Applying for Jobs – Required Forms

Most recent SF-50 (Standard Form 50 - Notice of Personnel Action). To properly verify status eligibility, your SF-50 must show the following. If you do not submit an appropriate SF-50, we cannot verify your status eligibility.

1. Full position title;
2. appointment type;
3. occupational series;
4. pay plan, grade, and step;
5. tenure code; and
6. service computation date (SCD)

 A former federal employee eligible for reinstatement

See more information regarding reinstatement eligibility.

Most recent SF-50 (Standard Form 50 - Notice of Personnel Action). To properly verify status eligibility, your SF-50 must show the following. If you do not submit an appropriate SF-50, we cannot verify your status eligibility.

1. Full position title;
2. appointment type;
3. occupational series;
4. pay plan, grade, and step;
5. tenure code; and
6. service computation date (SCD).

Appointment Eligible Family Member (AEFM) in accordance with Executive Order 12721

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Copy of SF-50 and performance appraisals verifying eligibility as an AEFM candidate.

If AEFM candidate hasn’t completed 52 weeks of service (as verified by the SF-50), documentation is needed to verify the completion of 2,087 hours.

DD-214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from
Active Duty) indicating character of service and

VA Letter on letterhead stating that you have either:

• a compensable service-connected disability
  rating 30% or more disabled, or
• a compensable service-connected disability
  rating of at least 10% but less than 30%

SF-15, Application for Veteran Preference (revised October 2013)

Spouse of a disabled veteran:  

• Official statement from the Department of Veterans
  Affairs or a branch of the Armed Forces (on letterhead) certifying the veteran has a 100 % service-connected disability;
• Copy of marriage certificate;
• DD-214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) indicating character of
  service; and
• SF-15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference (revised October 2013).

Widow/Widower:

• Document showing service member was released
  or discharged from active duty due to his or her
  death while on active duty;
• Documentation verifying service was killed while on active duty;
• Statement certifying that he or she is the
  un-remarried widow or widower of the service
  member;
• DD-214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from
  Active Duty) indicating character of service; and
• SF-15, Application for 10-Point Veterans Preference (revised October 2013).

Parent of deceased or disabled veteran:

• Documents verifying that your son or daughter
  died under honorable conditions while on active duty during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign medal was authorized; and
• Marriage certificate verifying your marriage to the 
  mother/father of the veteran; and
• Document verifying you live with a permanently disabled husband; or documents verifying that you are a widow, divorced, or separated from the veteran's mother/father and have not remarried (if remarried, include documents to show you are widowed, divorced, or legally separated from your wife/husband at the time you claim derived preference).

• Copy of marriage certificate
• Documentation to verify your spouse is in the armed forces on active duty (i.e., recent pay stub/leave and earnings statement with PII redacted, memorandum from the chain of command indicating current active military, copy of military service card).  All dated documentation provided must be dated no more than 30 days from the closing date of the announcement.
• SF-15, Application for 10-Point Veterans Preference

• RIF Notice
• SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action)
• Most recent performance plan with rating

 All transcripts (unofficial* or official)

*If selected, official transcripts will be required prior to appointment.

 A candidate with foreign education

Please refer to the section on Special Instructions for Foreign Education in the vacancy announcement.

Transcripts along with a copy of the letter (from an accredited private organization) containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing.

See Evaluation of Foreign Education for more details.

A disabled individual eligible for a Schedule A appointment

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Documentation issued from a licensed medical professional; a licensed vocational rehabilitation specialist; or any federal agency, state agency, or an agency of the District of Columbia or a US territory that issues or provides disability benefits.

The documentation must be signed, on official letterhead, and certify that the applicant is an individual with a severe physical, intellectual, or psychological disability that qualifies them for consideration under 5 CFR 213.3102 (u), Schedule A hiring authority, appointment for Persons with Disabilities.

• Transcripts (unofficial* or official) - Transcripts must show that you are currently enrolled as a student and display cumulative GPA.
• Proof of Enrollment: If you are not currently enrolled, you must submit proof of enrollment. For example, a letter from the registrar's office or acceptance letter from an accredited educational institution. The documentation must confirm the following: the degree/diploma program in which you have been accepted and that you will be enrolled on at least a half-time basis for the upcoming semester.

*If selected, official transcripts will be required prior to appointment.

• Transcripts (unofficial* or official) documenting completion of academic program. Completion of the academic program must be indicated on the transcript (e.g., degree conferred).
• Proof of completion of at least 640 hours of work experience acquired through the Internship Program
• Most recent performance plan with rating
• SF-50 *If selected, official transcripts will be required prior to appointment.

• Transcripts (unofficial* or official) documenting completion of academic program. Completion of the academic program must be indicated on the transcript (e.g., degree conferred).

*If selected, official transcripts will be required prior to appointment.