Hello,
This is my first post here. This Summer I finished my undergraduate degree and was one of the top members of my class. I was then approached by the University to undergo a PhD. The PhD would be funded by a top secret arm of the government and to do it I would need an SC clearance. This process begun at the very end of July of this year.
I was very honest on the form. I told them everything I could think of at the time. I will just tell you exactly what I told them at the time, obviously without revealing who I actually am.
I'm Male
I don't notice any immediate problems with my family. No criminal records etc.
I myself have never had any real problems with the law either. I have had a speeding ticket and I received a caution for driving the wrong way down a one way street (accidentally I might add). I forgot to declare this in my original form but I wrote to my sponsor about not including this information and that I wanted to formally declare this and they said it would be fine.
The only real problem I can see is that I have a foreign girlfriend from China who lives with me, which I declared. She's a student here. Could that be it? The work I would be involved with has nothing to do with foreign countries so I can't see that as a problem.
Financially, I obviously have student loans but I've never been in debt, had a ccj etc. I've never even taken out a loan apart from the incredibly standard student loan.
I know that just these small pieces of information are not a lot to go on [mod: ] if you feel there is something missing please leave me an enquiry. In particular, I want to know if people with experience in security clearance process think that the foreign girlfriend might be a problem, or if you feel that the late declaration of the speeding ticket and caution might be the problem. If you think this is relatively minor, perhaps it's something in my family that I don't know about. Working for this organisation is kind of a dream for me and I wonder if I can never ever get a clearance or if it's something I might be able to get in a few years.
I'm very grateful for any feedback on this, reiterating, I know that it's hard to deduce why I would be failed a clearance since you don't actually have access to what the vetting agency has access to.
This is my first post here. This Summer I finished my undergraduate degree and was one of the top members of my class. I was then approached by the University to undergo a PhD. The PhD would be funded by a top secret arm of the government and to do it I would need an SC clearance. This process begun at the very end of July of this year.
I was very honest on the form. I told them everything I could think of at the time. I will just tell you exactly what I told them at the time, obviously without revealing who I actually am.
I'm Male
I don't notice any immediate problems with my family. No criminal records etc.
I myself have never had any real problems with the law either. I have had a speeding ticket and I received a caution for driving the wrong way down a one way street (accidentally I might add). I forgot to declare this in my original form but I wrote to my sponsor about not including this information and that I wanted to formally declare this and they said it would be fine.
The only real problem I can see is that I have a foreign girlfriend from China who lives with me, which I declared. She's a student here. Could that be it? The work I would be involved with has nothing to do with foreign countries so I can't see that as a problem.
Financially, I obviously have student loans but I've never been in debt, had a ccj etc. I've never even taken out a loan apart from the incredibly standard student loan.
I know that just these small pieces of information are not a lot to go on [mod: ] if you feel there is something missing please leave me an enquiry. In particular, I want to know if people with experience in security clearance process think that the foreign girlfriend might be a problem, or if you feel that the late declaration of the speeding ticket and caution might be the problem. If you think this is relatively minor, perhaps it's something in my family that I don't know about. Working for this organisation is kind of a dream for me and I wonder if I can never ever get a clearance or if it's something I might be able to get in a few years.
I'm very grateful for any feedback on this, reiterating, I know that it's hard to deduce why I would be failed a clearance since you don't actually have access to what the vetting agency has access to.
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