Border Patrol Agent

[madchiken]

GL-5 and 7 trainees get promoted to the next grade at six months, then every year after that. A GL-9 trainee must wait a year. The progression is 5, 7, 9, 11, 12 then step increses begin.

[cnublue18]

O2, BigPAt, and Madchiken your answers have been great. I have gotten a lot of good information from your responses to jtl323.

[bozo]

I just found out I passed my exam and I am waiting for my tentative selection letter/email.

Where exactly is the medical exam/PFT1 held at? Is it held near the location you selected for an interview? Is it held near your current address?

[sakuraba]

I received a TSL stating that I could not continue to be processed under financial issues and dishonesty. I only have student loans in good standing and I do not have any criminal history whatsoever. Anyone run into this problem?

[cnublue18]

How was your credit? Have you been late on loan payments? I'm assuming you were in background phase.

[geormar]

That's weird did they polygraph or do a background investigation on you yet?

[cnublue18]

I just found out I passed my exam and I am waiting for my tentative selection letiter/email.

Where exactly is the medical exam/PFT1 held at? Is it held near the location you selected for an interview? Is it held near your current address?

MHC has contracts with clinics for the med/pft all over the country. One will contact you near your current residence and you will do it there.

[sakuraba]

I wasn't in the background phase, I got my NOR a 4 weeks ago and I was waiting for the TO. My school loans are in good standing and I haven't had to start paying them back yet. I did a credit check through transunion and found that I have a 600 dollar debt to a physician for an emergency room visit. Is that enough to disqualify me?

[geormar]

Is the debt being managed by a collection agency?

[sakuraba]

yes, its still being managed by a collection agency. That could explain the financial issue but what about the dishonesty?

[cnublue18]

I wasn't in the background phase, I got my NOR a 4 weeks ago and I was waiting for the TO. My school loans are in good standing and I haven't had to start paying them back yet. I did a credit check through transunion and found that I have a 600 dollar debt to a physician for an emergency room visit. Is that enough to disqualify me?

It seems so...

[geormar]

It might be the reason why. It's probably the credit issues, the dishonesty portion probably is a generic response in their email that is tied to it when they send it out.

[Raidergx]

I call BS on this. They can't pull your credit until you sign an FCRA agreement. And that does not come until the equip and all that TSL2 stuff. Secondly I am pretty sure they don't start your background until after the oral board and Med 1 are complete and in good standing. Lastly they might have confused the application with another person I would follow up and make sure it is you, your too early in the process to get denied yet.

[sakuraba]

I sent them an email so trying to figure out whats going on. Hopefully this is just a misunderstanding.

[BF280]

Have you done your medical yet? I'm waiting on the medical

No, I have not completed my medical. Now that I have my OB scheduled that along with the PFT 1 and completed BI is all I'm lacking.