VETERANS’ PREFERENCE
Check appropriate item to claim Veterans' Preference. Documentation substantiating your claim
MUST be furnished at the time of application or your claim for veterans' preference will be
invalid.
1. A Veteran who has served duty in any branch of the Armed Forces who has a presently
existing service-connected disability 30% or more compensable under public laws administered
by the Veterans' Administration; or who is receiving compensation, disability retirement benefits,
or pension by reason of public laws administered by the Veterans' Administration and the
Department of Defense; or
2. The spouse of a veteran who cannot qualify for employment because of a total and
permanent disability, or the spouse of a veteran missing in action, captured or forcibly detained
or interned in line of duty by a foreign government of power; or
3. A veteran of any war who has served on active duty for at least one (l) day during the
wartime era, including but not limited to the following:
(a) Spanish-American War: April 21, l898 to July 4, l902;
(b) Mexican Border Period: May 9, l9l6 to April 5, l9l7;
(c) World War I: April 6, l9l7 to November 11, l9l8; extended to April l, l920, for
those veterans who served in Russia; also, extended through July l, l92l, for those
veterans who served after November 11, l9l8, and before July 2, l92l, provided
such veterans had at least 1 day of service between April 5, l9l7, and November l2,
l9l8;
(d) World War II: December 7, l94l, to December 3l, l946;
(e) Korean Conflict: June 27, l950, to January 3l, l955;
(f) Vietnam Era: February 28, 1961, to May 7, l975;
(g) Persian Gulf War: August 2, l990 and ending on the date thereafter prescribed by
Presidential proclamation or by law; or
4. The unmarried widow or widower of a veteran who died of a service-connected disability.
Have you claimed and been employed through Veterans' Preference since October l, l987? Yes
No If yes, give name of Employer:
Note: Under Florida law, preference in appointment and employment shall be given, by the State
and its political subdivisions, first to those persons included in #l and #2 above, and second to
those persons included under #3 and #4 above. If any applicant claiming a veterans' preference
for a vacant position is not selected for the position, they may file a complaint with the Division
of Veterans' Affairs, P. O. Box l437, St. Petersburg, Florida 3373l. A complaint shall be filed
within 2l days after notice of a hiring decision. If notice of a hiring decision is not given, a complaint
may be filed at any time.
Applicant's Full Name
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BRANCH OF SERVICE