How long does it take for the State OPM to accept your CPT promotion packet? How long has it been taking packets to move from OPM to Fed Rec?

2020-10-15T15:36:13-04:00

How long does it take for the State OPM to accept your promotion packet (1LT to CPT), usually? Also, how long has it been taking packets to move from OPM to Fed Rec recently? I was DA Select for CPT in September 2019 but couldn’t submit my packet until I came off of MND (back injury), which was this last Sept.

Any light that could be shed would be awesome. I hope everyone has been staying safe (and healthy).

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 15 at 2020 6:00 PM

2020-10-15T18:00:43-04:00

This might not help.

MILPER 20-340
Release of the Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) Reserve Component (RC), Army Reserve Active Guard Reserve (AR AGR), Army Reserve Non-Active Guard Reserve (AR NON-AGR), and Army National Guard of the United States (ARNGUS), Captain (CPT) Army Promotion List (APL), Fully Qualified Certification Process

states:

3. The Prepositioning Release date is 15 Oct 20. This information is "CLOSE HOLD" until the official release date. Trusted agents will take special care to ensure that procedures listed in The Adjutant General’s preposition memo are followed.

a. The official promotion list will be released at 0730 hours EDT, 20 Oct 20.

Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 15 at 2020 9:35 PM

2020-10-15T21:35:38-04:00

State OPMs submit all fed rec actions (appointments, branch, new branch, UVPs) monthly.
Assuming a packet gets to OPM with no errors, the longest it should be at OPM is 29 days.

“Awaiting Acceptance by OPM” sounds like a tracker step on your G1 SharePoint.
OPM would change that to "accepted by OPM" when they open it for review, and something like "sent to scroll" when they submit.

Cutoff for monthly submission is the 10th of the month (I think, it's been a while since I had to do one, but in CAARNG so we are talking about the same OPM), which would mean yours goes to to scroll 1-10 NOV.

And you have a very capable BDE S1 CPT at 79th. She will give you the straight answer pretty fast, and help you with any OPM issues.