Appeal to military service is a package of activities performed by government agencies aimed at recruiting people to the armed forces on the basis of military duty.
Appeal to military service includes the following:
appeal to urgent military service;
appeal of reserve officers to military service;
appeal to military calls;
mobilization appeal during military emergency and wartime.
Local governments organize appeal to military service.
Also, local governments provide military authorities with the following: equipped recruiting stations; medical supplies; tools; firefighting supplies; household supplies; vehicles, and also communication and security tools.
To perform an appeal to military service, call-up commissions are created in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On military service and servicemen status".
Procedure of citizens` call organization to military service is stipulated by Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Heads of organizations should call off the citizens subject to military service from business trips and organize notification and their timely arrival to recruiting stations for medical examination.
Appeal to military service of Kazakhstani citizens temporarily living in foreign countries is performed according to the procedure established by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On military service and servicemen status” after their arrival to the permanent place of residence in the Republic of Kazakhstan if they have no right for deferring or are not exempted from military service.
A citizen is deemed to be called for military service from the moment the order is issued by the head of military authority of the region (national status city or capital) on his call to the service.
Appeal to urgent military service
Appeal to urgent military service is performed twice a year on the basis of the Presidential Order and Decree of Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Citizens at the age of eighteen to twenty seven, who haven`t got a right for deferring or exemption, are subject to military service in a number required to military forces.
Appeal of reserve officers to military service
Reserve officers aged up to twenty nine years old fit for military service are called in peacetime on the basis of the Decree of the Republic of Kazakhstan to undergo military service at officers positions by the requests of authorized bodies.
Appeal to military calls
1. Citizens liable for military service are called under the republican mobilizing activities performed by local governments on the basis of the order by Ministry for Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2. Within the actions for mobilization preparation, preparation of territorial defense held by local executive bodies of areas, cities of republican value, the capital – on the basis of the resolution of akimat of area, the city of republican value, the capital in coordination with the General Staff of Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Mobilization appeal during military emergency and wartime
Mobilization appeal during military emergency and wartime is executed on the basis of the Presidential Order and according to the procedure fixed by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On military service and servicemen status”.
Citizens liable for military service and recruits called to military serviced during the military emergency and wartime obtain full payment at work, including salary for the time actually spent at work, severance pay and reimbursement payments for unutilized leave. Accommodation occupied by citizens called to mobilization appeal during military emergency and wartime is kept after them. Social security (benefits, retirement benefits) is provided to families of citizens called to military service during the military emergency and wartime according to the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
During mobilization, local governments and organizations should provide timely notification and delivery of citizens liable for military service and recruits to recruiting stations or military units.
