Reply to: SC Clearance doom?

[Lance]

Not sure why the OP bothered resurrecting it either. Worthy of a ban? Haven't had a good one for awhile.

How often do you moan about never finding the outcome?
In the future maybe that should be ban worthy....

[Manic]

Not sure why the OP bothered resurrecting it either. Worthy of a ban? Haven't had a good one for awhile.

Oh come on, I love a happy ending.

[northernladuk]

Not noticed this thread was from 2015? And TheFaQQer is long Faqqed Off

Not sure why the OP bothered resurrecting it either. Worthy of a ban? Haven't had a good one for awhile.

[NotAllThere]

Blather

Not noticed this thread was from 2015? And TheFaQQer is long Faqqed Off

[malvolio]

As others have said - be honest with the forms. People make mistakes - but if you try to hide it (and they already know), then you'll never get clearance.

Some places have a different level of clearance, even within SC - a friend of mine got clearance for the MoD but couldn't get it with a police force when he moved from the MoD.

Don't resign, though - if you do that you'll have nothing. Stick with it, and hope you pass the clearance.

As I keep pointing out, clearance is a risk assessment for a specific role (or set of roles) or an organisation. Different sites may not accept the same risk factors (MOD vs Police being a classic example, they look for different things).

You can't second guess (and if we knew how we wouldn't tell you anyway!) so fill in the forms and see what happens. There is a separate section for criminal issues that are closely guarded within the vetting agency, so even if you fail, nobody will know outside the vetters (?) and the local SSO.

[WeThePeople]

Update

Update, a few years later.

I managed to get the SC clearance with that company.

I have since gone on to contract directly for several public sector departments.

All is well that ends well

[SueEllen]

Weird when I moved in girlfriend, I needed security clearance to avoid her losing her job, due to past clearance, and certain incidents in my past it took little over a week

But that was a private company that does work for the govt, rather than public sector numpties

Staffing across government varies at different times.

To answer the OP question if your job required security clearance then you would only be allowed to be employed once you got clearance.

Personally don't say anything to your manager as it could be used against you at a later date. Just answer the SC forms honestly.

[Platypus]

This is the dreaded first post.

Any reason you didn't read the SC clearance sticky at the top if this very sub forum? You'll see 100s of the same questions all with exactly the same answers and plenty of supporting discussion to help you. No point going over it all again.

um. QED?

[MicrosoftBob]

Weird when I moved in girlfriend, I needed security clearance to avoid her losing her job, due to past clearance, and certain incidents in my past it took little over a week

But that was a private company that does work for the govt, rather than public sector numpties

[MercladUK]

as has already been said, be open and honest and you should be ok.

Lots of government positions now only require Disclosure Scotland, like my current government role.

oh also forgot, your company will not see your criminal record declaration, only the vetting org.

[sal]

... but I'm worried first of all about how this will affect my current employment? Could I be sacked? suspended?? I'm absolutely dreading it, so much so that I'm considering leaving work before I complete the SC forms....

You will achieve nothing by leaving before completing the forms or waiting on the results. You should really discuss this with your manager.

[Bluenose]

Indeed, I just posted the same in the SC Clearance thread.

My application is 5 months and counting for a British National with previous SC Clearance.

[stek]

Dunno if it's true but the Clearance Officer here says she has a shed load of apps outstanding since last July, mine being one but I'm not holding out much hope for mine.

Still says 'In Progress...'

[TheFaQQer]

Any ideas what I should do?

Resign? or anything else?

As others have said - be honest with the forms. People make mistakes - but if you try to hide it (and they already know), then you'll never get clearance.

Some places have a different level of clearance, even within SC - a friend of mine got clearance for the MoD but couldn't get it with a police force when he moved from the MoD.

Don't resign, though - if you do that you'll have nothing. Stick with it, and hope you pass the clearance.

[BlasterBates]

You're actually more likely to fail if you are squeaky clean but once had a Russian or Chinese girlfriend, or perhaps spent an innocent weekend in Pakistan.

I imagine quite a lot of convictions wouldn't have any bearing on SC (just a guess ), whereas an unpaid debt might finish you off.

So there's no point in feeling guilty or bad because even people with an unblemished record can fail.

Just fill the thing out and be totally honest.