# Special Hiring Programs

We have specific hiring programs for veterans, people with disabilities, students, recent graduates and other applicants.

                    - Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA)                       - Selectees receive an excepted appointment with conversion to a career or career-conditional appointment after 2 years of satisfactory service.
                      - Appointments are up to the GS-11 paygrade level or equivalent.
                      - An established training program is required for veterans with less than 15 years of education.
                    - Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA)                       - Selectees receive a career or career-conditional appointment.
                      - Eligible veterans can be appointed under an internal agency announcement.
                      - Veterans are not accorded veteran preference.
                      - Candidates must be a preference-eligible or a veteran separated after 3 years of continuous active-duty service reformed under honorable conditions.
                    - Disabled Veterans (30% or More)                       - Candidates can be noncompetitively appointed to positions for which they qualify.
                      - Initial appointments for more than 60 days are time-limited.
                      - Selectees may be noncompetitively converted to a career or career-conditional appointment after demonstrating satisfactory performance.
                    - Additional Programs for Disabled Veterans                       - Operation Warfighter Program. Read more on the  Department of Homeland Security website .
                      - Non-Paid Work Experience Programs. Read more on the  Department of Veterans Affairs website .
                      - Coming Home to Work Program.
                    - Read more on the Office of Personnel website on  **Special Appointing Authorities for Veterans** .                       - Apply to available positions through  USAJOBS .

                    - Eligible individuals may be considered for any job opening until a selection is made.
                    - Selectees receive an initial 2-year appointment with possible conversion to a permanent appointment.
                    - Read details about requirements for eligibility on the  Office of Personnel Management (OPM) website .
                    - Apply to available positions through  USAJOBS .

                    - Eligible individuals may be considered for any job opening until a selection is made.
                    - Peace Corps volunteers  and AmeriCorps VISTA members have 1 year of noncompetitive eligibility. This eligibility may be extended up to 3 years for individuals who serve in the military, study at a recognized institution of higher learning, are selected and are undergoing a background investigation for employment with USCIS, or engage in another activity that USCIS determines warrants extension.                       - USCIS has authorized the extension of Peace Corps volunteer noncompetitive eligibility for an additional 2 years (for 3 years total) for those who completed their qualifying service on or after Jan. 1, 2020.
                    - Peace Corps employees have three years of noncompetitive eligibility.
                    - Apply to available positions through  USAJOBS .

                    - Three consecutive years of federal service qualifies you for lifetime  reinstatement eligibility .
                    - Less than 3 consecutive years of federal service qualifies you for 3 years of reinstatement eligibility.
                    - Preference-eligible veterans have lifetime reinstatement rights.
                    - Apply and compete as if you were a current federal employee for open positions on  USAJOBS .

                    - Eligible individuals may be considered for ANY job opening until a selection is made.
                    - Eligible individuals include:                       - Spouses of active-duty military members;
                      - Spouses of 100% disabled service members; and
                      - Un-remarried widows/widowers of service members deceased while on active duty.
                    - Read more on OPM’s website on the  special hiring authority for spouses of military members .
                    - Apply to available positions through  USAJOBS .

                    - The  Presidential Management Fellow Program  provides leadership development opportunities leading to a career in the government.
                    - Read about opportunities for  recent graduates of colleges and universities .
                    - Career internships  allow students to convert to a permanent position after they graduate.
                    - Temporary internships  promote the creativity of students who are part of our paid workforce.
                    - Student Volunteers can gain valuable work experience and fill credit requirements through various opportunities within USCIS.
                    - Apply to available positions through  USAJOBS .

06/16/2022

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