DV Clearance has anyone recently been through it need advice please!!!

[DanielAnthony]

They also take a hair sample to do a drugs test, I think that goes back three months or longer if they take it from somewhere other than your head.

[Mr.Whippy]

They also take a hair sample to do a drugs test, I think that goes back three months or longer if they take it from somewhere other than your head.

They can go back 6-12 months I think with a hair sample..... and yes a short haircut will mean they'll take it from elsewhere.....

OP needs to be 100% honest about it and hope wherever he is being cleared for will forgive smack use in the last 6 months.... I imagine if it's doing 1st line helpdesk support at the FCO they may be more inclined to let it pass than if you're working at the MOD and sit in front of the big red "launch nukes" button....

[ExArmy]

Thanks Everyone

Hey Everyone thanks for all the advice much appreciated apart from the tit who wrote the 1st comment i will be getting a hair test for definite but like you all say be honest which i defo was going to be from the start honesty is the best policy i have nothing to hide from them and have no criminal convictions or financial issues etc

[ExArmy]

Ignore the above, he's talking bollocks for once....

Don't p!ss about with clearance. They are testing to see if you can be trusted with Top Secret material and aren't open to coercion, including by people threatening to talk about your drug-addled past ( ). Telling fibs is possibly not the best way to persuade them.

Chances are they know about it already (especially if you're ex military). They'll also be interviewing people about you and those people may not be as discrete as you may wish.

Be honest. They won't care, it may even work in your favour.

Thanks mate defo was my plan from the start i only ever done it once and was discusted with myself for it to be honest honesty is the best policy

[BolshieBastard]

Where in any of his explaination does he mention getting done for anything?

He doesnt but he might not have disclosed it in his post!

And I know for a fact G4S have exemption regarding spent convictions which people including the OP may not be aware of.

Are you in a grump or something!?

[Mr.Whippy]

And I know for a fact G4S have exemption regarding spent convictions which people including the OP may not be aware of.

Exemption from what exactly?

[escapeUK]

They'll look into your friends and family as well, so if there is anything there, then it's best to come clean early rather than fail later.

Really, how would they know who my friends are exactly?

[northernladuk]

Having bad day and talking more bullox than normal. Ignore me

[Mr.Whippy]

Really, how would they know who my friends are exactly?

Because perhaps you have to provide non-work related references, i.e. friends... who have known you for 10 years?

[escapeUK]

Because perhaps you have to provide non-work related references, i.e. friends... who have known you for 10 years?

Oh so you just provide the ones that are fine and leave the dodgy ones out. Though thinking about it, I dont have any friends Ive known for more than 10 years.