Documents You Will Need for Military Service
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Step 4: Meet the recruiter
Documents You Will Need
The armed forces application recruiting process inevitably brings mountains of paperwork with it. The older you are, the more you will have to do, as you will have more history behind you! Here is a list of some documents and items you should scrounge up to prepare. Ultimately, the speed with which you get in is largely determined by how fast you can complete the paperwork.
Things you might need:
- Driver’s License- National Insurance Number
- Visa or Identity Card (if applicable)
- Passport (if you have one)
- Birth certificate
- Marriage certificate or divorce papers (if applicable)
- Legal records (if needed)
- Credit report (if needed)
- Your school qualifications and/or degrees (if needed, the actual ones, NOT copies)
- CV
- Records, locations, and contact info of all places you have worked at over the past 5-10 years (if applicable) - References (officer applicants)
- Addresses where you have lived the past 7-10 years
- Travel dates and locations of any time you have traveled outside the European Union over the past approximately 10 years
- Copies of medical records for any significant conditions you may have had recently
- Awards / trophies / achievements, and proof thereof
This is a long list. It’s best if you first go through your paperwork, note down what you will need, and collect everything together BEFORE you actually begin filling out forms. And remember, be patient; everyone has to go through the same long process!
