Once you have sent the necessary documents to the Personnel Cabinet, the preference remains active. Therefore, you do not need to resubmit your documents.

Applicants who wish to claim Veterans’ Preference must submit the required documents to the Personnel Cabinet for review. However, in order to receive Interview Preference after submitting the required documentation, those applicants must also have submitted the required documentation on or prior to the advertisement closing date and meet minimum qualifications for the position in which they have applied.

For security reasons, it is not recommended that documents listing your Social Security Number be sent through email. Given the documents must list your Social Security Number to be processed, it is suggested they be faxed or mailed to the Personnel Cabinet.

You may submit the required documents to the following secure link here via a business request or FAX the appropriate documentation indicating an Honorable or General (Under Honorable Conditions) Discharge and other necessary records to Stuart Clark at 502.564.1823 or mail to:

Applicant, Veterans and Recruitment Branch

Attn: Stuart Clark

501 High Street, 1st Floor

Frankfort, KY 40601

Applicants will be notified by email once the preference has been assigned.

Applicants must submit a copy of the Service 2 or Member 4 (long form) that lists the Character of Service as Honorable or General (Under Honorable Conditions). The Member 1 version does not list this required information thus it cannot be used to grant the preference.

Applicants must submit the required document(s) to the Personnel Cabinet in order to be assigned Veterans’ Preference. Simply, selecting one of the Veterans options will not permit the candidate to receive this status.

This will depend on the number of applicants with Veterans’ Preference listed on the job register, who have submitted the required documentation on or prior to the advertisement closing date, and met the minimum qualifications for the job vacancy, which grants them with Interview Preference.

If there are more than five (5) applicants on the register identified as having Interview Preference, the hiring agency shall offer an interview to a minimum of five (5). However, it may offer interviews to more than five if it wishes. Should there be fewer than five (5) candidates entitled to Interview Preference on the register, the hiring agency shall offer an interview to those individuals.

Yes. The preference is available to those who are currently serving as well as those who have separated from the military.

Yes. Provided the Character of Service was Honorable or General (Under Honorable Conditions), former members of these components are not required to have been called to active duty or mobilized to receive the preference.

Yes. Provided the Character of Service was Honorable or General (Under Honorable Conditions), veterans are not required to have served during a time of war or conflict to receive the preference.