Persons who may be eligible for non-competitive appointment eligibility include:
- A VRA or Veteran's Readjustment Appointment eligible. This is
someone who served in the military for a period of more than 180 days
active duty, all or part of which occurred after August 4, 1964, and was
discharged under other than dishonorable conditions.
- Veterans who are 30% or more disabled.
- Peace Corps or VISTA volunteers who left the service within the last
year.
- Certain present and former Foreign Service employees who were
appointed under the authority of the Foreign Service Act of 1946.
- Certain former overseas Federal employees and/or their family members
who seek appointment within three years of their return to U.S.
- Certain National Guard Technicians involuntarily separated within the
last year.
- Persons with disabilities who are severely physically disabled or
mentally impaired.
- Veterans eligible for Veterans' Preference.
- Veterans who have been separated from the armed forces under honorable
conditions after 3 years or more of continuous service.
- Certain employees displaced from the District of Columbia,
Department of Corrections.