Correct, while a Clearance is valid for a fixed period of time (X years) it lapses irrespective of how long is left if you don't work for a List X or Government Agency for 12 continuous months.
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Through personal experience, sometimes even if you find a contract direct you need to go through an agency if they are on the 'approved' list.
So, in short, they take some poke for doing **** all
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It takes quite some time to get sorted too. I went through the SC process when I started my first contract for a MoD contractor and it took between three to four months to finally get the all clear.
Forms are very in depth too, the DV one is even more hardcore. But it's a very desirable thing to have, when I was looking a while back the agencies were really struggling to find people with DV clearance.Comment
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If they want you enough, they can get clearance quicker. Someone I work with says she got her DV through in about 8 weeks, which is significantly quicker than anything I've heard of.
By the way, you shouldn't be disclosing whether you've got clearance or not...Comment
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I thought that clearance was for one particular workplace. The agents say it lasts 12 months but when I asked the HR dept of my SC perm job they said it was no longer valid and was only for them, it was well below the 12 month limit discussed.Have Fun!Comment
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Either they were wrong or you were only BC (BPSS as it is now) cleared or you asked the wrong department. You need to talk to their Security team not HR really.Originally posted by Bomber View Post
SC and DV are most definitely portable from one List X company to another provided you've not exceeded 12 months outside of a security cleared environment.
The length of time to obtain clearance is largely down to how busy the DVA are at the time, I understand that currently it's typically 2-3 months for SC and 9-12 months for DV which is much more complicated and involved.Comment
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