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WHAT: Fingerprinting Appointment and Required Paperwork WHO:  Student WHEN: 6-12 weeks prior to rotation Please complete or obtain the following paperwork and bring to a walk-in

fingerprinting appointment at our Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Card Office (PIV Office is located at 5500 Armstrong Rd., Battle Creek, MI 49037, Building 24, Room 120/121 (documents

and map available on website) at your earliest convenience, 6-12 WEEKS PRIOR to VA start date. Walk in appointments for fingerprints are available Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. If

you have any questions about these requirements contact the PIV Office at or . A. Please bring the following REQUIRED to your fingerprinting appointment: 1. Two forms of ID (acceptable IDs

WOC) 2. VA Form OF-306 Dec for Fed Employment 3. PIV Form 4. Application for HPT VA Form 10-2850d B. Non-Citizens please bring the following: 1.  Proof of employment authorization issued by

the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service 2.  Current passport or visa 3.  Form I-20 Certificate of Eligibility or Form I-94 Arrival/Departure Report C.  Naturalized Citizens

please bring naturalization paperwork * *NOTE:  If you reside closer to Detroit, Ann Arbor, Saginaw, Iron Mountain, or if you don’t reside in Michigan - arrangements can be made for

"courtesy fingerprinting" at one of these locations. Nationwide PIV Card Office Locations - Office of Operations, Security, and Preparedness (va.gov). Call or for instructions. If

you reside near Grand Rapids, Big Rapids, or Lansing - the Battle Creek VA will be the closest fingerprint location for you. If you are completing your fingerprinting at another VA location:

* Call the phone number to the VA, dial 0 for the operator and ask for the fingerprinting department.  * Provide Battle Creek VA’s office identifiers at your appointment.  They are:  SON

1131, SOI VA77.  They will not be able to complete your appointment without these identifiers * Fax paperwork to Attn: WOC Team within two days of your courtesy fingerprint appointment

(paperwork is required 6-12 WEEKS PRIOR to your start date)  * Email the WOC Team at [email protected] when you have completed your fingerprint appointment Note: The fingerprint office is

closed on Federal holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day,

Thanksgiving, Christmas Day EXTENDED BACKGROUND CHECK:  Required only if your rotation will exceed 180 calendar days.  Please complete 6-12 weeks prior to your VA start date.  Contact the

WOC Team at [email protected] or to start the process for a full background investigation.