PD5 forms on file date is which date?

• A. March 1
• B. January 1
• C. March 15
• D. April 1

Answer: (A)

The main idea is that the on-file date is the date the agency officially records the form in its system—the date of receipt and entry, not the date you mailed it or the postmark. For PD5 forms, this on-file date is the moment the form is received and logged by the agency, which then becomes the official timestamp used for record-keeping and deadlines. If the PD5 forms were received and entered on March 1, that is the date that goes into the official file. The other dates would only be correct if the form had actually been received and processed on those days, which is not the case here.