Actual Place of Residence Determination; GSA Form 5047

This form will be used to support the placement of individuals into positions in foreign areas, outside of the U.S., its territories or possessions. The information needed to complete the form is collected by human resources specialists within the Office of Human Resources Management (OHRM) who are processing civil service appointments of job candidates new to the agency or reassignments of existing GSA employees to positions abroad. The information collected is used to determine a job candidate’s “actual place of residence” in the U.S. which is an aspect of allowance and benefits determination for various Title 5 personnel and travel authorities (i.e., permanent change of station, renewal agreement travel, home leave and the 45-day leave accrual ceiling). All of these authorities are only available to permanent residents of the U.S. and are not available to “local hires” who are American expatriates who have severed ties with the U.S. and are permanent residents of the foreign country. This form is particularly helpful in the complicated situations of job candidates by agency transfer who are already living and working in the foreign country. In these situations, the continuing jurisdictional nexuses to the U.S. must be better understood and documented and additional supporting documentation is also necessary (i.e., job history and a transportation agreement from the losing agency promising return transportation to designated U.S. place of residence).

The latest form for Actual Place of Residence Determination; GSA Form 5047 expires 2027-06-30 and can be found here.