How could I verify my security clearance status after leaving service?

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:38:43 -0400

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 30 at 2017 3:39 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:39:39 -0400

You can look on HRC apps webpage. However, once it expires you can't renew it through the army.

Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 30 at 2017 5:46 PM

Sgt Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 17:46:48 -0400

I thought an individual cannot check the status on their clearance....... for purposes. It's not like there is a publicly available JPAS kiosk out there...

Response by PFC Alexander Oliveira made Mar 30 at 2017 6:11 PM

PFC Alexander Oliveira — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 18:11:36 -0400

I know this isn't the answer youre looking for, but you don't really need to. your clearance will bebrought up whenever you go into a job that requires it. mine was dug back up once I got my job and instead of waiting however long, a month or so, for verification, because I had one years ago I was good in 3 days. basically regardless of if its still valid or not, if you need it brought back up to be current, when you apply for a new job, they'll look into it and make it straight.

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Mar 30 at 2017 6:50 PM

CAPT Kevin B. — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 18:50:41 -0400

So much urban myth out there. When you leave MIL, your security office is required to cancel your clearance. If they don't, standby for the buttkicking on the next Security Audit. By definition, you have no security clearance sponsor, hence no clearance. If you go to work for the GOV or contractor for GOV work in which your new position requires a clearance, the new sponsor cognizant security office will process the new clearance request for you. Make no mistake, it will be a new clearance because the MIL one no longer exists. That you had a clearance previously for which the BI, SSBI, etc. shelf life is still good, then being granted a new one is much faster. There's far less pucker factor on interim clearances being done locally while waiting for the clearinghouse stuff to be done. Even during a MIL career, many SMs have their clearances turned on and off depending on whether or not their billet requires it. Especially true for SCI and higher. There's an ironclad process for debriefing, nondisclosures, etc. associated with it. Bottom line, the old clearance is gone, but the basis can still be valid, which is the key to getting a new one fast. Saw a comment about a 3-dayer. Sounds like an interim while the rest of the world caught up.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 4 at 2017 2:12 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 14:12:35 -0400

Go to your security manage before you leave and get a memo verifying your clearance. Then when you apply for jobs you can give them that. I'm not sure if people stay in JPAS after ETS or retirement. But I would think that civilian businesses or contractors could verify you held a clearance at some point.

Response by MSgt Ken "Airsoldier" Collins-Hardy made Apr 15 at 2017 12:26 AM

MSgt Ken "Airsoldier" Collins-Hardy — Sat, 15 Apr 2017 00:26:29 -0400

SGT Jacqueem Spratley – Ask a trusted agent with a JPAS (Joint Personnel Adjudication System) Account to help you. This person usually wears the hat of a Unit Security Manager as an additional duty. You'll need to give them your SSAN to check your clearance status.