General Questions about Your Security Clearance

[mekwt]

I have looked/searched/read through all 23 pages of this sub-forum without finding a single topic pertaining to my question.

Will I have issues obtaining a secret security clearance for my MOS/SFAS etc; due to the fact I am married to a foreign national?

Background: I am MOS Q's as a 74D CRRNE Specialist which requires a secret clearance. Meaning I had a clearance during my last enlistment but wasnt married. I have mentioned my future intentions in my profile for more of a reference.

Thank you in advance

 

[Boon]

It doesn't matter what you hold really. It all comes down to who you are marrying, so you may or may not have issues.

 

[mekwt]

It doesn't matter what you hold really. It all comes down to who you are marrying, so you may or may not have issues.

Who I am marrying or what nationality my wife carries?

 

[Boon]

Probably both

 

[Marauder06]

Both. Let's start with the basics- what nationality is your wife?

 

[mekwt]

Kuwaiti, born in Saudi Arabia

 

[Florida173]

I know plenty of people in the intel industry married to foreign nationals. I used to think it would matter if I were to marry a foreign born national, but not anymore.

 

[mekwt]

thats great to know. appreciate the info guys.

 

[Marauder06]

Kuwaiti, born in Saudi Arabia

It's likely to be an issue, but it's not a show-stopper.

Just be completely up front and thorough when you do your paperwork, and it'll probably sort itself out. If they find out you obfuscated or omitted anything, or if your wife or her family is tied to something unsavory, you will have problems. Honesty is the best policy, and you're not the first person to have a foreign wife and still successfully get a TS.

 

[Marauder06]

Debt can cause problems with your clearance:

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/201...g-security-clearances-for-thousands-of-troops

“You can lose that security clearance if you have credit or debt issues,” said John E. Pickens III, executive director of VeteransPlus. “If you lose that clearance, you can become un-promotable or you can be taken from your assignment. And, ultimately, you can even receive a bad-conduct discharge.
“If you’re going to be entrusted with national security,” he added, “the military figures you’ve got to at least be able to pay your bills on time.

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[LimaOscarSierraTango]

Debt can cause problems with your clearance:

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/201...g-security-clearances-for-thousands-of-troops

I have a buddy that was commissioned for a few months and lost it because he couldn't get a secret clearance because of financial issues.

 

[ClobberinTime]

Just had my initial interview with my investigator today. I ship for BCT in just under two weeks, and was given the indication that my case might be adjudicated before MOS training.

Thank you for this thread; some of the links are out of date, but the info nonetheless is useful.

 

[Marauder06]

Let me know which links are out of date and I'll either update or delete them.

 

[ClobberinTime]

Let me know which links are out of date and I'll either update or delete them.

• Washington Post story just redirects to home
• OPM site, I get a document not found error after a redirect
• EPSQ remains hidden as mentioned in subsequent posts, though the USAREC link is still live and can be downloaded.

I am not trying to hijack your thread sir, but I thought I might pass these links on as well as the info may be relevant, should you see fit to add any of them:
Security Clearance FAQs (PDF)
Top 10 Reasons Security Clearance Applications are Rejected
Rebutting / Appealing process
PSAB
DOHA

 

[Atlas]

Interesting.

The advice given here on how to get a clearance versus that of my Recruiter are a hell of alot different.

 

[Marauder06]

Is your recruiter telling you to lie on your clearance application? That was an issue for the brother of an acquaintance of mine not too long ago.

 

[Brill]

Interesting.

The advice given here on how to get a clearance versus that of my Recruiter are a hell of alot different.

Honestly, unless the recruiter a 35-series, they probably don't really understand the ins/outs of the process.

 

[Marauder06]

• Washington Post story just redirects to home
• OPM site, I get a document not found error after a redirect
• EPSQ remains hidden as mentioned in subsequent posts, though the USAREC link is still live and can be downloaded.

I am not trying to hijack your thread sir, but I thought I might pass these links on as well as the info may be relevant, should you see fit to add any of them:

Security Clearance FAQs (PDF)
Top 10 Reasons Security Clearance Applications are Rejected
Rebutting / Appealing process
PSAB
DOHA

Thanks. Changes made.

 

[shidosan4]

EPSQ, is no longer used because EQIP website was emplimented to store an electronic copy of your SF 86, so that when you go to update the info in your SF86 you just log in to the EQIP Website and update, add or make changes to your previous SF86. So it saves you from having to fill in or find all that info that was on your last SF86.I don't recommend to keep trying to use EPSQ.

 

[savage24A]

I'm currently trying to reclass and my retention NCO says the first thing I need to do is the CI polygraph and then start my TS. My question is where do I go to start a CI poly? My unit s2 shop says they don't know and I've gone all over post to CID, and CI and nobody knows where to go.