Residential History
Provide full residential history for the past 10 years. No gaps should be present.
This information is used by regulators for a number of reasons, including completing background checks.
Applicants or licensees must list all addresses where they have resided for at lease the last 10 years, without gaps.
Thus, an individual could annually amend their residential history to include only the last 10 years and remove any addresses on NMLS more than 10 years ago.
Only the month and year are necessary to be provided in this section.
Servicemember or Veteran (Optional Field)
- Terminology Used for this Field
- Active Duty
- The term active duty means full-time duty in the active military service of the United States. Such term includes full-time training duty, annual training duty, and attendance, while in the active military service, at a school designated as a service school by law or by the Secretary of the military department concerned. Such term does not include full-time National Guard duty.1
- Armed Forces
- The term armed forces means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard. 2
- Servicemember
- The term servicemember means a member of the uniformed services, as that term is defined in Section 101 (a)(5) of Title 10 (Title 10 of the USC governs the military).3
- Uniformed Services
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The term uniformed services means —
- (A) the armed forces;
- (B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
- (C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.4
This field is optional and is provided in connection with the “Portability of Professional Licenses of Servicemembers and their Spouses” amendment to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA)5 and is provided to aid regulators in the implementation of the federal law.
- Active Duty Servicemember
- Spouse of Active Duty Servicemember
- Veteran
Documents required as proof of an individual’s military service and/or transfer orders must be uploaded as Servicemember documentation.