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Local Benefits Provided to Veterans in the United States Virgin Islands
by: VI Office of Veterans Affairs
  1. Homestead Tax Exemption of up to $312.50 from the Real Property Tax Bill is offered to Veterans.

  2. Veterans home/land Loan is offered to Veterans who entered the Armed Forces while residing in the Virgin Islands.  This loan is a maximum of $110,000.00 at a low rate of 4%.

  3. Free Tuition is offered for attendance at local public educational institutions and at the University of the Virgin Islands.   This program is for Veterans who entered the Armed Forces while residing in the Virgin Islands.

  4. Decedent's Estates and Fiduciary Relation (Veterans Guardianship)

  5. 10-Points Preference added to Veterans score on Local Civil Service Examinations.

  6. Administrative Leave for Military Burial Attendance (with prior notification)

  7. Administrative Leave for temporary participation in military exercises.

  8. A Free Burial Plot, in Local Cemeteries is offered to Veterans who are residents and entered the Armed Forces while residing in the Virgin Islands.

  9. A maximum of $ 2,000.00 is reimbursed for Burial Expenses of a Veteran who entered the Armed Forces while residing in the Virgin Islands.

  10. Opportunity to acquire a Taxi Medallion, for Veterans who entered the Armed Forces while residing in the Virgin Islands.

  11. Free Emergency Ambulance Service, to all Veterans residing in the Virgin Islands.

 
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Last Reviewed On: 04/03/03
 
 
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