CBP officer

[buis02]

On your mark, get set, go..

Here are the locations in today's announcement:

CBP - Alaska, United States (Alaska, US)
CBP - Central East Coast, United States (Central East Coast, US)
CBP - East Texas, United States (East Texas, US)
CBP - Pacific, United States (Pacific, US)
CBP - West Coast, United States (West Coast , US)
CBP - Florida and Carribean, United States (Florida and the Caribbean, US)
CBP - Midwest US, United States (Midwest Region, US)
CBP - Northeast US, United States (Northeast Region, US)
CBP - Northwest US, United States (Northwest Northern Border Region, US)
CBP - Southeast US, United States (Southeast Region, US)
CBP - Southwest US, United States (Southwest Border Region, US)

Dib's on Pacific jk jk....

[lckyl16]

still no go...what the heck.

[lckyl16]

Now I can't log in to the opm applicant manager. Its like the link has been deleted. Wonder what they are working on. Anyone notice any lost link from USAJobs for the annoucement?

[Unite]

Will they let you switch your preference after you have a tsl? I ask because I would really like to get a seaport and with swb it seems unlikely, but with the west coast it seems possible. Also do they give out tsl based on your written score?

[Joyero]

hey thanks for the links...just finished applying and I am receiving the same error message as some of you guys. I thought it would have been fixed by now...It says to just press back button and resubmit so i'll try every 5 minutes or so...good luck to all hopefully we can get this settled..

btw, yea there is no direct link to opm from USAjobs...could it be that there are too many people applying? I mean atf and us marshalls had errors but not to this extent....

[lckyl16]

Just received an email From MHC; it seems the system is too busy. they recommend to apply in a day or two.

[Joyero]

damn lol, i've been waiting all month now an extra day?! lmao oh well i'll send them an email to see if my initial application went through if not i'll have to waiiiit.

[JJ1o87]

Just applied without any problems. Quick question though - I didn't have to submit my resume or any other documentation...That's normal I presume??

[Joyero]

Just applied without any problems. Quick question though - I didn't have to submit my resume or any other documentation...That's normal I presume??

Where did you apply through usajobs or
https://staffing.opm.gov/CBPO.

I just received an email from them stating to reapply on staffing.opm.gov however i still received an error at the end of the application...

[Waterpistola]

hope its not deliberate... :/

I told him to hold out, there may be more testing locations/dates offered soon. I was told I would be going to Philly as well then I logged onto the app manager. My options were Buffalo, Philly or Bangor...nothing remotely close to Boston. Maybe it is deliberate and it's how they weed people out?

[180Degrees]

Will they let you switch your preference after you have a tsl? I ask because I would really like to get a seaport and with swb it seems unlikely, but with the west coast it seems possible. Also do they give out tsl based on your written score?

You are not able to switch your preference once you receive a TSL. Also, tentative selection letters are sent out based on scores for your specific geo. preference, hence the reason they don't let you switch once you receive one.

[spazzbite11]

Hey JJ1o87, I was not directed to submit a resume, transcripts, dd214 etc. either. I was hoping I did not miss a step. However it seems everthing went through ok. I received a testing date and location. I will be bringing a copies of all my related documents to the test site though. I guess we'll wait and see.

[Unite]

You are not able to switch your preference once you receive a TSL. Also, tentative selection letters are sent out based on scores for your specific geo. preference, hence the reason they don't let you switch once you receive one.

So if I was to try to apply for the new opening I would have to retest, or they wouldnt even allow me to apply for it?

[Joyero]

I dont understand I just reapplied and received the same error...they emailed me and told me to reapply and still error....my friend from work, just applied and got through...WTF! lol...

[180Degrees]

So if I was to try to apply for the new opening I would have to retest, or they wouldnt even allow me to apply for it?

If your score was passing and still valid you wouldn't retest but you have to remember that you may not get a tentative selection letter with your score if you change your geo preference. I don't know what your score is and I couldn't say what the cutoff score would be for another geo preference but you certainly would be taking a chance.