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We are in group 3.

https://www.dodea.edu/Offices/PolicyAndLegislation/upload/14_PGRMD_021.pdf

September 8, 2014, changes the wording for the exceptions that I think occurred for those who had return packages with their current employment overseas.

Enclosure 2:

1. LQA OVERVIEW. Overseas allowances and post differentials (PD) are recruitment incentives for U.S. citizens living in the U.S. to accept federal employment in a foreign area. With the exception of post allowances (PA), overseas allowances and differentials are not automatic salary supplements or entitlements. Employees recruited in the U.S. for employment in foreign areas may be authorized an LQA and PD.

Enclosure 3: Eligibility

(1) To be LQA-eligible, individuals (including former Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) educators) returning to the U.S. from DoD employment overseas must ...See More
Teach8311 Yes, this is what we had read as well. However, the "applied date" is tricky. On USA jobs, this is clear-cut...when the application is submitted. However, all of us update our application in February each year. But that doesn't mean a referral or interview will follow. So would an application date be the referral for the specific position or the da...See More
May 12, 2020
Cordelia I certainly hope it's not the very first date a person applied. That would disqualify me for sure. But this wording also gives me hope as a teacher at an international school, as it doesn't reference others, only former Dod employees. "returning to the US from DoD employment overseas must physically reside..."

The other section in LQA Ove...See More
May 12, 2020
jgray1278 @Cordelia, I am also at an international school. I just received a tentative offer and filled out most of my paperwork. I turned in my LQA questionnaire a few days ago. I am hoping I am eligible for it. I will keep you all posted because I know this was an issue for a few of us on this board.
May 14, 2020


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