TooFr3Shh_
Newbie
Afternoon all,
I originally applied to join the Royal Navy as a Warfare Officer about 2 years ago, when I put in a joint application to the RN and the RAF (as a Pilot). I "failed" the medical on my hearing, which was at the level required for Pilot in the RAF, and never appealed as I started a decent civvy job the week before. For context, I was roughly 1-2db below or above the required ranking - I can't remember how it was scored, but I wasn't a million miles away. I had a private retest done more recently and was told I had absolutely no hearing loss at all.
I was getting a bit bored in my civvy job at the beginning of the year, so I got back in contact with my AFCO. I looked to restart an application to solely the RN, and if I were to fail the hearing test again, this time I would appeal. My original application was still open, but was shelved; they were basically waiting for an appeal that never came. The recruiter was happy to reopen my application and I just had to retake the medical. In a turn of fate I got promoted within my civvy job and it picked back up, so I withdrew my application before retaking any medical etc.
I now want to join the RNR as a General Duty Reserve Officer. I requested an application and when I logged into the recruitment portal I am greeted with my old application, which has the message "This application is no longer active and you are not yet allowed to reapply. Please come back on 16/07/2020 00:00:00". When I open this application it says I was rejected. Now I passed every step before the medical, and my recruiter never "rejected" my application, I withdrew it. I have no option to start an application for the RNR, and when I spoke to the navy recruitment office this morning they said there is sometimes a cool down between applications and to speak to my AFCO on Monday as they would be able to provide more specific information to my case.
I was just wondering if anyone else had encountered this issue? Am I seriously going to have to wait until 16th July next year to start an application for the RNR, when I withdrew my previous application off my own accord.....??
Thanks in advance for any replies!
I originally applied to join the Royal Navy as a Warfare Officer about 2 years ago, when I put in a joint application to the RN and the RAF (as a Pilot). I "failed" the medical on my hearing, which was at the level required for Pilot in the RAF, and never appealed as I started a decent civvy job the week before. For context, I was roughly 1-2db below or above the required ranking - I can't remember how it was scored, but I wasn't a million miles away. I had a private retest done more recently and was told I had absolutely no hearing loss at all.
I was getting a bit bored in my civvy job at the beginning of the year, so I got back in contact with my AFCO. I looked to restart an application to solely the RN, and if I were to fail the hearing test again, this time I would appeal. My original application was still open, but was shelved; they were basically waiting for an appeal that never came. The recruiter was happy to reopen my application and I just had to retake the medical. In a turn of fate I got promoted within my civvy job and it picked back up, so I withdrew my application before retaking any medical etc.
I now want to join the RNR as a General Duty Reserve Officer. I requested an application and when I logged into the recruitment portal I am greeted with my old application, which has the message "This application is no longer active and you are not yet allowed to reapply. Please come back on 16/07/2020 00:00:00". When I open this application it says I was rejected. Now I passed every step before the medical, and my recruiter never "rejected" my application, I withdrew it. I have no option to start an application for the RNR, and when I spoke to the navy recruitment office this morning they said there is sometimes a cool down between applications and to speak to my AFCO on Monday as they would be able to provide more specific information to my case.
I was just wondering if anyone else had encountered this issue? Am I seriously going to have to wait until 16th July next year to start an application for the RNR, when I withdrew my previous application off my own accord.....??
Thanks in advance for any replies!
