Forum:Wheres My Bonus Talent?

Currently playing on my lvl 19 vanguard, and just earned the 150 kills with pistol achievment. After reading up on bonus talents i go to make another char, but its not showing me any bonus talent screen. i thought maybe bcuz i only earned 1 it would b automatically on. but that isnt the case either. ive tried 3 different times make a char without any luck. ive read that you "dont" need to beat the game to use the bonus talent. if that the case then ive hit a wall. can someone plz lemme know what im doing wrong here.