Sponser Will Not Transfer SC Clearance, Please Help

[SuPaStA]

I've been with this contract for nearly 18 months now, and it's been nearly three years since I left my last SC role, so can't comment.

Maybe recruiters are wising up to the fact that SC is no longer the closed shop that it used to be - if you can get SC done in a couple of weeks, then that opens up the market to a lot more competition.

I remember about 2 years ago people were taking months to get the clearance done but this may now have changed. Yep I'm not sure I'm going to take a rate cut just to ensure I'm still SC cleared, lots of other sectors are paying more.

[Bellona]

Apply for a job, tell them you have SC as that is true and make sure you give them the security controllers formal address, tel no. and email. If you get an offer then the agency/client will request the transfer, it will go through, they can't refuse.
Bear in mind that it lasts a year from the last list X employment. If you're now in a non SC role and then they might have removed from their list X people so you have a year to get something else.

HTH.

+1.
When you were cleared you will have received confirmation of clearance. If you have that then you are cleared, subject to the 1 year ListX rule.

Apply in good faith - agencies/sponsors will quickly tell you if there is a problem down the line.

Delaying now might mean you miss out on a role.