Can I transfer previous public service, military service or leave to VRS?
You may be eligible to purchase time spent in previous public positions or on selected leaves of absence as credit in VRS: • If you have eligible prior public or federal service, active duty military service or VRS refunded service, you may be eligible to purchase this service as credit in VRS. • You may be eligible to transfer time spent on leave for active duty military service as credit in VRS at no cost to you. • If you were on approved educational leave or leave for the birth or adoption of a child while employed in a covered position, you may be eligible to purchase the time spent on this leave as credit in VRS. • If you worked for a non-VRS participating Virginia public employer with which VRS has a portability agreement, you may elect to transfer your retirement assets from your previous employer’s plan in order to purchase service credit in VRS. Your employer determines the amount that is eligible for transfer. VRS determines the amount of service credit the transferred assets
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