last week. This time, they will ask for your criminal record, two copies of it, and two copies of your national ID card to be placed inside the Dawsey that you purchased. They will give you an investigation form to put in the Dawsey.
After that, go to the security office to have the investigation form stamped. Then, go to the investigation office for questioning about your delinquency (just a routine procedure). Don’t be afraid.
In the investigation office, they will take the Dawsey from you and check your ID card. Then, they will ask you several questions that are listed in the investigation forms inside the Dawsey (usually, they will fill out the answers without asking you).
After that, they will give you a notice of your session.
After a week, when you go to court, go directly to the military prosecutor’s office. The officer will take your ID card and the notice of your session and ask you to wait.
Then, the officer will call out the names of those who have a session scheduled for that day and collect a fee of 3 Egyptian pounds. You will receive your ID card and the notice with the date and time of the session written on it (usually, within that week), and the officer will ask you to sign it.
Note: After scheduling your session, you must not miss it under any circumstances.
On the day of the session, I recommend arriving early. The officer will lead everyone to the courtroom until the judge arrives. Before the judge enters the room, the attendees will be informed to enter. Then, the security officer will call out the names of those who have a session scheduled for that day (present or absent).
After the judge enters, the security officer will call out the names of the individuals based on the files and the session roll. When you hear your name, go to the platform where the judge will ask you about the reason for your delinquency (try not to lie because the judge hears hundreds of fake excuses every week, and it does not affect their fine decision).
After everyone has appeared before the judge, the judge will read out the names and the fine that has been decided. After the judge leaves, a military police officer will call out the names again and check if they have the fine with them (try to take the average amount of the fine, which is between 3000 and 10000 Egyptian pounds, and usually not less than that).
Those who want to pay the fine should go with the military police officer to the treasury, where the officer will take the amount and give you an official receipt. There is another receipt for 1.35 piasters, but you will not receive it on the same day. Try to go back after two days to get it from the same place where you paid.
After paying, the officer will inform you to come back after 15 days to take a photocopy of the verdict to bring it to the recruitment area to obtain the certificate.
After 15 days, go to the military prosecutor’s office with the payment receipts and 3 Egyptian pounds, and they will give you a copy of the verdict. Then, take the copy of the verdict to the recruitment area to buy a military service certificate request and go to the investigation office that questioned you the first time in the recruitment area. They will stamp the copy of the verdict and ask you to go to the requests window to submit the request. The employee will take the request and the notice of your session from you and give you a receipt for pickup. You will receive the certificate within 4 days.
