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Reminder: Call for Third Wave of Applications for the FSFRC

Don’t forget to submit your application for the Foreign Service Family Reserve Corps  (FSFRC) if you meet the following requirements: 

• Employed at post under a Family Member Appointment (FMA) or Temporary (TEMP) Appointment at the time of application; or
• Currently in an Intermittent No Work Scheduled (INWS) status at the time of application, with a Not To Exceed (NTE) date between now and 2021; or
• Currently working in a Department of State Civil Service (CS) position domestically and are on your sponsoring employee’s travel orders (or other agency equivalent) to a post abroad with an upcoming transfer date within the next six months. The application will not be fully adjudicated until you depart your CS position. (Note: CS employees who are currently working under a DETO agreement or who have been placed in Leave Without Pay status and intend to return to their current CS position are not eligible for membership in the FSFRC.)

myData is the preferred application submission method. Those without access to OpenNet may download a fillable .pdf version of the application/declination form on the Internet: Application Form (DS-5137-A)  and Declination Form (DS-5137-D) (submit the completed form and any required attachments to FSFRC@state.gov). For more information, go the FSFRC webpage.