Posted on Aug 4, 2021
Will a photocopy of my DD214 work when I apply for jobs?
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I lost the original copy of my DD214 and I only have a photocopy that was scanned onto the cloud. Will that work with potential employers or do they require the real thing?
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I'm never giving an original anything to anyone. The ONLY time I did that was to get a passport, and as part of the SOP is return the originals.
The only employers that would even remotely require it are probably governmental employers, or employers supporting a Hire a Vet program, and at best only part of a VALIDATION process, not a evaluation process.
VERY few will know how to read between the lines on a D214.
Yes, a copy will do fine.
The only employers that would even remotely require it are probably governmental employers, or employers supporting a Hire a Vet program, and at best only part of a VALIDATION process, not a evaluation process.
VERY few will know how to read between the lines on a D214.
Yes, a copy will do fine.
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SSG Bill McCoy
I hired many veterans and the DD-214 can only be asked for, AFTER a job is actually offered - or at least that was the EEO Regs in the late 70's and through the 80's. You were allowed to ask about discharge, but in VERY specific language, i.e., "Do you have other than a Dishonorable Discharge?" [Yes, DIShonorable.] Of course the answer SHOULD be, "Yes," and hopefully add what kind. Seemed dumb that you couldn't just ask, "Do you have an Honorable Discharge?" or, "What kind of Discharge do you have?" But nope! EEO related questions have to be very specifically permitted.
All that said, AFTER hiring someone, you CAN ask for a copy of the DD-214 and if you find a hiree lied, that was cause for termination. One candidate had a Reenlistment Code (no longer on DD-214) that was, "RE-4" which meant NO reenlistment without a (unlikely) Waiver. We kept him on until he lied about damaging a vehicle and consequently then terminated him. Still, his Discharge was under Honorable conditions - he was actually illiterate and should have never been able to enlist in the Navy in the first place.
All that said, AFTER hiring someone, you CAN ask for a copy of the DD-214 and if you find a hiree lied, that was cause for termination. One candidate had a Reenlistment Code (no longer on DD-214) that was, "RE-4" which meant NO reenlistment without a (unlikely) Waiver. We kept him on until he lied about damaging a vehicle and consequently then terminated him. Still, his Discharge was under Honorable conditions - he was actually illiterate and should have never been able to enlist in the Navy in the first place.
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There ain't no such thing as "the real thing" anymore. I have mine on digits, and print or e-mail at will. If it is legible, and unaltered, you are good to go.
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You can always request a Official Copy from the National Personal Records Center in St Louis, Once it come in visit your Circuit Clerk at the County Courthouse and file it with them for free, From that point on a certified copy is always available to you free of charge at the Courthouse.... Problem solved forever!
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