Applying
You may apply to service at the earliest during the year when you turn 18. Persons who submit their application during 16.1.2026-15.1.2027 may apply to the contingent of July 2027 and to the contingents of January and July of the following three years (2028, 2029, 2030). You may complete the conscript service in a number of service tasks at the brigade-level units of the Finnish Defence Forces and the Border Guard. Please keep in mind that not all service tasks are available at all brigade-level units. To familiarise with service tasks, go to https://intti.fi/en/service-titles Please note that digital applying to the voluntary military service is now under way until 15.1.2027.
This is how you apply to service
1. Fill out and print out the questionnaire for medical check on state of health
Log in Mymilitary at https://omaintti.fi/en and fill out the form "Questionnaire for medical check on state of health". Print out the filled-out questionnaire and book a doctor’s appointment at the health centre in the given Wellbeing County as applicable for the purpose of assessment of fitness for service. When booking the appointment, please remember to mention that the purpose of the medical check on state of health is assessment of fitness for service.
2. Have the medical check completed
Please bring the printout of the questionnaire to the medical check on state of health. At the doctor’s appointment you will receive “a doctor’s certificate on the applicant’s state of health” that you then need to annex to your application. Please note that you are entitled to apply for compensation on the expenses relating to the doctor’s appointment from the Finnish Defence forces up to the amount charged at a Wellbeing County. Please remember to keep the receipt or proof of payment as applicable! If the appointment is at the private sector, please print out the form ”a doctor’s certificate on the applicant’s state of health” here "Medical examination form" and remember to bring it to the doctor’s appointment.
3. Fill out and submit your application to the voluntary military service for women
When you have received the doctor’s certificate, please log in online at Mymilitary and fill out the application for the voluntary military service for women. Please annex to your application the doctor’s certificate that you received and the receipt or proof of payment for reimbursement of expenses. In some cases, the medical doctor may directly submit the doctor’s certificate to the Regional Office, and if so, please indicate this fact on your application.
4. Please submit your application by the set deadline which is 15 January every year
5. To apply for special forces, you need to submit a specific application form for the purpose once you first have submitted the application for the voluntary military service for women.
Please see here for instructions on applying to special forces.
Application in paper form
If you are unable to submit your application online at Mymilitary, you may also submit the form available at here by using the printout paper form and submitting it by post to your own Regional Office. Please remember to attach to your application “a doctor’s statement on the applicant’s state of health”. The signed application in paper form with its attachments must have arrived in your own Regional Office by the set deadline 15 January.
Selection criteria
The selection criterion is the applicant’s state of health. Additionally, the selected must be suitable for undertaking training into the reserve of the Finnish Defence Forces.
At the selection event, you will get information on the voluntary military service for women, you will be interviewed, and you state of health will be checked. Your Regional Office will hold the selection event during April.
You must start your service at the latest in the year when you turn 29.
