Army: Commonwealth

(asked on 5th September 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether applicants from outside the UK who hold Commonwealth citizenship and are under the age of 18 at the time of joining are eligible to join the Army.


Answered by
Louise Sandher-Jones Portrait
Louise Sandher-Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 15th September 2025

Commonwealth citizens, residing outside the UK, must be at least 18 years of age before being eligible to apply to join the Army.

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