Authorization Form

An authorized traveler may be granted a travel advance for out-of-pocket travel expenses by the travel-authorizing official whenever 80 percent of the estimated expenses exceed exceeds $100. The minimum domestic advance is $100 when travelers checks are being issued.

The Joint Travel Regulation authorizes the payment of DLA in advance of your move. Rates are determined by Effective Date of PCS Order therefore if you're traveling near the end or beginning of the year you'll receive payment rate based on that date. Typically, it take 1 to weeks for DLA to be paid upon approval.

PCS Travel Advances Upon arrival, the travel voucher must be filed at your new installation after the move is completed. This money does not have to be repaid, if the proper paperwork is completed. It can go a long way toward paying the initial cost of setting up your household in the new location.

Current travel voucher turn around processing time is 5 business days. (Allow 3 - 5 business days for payment to deposit in your financial institution account once processing is complete.) Travel vouchers are processed in the order they are received.

The servicemember can get the appropriate forms from his or her original Finance Office before the PCS move takes place and can also get help filling out the necessary paperwork. It typically takes about thirty days from the time the paperwork is submitted to receive reimbursement.

Advanced pay is only processed within 30 days of your Entrance on Duty (EOD) date and you should receive payment approximately 2 weeks from submission. Current Non DLA employees or new employees that are going to a DLA positions will be processed upon arrival at new Duty Station.

Travel advances are payments made before a trip takes place. They can be cash to an employee or non-employee traveler or non-cash paid to vendors on behalf of employee or non-employee travelers. Travel advances are granted when the traveler does not qualify for, or does not yet have, a corporate card.

Arrears of Pay payments should be processed within 30-45 days of receiving the SF 1174 and supporting documentation. In some cases, particularly when there is not a designated beneficiary or when there are multiple beneficiaries, additional information or research is required.