Closing Date: 26th September, 2025
Description:
Job Description:This position is for intermittent employment of reemployed annuitant immigration judges only.
Individuals selected for the position of reemployed annuitant immigration judge must be a prior immigration judge with the skill set to perform the duties highlighted above. Reemployed annuitants may be eligible to receive a dual compensation waiver during their appointments, allowing them to receive their full annuity and full salary.
Reemployed Annuitants hired under this vacancy announcement will serve on a temporary appointment limited to one year or less with possible extension for one year with a new approved waiver request. This program is open to both CSRS and FERS retirees.
Immigration Judges preside in formal, quasi-judicial hearings. Proceedings before Immigration Judges include but are not limited to deportation, exclusion, removal, rescission, and bond. Immigration Judges make decisions which are final unless formally appealed. In connection with these proceedings, Immigration Judges exercise certain discretionary powers as provided by law, and are required to exercise independent judgment in reaching final decisions. Immigration Judges may also conduct video conference hearings. Additionally, Immigration Judges may be required to conduct hearings in penal institutions and other remote locations.
This is a non-supervisory position.
Qualifications:
In order to qualify for the Reemployed Annuitant Immigration Judge position, applicants must be former immigration judges who have retired from federal service. Applicants must provide a letter, indicating their interest, resume with their past experience as an immigration judge, the location(s) to which they would be willing to report on an intermittent basis to hear cases; last Standard Form 50 (retirement SF-50), and an Annuity Statement. Employment is contingent upon the completion and satisfactory adjudication of a background investigation. Selectee(s) must be able to maintain a public trust clearance.
