Today's DAR
We are pleased to announce that the Registrar General’s Department has developed a new approach to reviewing Supplemental Applications:
New Submissions
New Supplemental Applications, received after April 30, 2023, will be given a preliminary review and a decision will be made to
A. Accept the Supplemental(s) for review; OR
B. Return the Supplemental(s) and check based on the following criteria:
- Excess documentation
- Lack of residence/service
- Information missing from the lineage page (page 2 of the application form)
- Other circumstances indicating that the Supp will take longer than 2 hours to review
In the event that the Supplemental is returned, the entire Supplemental along with the documentation and check will be returned to the member for correction or editing. If you submitted more than one Supplemental Application with only 1 check, all of your Supplementals will be returned. You may re-submit the Supplementals without issues with proper payment.
Previously Submitted
Supplemental Applications from October 2021 to April 2023 will be sorted/prioritized as follows:
A1. Supplementals deemed to be properly prepared will be sent to the Tier A1 verification queue.
A2. Well-prepared Supplemental New Ancestors (those Patriots who have not been established by the DAR) and Different Child (children of the Patriot who have not been previously established), will be sent to the Tier A2 verification queue.
B. Those with excess documentation, lack of documentation, improper citations or other circumstances indicating that the paper will take longer than 2 hours to review, will be sent to the Tier B verification queue. These Supplementals will be reviewed after the monthly close-out.
When a Supplemental is sent to Tier B verification queue, the status in eMembership will change to “Tier B Supplemental” with the following explanation:
It has been determined that this Supplemental requires extra staff review time due to improper preparation, complex evidence, excess documentation or some other reason. It is being held in the office so that staff may review Supplementals that, in their judgment, require less review time. Thank you for your patience as we work to clear a large Supplemental Application backlog.
Please bear with us as we implement these new procedures. Our number one goal is to decrease the Supplemental turnaround time. Reviewing well-prepared Supplementals at the outset will assist us in achieving this goal.
We look forward to approving your Supplemental Application!
