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I am 20 I have both US and UK citizenship as well as a background living in the UK with family over there. I will renounce my UK citizenship as I suspect is required.
I understand my clearance process will probably take longer than usual. At the same time, I hope that they are able to determine my eligibility at MEPS as I do not want to suddenly be denied clearance and be reclassed to an MOS that I am not interested in working in for the next 4 years.
My recruiter is confident that I wont have any issues and I have heard that the security clearance guidelines set out by ODNI for dual nationals have been relaxed somewhat ,but I am unsure how uniformly these guidelines are followed.
How is the clearance process and how common are denials and holdovers after MEPS?
I understand my clearance process will probably take longer than usual. At the same time, I hope that they are able to determine my eligibility at MEPS as I do not want to suddenly be denied clearance and be reclassed to an MOS that I am not interested in working in for the next 4 years.
My recruiter is confident that I wont have any issues and I have heard that the security clearance guidelines set out by ODNI for dual nationals have been relaxed somewhat ,but I am unsure how uniformly these guidelines are followed.
How is the clearance process and how common are denials and holdovers after MEPS?
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Unless things have drastically changed since I retired MEPS doesn't issue clearances. You will go through the clearance submission process with your Command Security manager further down the line. They will help you with the forms and also breif you on any follow on requirements such as renouncing citizenship and things like that. Trust the process.
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John Marder
Ok, that makes sense, but do they have anyone that will do a brief overview of my situation and determine whether I'm likely to get denied , before I swear in? Because otherwise that is a significant gamble for me if I don't at least have a rough idea that I will pass.
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SSgt Christophe Murphy
John Marder - No, nobody will walk you through the clearance process at MEPs. The reason being that there isn't a Security Manager office or entity at MEPs. Anyone at MEPs trying to brief you on this is just doing it from memory and aren't operating in the official capacity of someone submitting clearances. You are overthinking this. You need to realize that clearances are pretty common. TS and TS/SCI are more on the rare side but Secret Clearances are pretty standard. With that said everyone goes through the Security Manager office and gets briefed and has their applications processed. You need to realize how common it is for dual citizens to come through. Short of you having close family ties to foreign intel threats I don't see much of an issue. Again, my information may be dated as I left the service a few years ago but I would be very surprised if MEPs is running clearances.
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MEPS won't give you a class seat for an MI MOS unless you qualify for an Interim TS. If OPM determines that you are safe to grant a TS to, then you will get the TS unless something something new is revealed in the investigation. When someone has to be reclassed out of MI because of their clearance it's almost always that they did something wrong or hid something
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