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A basic description of the Clearance process can be viewed here: http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=learn.howvol.stepstoapply.medandleg but
there are many variables.
Legal Clearance
The first step is a preliminary legal clearance. You will be asked to submit fingerprint cards and an authorization for a background check. This preliminary clearance is to check about your marital status, dependents, financial obligations, or other circumstances that could affect your eligibility. It is usually done prior to or shortly after your nomination. At this point you will receive a check mark in your toolkit and a statement that your initial legal review is complete and there are no legal holds on your account at this time. This does not mean legal clearance is complete.
The second phase of the legal clearance is a complete background check done by the FBI. This is not usually done until after you have received an invitation to serve in the Peace Corps.
A significant portion of the budget (I hear 40% or 30K$) for fielding a volunteer for two years is spent in paying the agency to investigate a candidate (the FBI loves the Peace Corps, free money).
Medical Clearance
There are actually three parts to the medical clearance process: a physical examination, an eye examination, and a dental examination.
Following your nomination you will be sent a "medical packet" with forms to be completed by your doctors. The contents of this packet will depend on how you answered the questions in your Health Status Review questionnaire that you filled out during the application process. The most basic packet consists of a 4 page form for medical, a form for dental, and a form for information from your eye exam. In addition, if you answered "yes" to any questions on your Health Status Review questionnaire, you will receive requests for additional information for those items.
Once your packet is completed you send it back to the Medical Office for review. You may be medically cleared at this point based on the information you submitted but it is also possible that they will request further information or more tests.
At some point they will decide they have enough information to make a determination about your medical status and they will then issue a medical clearance, a restricted medical clearance, a deferral of 3-36 months, or a medically not qualified status. A list of some medical conditions that may affect your clearance is available on their website.
there are many variables.
Legal Clearance
The first step is a preliminary legal clearance. You will be asked to submit fingerprint cards and an authorization for a background check. This preliminary clearance is to check about your marital status, dependents, financial obligations, or other circumstances that could affect your eligibility. It is usually done prior to or shortly after your nomination. At this point you will receive a check mark in your toolkit and a statement that your initial legal review is complete and there are no legal holds on your account at this time. This does not mean legal clearance is complete.
The second phase of the legal clearance is a complete background check done by the FBI. This is not usually done until after you have received an invitation to serve in the Peace Corps.
A significant portion of the budget (I hear 40% or 30K$) for fielding a volunteer for two years is spent in paying the agency to investigate a candidate (the FBI loves the Peace Corps, free money).
Medical Clearance
There are actually three parts to the medical clearance process: a physical examination, an eye examination, and a dental examination.
Following your nomination you will be sent a "medical packet" with forms to be completed by your doctors. The contents of this packet will depend on how you answered the questions in your Health Status Review questionnaire that you filled out during the application process. The most basic packet consists of a 4 page form for medical, a form for dental, and a form for information from your eye exam. In addition, if you answered "yes" to any questions on your Health Status Review questionnaire, you will receive requests for additional information for those items.
Once your packet is completed you send it back to the Medical Office for review. You may be medically cleared at this point based on the information you submitted but it is also possible that they will request further information or more tests.
At some point they will decide they have enough information to make a determination about your medical status and they will then issue a medical clearance, a restricted medical clearance, a deferral of 3-36 months, or a medically not qualified status. A list of some medical conditions that may affect your clearance is available on their website.
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Just some tips for helping to get through medical clearance:
If you are still a uni student, try going to the student clinic, its usually cheaper and faster. Go with your checklist and sit down with a nurse first to let her know everything that needs to be signed and all of the labs that need to be done. Make an appointment after that to actually have it all done. When you are doing the exam, remind them of everything, and before you leave the exam room, go back through the checklist and physical form. That way you dont have to keep coming back. I know it's redundant to keep checking, but trust me, you wont remember everything they need to do unless you are looking at the paperwork while they do it. Always get copies of everything, the labs, reciepts, results, and your PC forms. At the dental clinic, do the same thing and remember you need a copy of panorex AND bitewings (I forgot bitewings and I had to go back). Know ahead of time that impacted wisdom teeth need to come out for dental clearance. PC wont pay for it either. So dont wait for PC to tell you this, it will only extend your waiting time for dental clearance and placement. Do it now. Remember that Pc will check everything, leave nothing unchecked and nothing unsigned. |
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