Can retired soldiers go abroad?

You cannot go immediately after being discharged from the army. You can only go abroad after five years of retirement. This is stipulated by the army. Soldiers have too many military secrets, so they cannot go abroad immediately after retirement. They can only go abroad after five years.

You cannot go immediately after being discharged from the army. You can only go abroad after five years of retirement. This is stipulated by the army. Soldiers have too many military secrets, so they cannot go abroad immediately after retirement. They can only go abroad after five years. These five years can also be regarded as the declassification period for military personnel. There are three reasons: 1. Active military personnel and veterans who have withdrawn from the military but are still within the "classification period" are not allowed to go abroad; 2. Although they are "compulsory soldiers" , it should be said that the vast majority will not be involved in secrets (of course, there are a very small number of "confidential personnel" - this is what you should know), so the vast majority of retired conscripts can go abroad; 3. "Going abroad" has Different concepts: tourism, business, inspections, performances, academic exchanges, studying abroad, etc. Going to different countries with different purposes has different requirements, which must be clarified in advance.

If you are a retired soldier who is engaged in confidential or classified professions, you must retire for at least three years (declassification period) before you can go abroad, maybe longer. If an ordinary soldier retires, there are not many restrictions, just like ordinary citizens. If you are an ordinary soldier who has retired, I don’t know what degree you have graduated from? What degree do you plan to apply for? We need to understand your basic situation before we can plan how to prepare. Of course, the first thing to prepare for is the language test.

How long does it take to go abroad after serving as a soldier?

Soldiers going abroad have the following situations:

1. If you did not belong to a special sensitive service when you were a soldier or if you did not have a confidentiality agreement after you retired, you can go abroad immediately after you retire.

2. If there is a "confidentiality agreement" when you retire, you must exceed the confidentiality period determined by the "confidentiality agreement" before you can go abroad.

3. When preparing to go abroad, you must first go to the public security department to apply for a passport. If you are not suitable to go abroad, you will not be able to get a passport.

4. A passport does not necessarily mean that you can go abroad, because the necessary condition for "going abroad" is to obtain a visa from the other country. Some countries have stricter reviews for veterans.

I hope the above content will be helpful to you. If you have any other questions, please consult a professional lawyer.

Legal basis: Article 1 of the "Secretary Regulations of the Chinese People's Liberation Army" In order to protect military secrets, safeguard national military interests, and ensure the smooth progress of military construction and operations, in accordance with the "Secretary Regulations of the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China" Secrets Act, enacts these regulations.

Article 2 Military secrets are matters related to national military interests, determined in accordance with prescribed authority and procedures, and restricted to a certain range of personnel within a certain period of time. Military secrets are an important part of state secrets.

Article 3 All units and personnel of the entire army have the obligation to keep military secrets.

Article 4: Military confidentiality work shall implement the policy of active prevention, highlighting key points, ensuring the security of military secrets and facilitating various business work, and adhere to unified leadership, hierarchical responsibility, and centralized management.

Article 5 The basic requirements for military confidentiality work are: control the scope of secret knowledge, prevent secret theft activities, eliminate hidden dangers of leaks, and ensure the safety of military secrets.

Article 6: All units at or above the corps level shall establish confidentiality committees. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s Secrecy Committee shall be in charge of the confidentiality work of the entire army. The Secrecy Committee of each unit shall be in charge of the confidentiality work of its own unit. The daily work of the Confidentiality Committee is undertaken by the working organization of the Confidentiality Committee.

Article 7: Business, equipment, scientific research and other expenses for confidentiality work shall be included in the military budget.