Postpone Dependent Travel

Aug 7, 2021

Good morning! I hope that everyone is staying safe. I am currently with DoDEA in Japan and looking to apply for positions in Europe via USAJobs for hard to fill positions. My spouse is a DoDEA local hire teacher and we have children in high school. If I am selected for a position in another country, can I postpone my family's travel to the end of the school and go ahead of them? I did this when I accepted the job to Japan from the states, but wasn't sure if this was something that we could do here. I understand that we won't receive LQA for both locations if their travel is postponed, which is not a problem, but we are more focused on the postponement of their travel.

TIA for your guidance.

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Icanread I would assume the answer is no, as they would lose sofa status and then be in the country illegally, unless your spouse could get sofa status since he is a local hire.

Aug 7, 2021

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haha Agree that it could be problematic. But, I have seen/heard/read about similar issues going in the teacher's favor, so it could be possible. You would possibly have to make some kind of request for your local hire husband to have his own SOFA status for the time they are still in country which may or may not be granted. Possibly there is another way...See More

Aug 8, 2021

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HelpOthers It would seem that your Japan SOFA status would end when you are no longer employed in Japan and your family would have the 60 or 90 days (can't remember which) to either obtain a job proving SOFA status or leave the country. The DoDEA local hire position does not provide SOFA status. They may also lose their access to the military facility even du...See More

yesterday, 2021

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Cordelia I'd like to tag on to this question - can you postpone dependent travel if the family is in the US? I also have HS age children and may be in a similar situation. How does this affect your LQA? Thanks!

Aug 23, 2021

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haha Not an expert and/or have not done this personally. But, in general, yes you should be able to postpone dependent travel up to a certain time limit (vague on exactly what that limit is).

LQA is based on the number of dependents residing at post, so it may have some impact in that you sometimes need to add or take off dependents but it is g...See More

Aug 23, 2021

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