Posted on Jun 19, 2017
How likely is it that I can get a secret clearance (to become a 25S in the Army) if my parents are not US citizens and live in Mexico?
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They both were born and live on Mexico, I myself used to live there, but I was born here in the U.S and have lived here for 4 years now. Neither of them work or have worked for the mexican government, I want to enlist as a 25S but my recruiter is unsure whether I'd get the clearance or not. Any thoughts?
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You should be fine. Go ahead and enlist. Worst case scenario you get denied. I'm a 25s currently. If you decide to bite the bullet feel free to pm me.
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I don't see an issue. My S-2 was from a former Soviet satellite country and her father was a 0-6 equivalent in the Russian Army. I had numerous Soldiers with security clearances that were naturalized Americans and their parents were not.
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SGT Dave Tracy
When I was OSUT training at Ft. Benning, our XO was Russian--accent as think as a Hollywood movie and all--but was naturalized, and being an officer he had clearance. It was rumored he was former Spetsnaz, but to the best of my knowledge, while he was tough as nails, that was just a rumor. I do know when we did our "clinch drill", he broke one guy's nose and another's bridgework! LOL!!!
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Nothing about your parents will come into play with regards to your clearance. Nothing they've done, said, or are. It's all on you.
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
SCPO (Join to see) - Exactly. I processed 170 clearances when I was the S2 in my first unit. I posted a story about a guy who was a holdover in basic because of his clearance. He had been there almost a year because of his parents and family being from and some living in Korea. He was going into intel too. They very much look at the nationality and citizenship of family members or it wouldn't be asked for on the form.
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The people who have never done BIs have no idea the level and depth to which we are required to look for "triggers" and hidden "red flags" in people's backgrounds. Truth is, I only found a couple in all my years, but they proved to be incredibly bad each time.
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SN Greg Wright
SCPO (Join to see) - Well, I'm certainly not going to argue with that kind of experience, Senior.
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