# Are You Experiencing Security Clearance Processing Delays? **URL:** \ **Category:** SECURITY CLEARANCE Q&A\ **Created:** [November 7, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/are-you-experiencing-security-clearance-processing-delays/640 "2016-11-07T19:00:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 50
**Author:** ![krazyk784](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/848f3c/32.png) [@krazyk784](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/krazyk784)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/are-you-experiencing-security-clearance-processing-delays/640/1000 "2017-12-21T19:25:12Z")
Let me know if that works! ---
**Author:** ![Marko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/marko/32/103_2.png) [@Marko](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Marko)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/are-you-experiencing-security-clearance-processing-delays/640/1001 "2017-12-21T22:26:38Z")
If you voluntarily want to post an email contact for the purpose of carrying on an offline communication then you can go ahead and do so, just be advised that user identities on the blog site are not verified and anyone, including foreign intelligence agents, can solicit you for information. ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@dan](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/are-you-experiencing-security-clearance-processing-delays/640/1002 "2017-12-22T02:14:04Z")
I’m still waiting for secret with a very clean background. Early May 2016: SF86 submitted September 2016: Interim Secret Nothing has happened since then, not even an interview. At this point I am actively looking for employment elsewhere, I shouldn’t have waited this long and I’m sure as hell not doing it again. ---
**Author:** ![bhushanrele](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a4c791/32.png) [@bhushanrele](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/bhushanrele)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/are-you-experiencing-security-clearance-processing-delays/640/1003 "2017-12-22T02:14:38Z")
> [@Marko](#): > > If you voluntarily want to post an email contact for the purpose of carrying on an offline communication then you can go ahead and do so, just be advised that user identities on the blog site are not verified and anyone, including foreign intelligence agents, can solicit you for information. Hi Marko, Is it possible for the forum moderators to change my username? my current username is a combination of my actual first and last name. i would like to change it to something that does not identify me. regards bhushan ---
**Author:** ![Marko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/marko/32/103_2.png) [@Marko](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Marko)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/are-you-experiencing-security-clearance-processing-delays/640/1004 "2017-12-22T02:16:30Z")
> [@Can I join the website clearance jobs (yes or no)](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/can-i-join-the-website-clearance-jobs-yes-or-no/2579/3): > > Call this number 1-800-947-3561 it is the site’s help support department. I explained everything to the person and they answered my questions/concerns. So I will keep waiting and hope to start sometime soon but based on the information I provided him (same as in my question) i am not eligible to join the site because my employment doesn’t start till my official first day of work at which the same time my clearance will become active frowning ---
**Author:** ![amj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amj](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/amj)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/are-you-experiencing-security-clearance-processing-delays/640/1005 "2017-12-24T01:21:23Z")
Dear Dan: I absolutely understand the frustration. You might consider writing a letter to one of your members of Congress–after waiting a year, I sent in a letter and was finally interviewed about two months later. I honestly have no idea if the letter made a difference, but it might have and it certainly didn’t hurt. If nothing else it can give you a sense of DOING something. ---
**Author:** ![Bazinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/34f0e0/32.png) [@Bazinga](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Bazinga)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/are-you-experiencing-security-clearance-processing-delays/640/1006 "2017-12-25T18:41:47Z")
Hey all, Merry Christmas for those celebrating. I too am experiencing delays with my secret clearance and was hoping to get a few questions answered about the process. My investigation was started mid march 2017, and I didn’t get any updates until I emailed my security officer in October and found out my interim had been denied (should have spent more time writing mitigating factors). Does the interim process run in tandem with the full review? Or does the full review start only when the interim has been decided? ---
**Author:** ![krazyk784](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/848f3c/32.png) [@krazyk784](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/krazyk784)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/are-you-experiencing-security-clearance-processing-delays/640/1007 "2017-12-27T18:19:42Z")
no it doesn’t/ I heard some people get their secret clearance denied and still received their clearance. ---
**Author:** ![krazyk784](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/848f3c/32.png) [@krazyk784](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/krazyk784)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/are-you-experiencing-security-clearance-processing-delays/640/1008 "2017-12-27T18:37:04Z")
I have had a similar experience. I speak Mandarin and some of my friends only speak Mandarin. its a pain and a lot of red tape. Just endure to the end. LOL that’s the best advice I can tell you! By the way you are lucky to even be contacted by an investigator. I submitted my SF86 back in March as well. 12/26/2017 is when I made an initial contact with my first investigator. ---
**Author:** ![AWoodhull](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/awoodhull/32/867_2.png) [@AWoodhull](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/AWoodhull)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/are-you-experiencing-security-clearance-processing-delays/640/1009 "2017-12-28T14:30:28Z")
Certainly, it sucks. I hope this will change down the road for the sake of non-English speaker applicants/references. Anyway, you are right, I am certainly lucky to be contacted this quick. I wonder if prior clearance and the agency play a factor. Anyway, good luck with your interview. ---
**Author:** ![EdFarmerIII](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/edfarmeriii/32/122_2.png) [@EdFarmerIII](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/EdFarmerIII)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/are-you-experiencing-security-clearance-processing-delays/640/1010 "2017-12-28T15:00:57Z")
> [@krazyk784](#): > > I speak Mandarin and some of my friends only speak Mandarin. Are these the people that you used as references on your SF-86? That may not have been the best choice . . . ---
**Author:** ![krazyk784](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/848f3c/32.png) [@krazyk784](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/krazyk784)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/are-you-experiencing-security-clearance-processing-delays/640/1011 "2017-12-28T19:16:54Z")
No but in my foreign section I had to list some of my friends. ---
**Author:** ![Smityj15](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Smityj15](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Smityj15)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/are-you-experiencing-security-clearance-processing-delays/640/1012 "2018-01-03T14:34:15Z")
Well everyone my journey has ended. After being denied an SSBI at dhs for smoking mj once I was approved last night to work for OPM with an SSBI. I got the email from my FSO that I was good to go with my training date. This was the quickest processing I think I have seen on this website. My Background was expedited and NBIB was quick and responsive the entire process getting me cleared within a month and a half. I want to thank everyone that was on the struggle bus with me and helped me fill out my 2 equips. It’s been a hell of a ride. Good luck to the rest of you, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Here is my process timeline, take in account that my investigation was “expedited” and I am relatively young. 3 years out of college age. Submitted Eqip: 11/20/17 Subject Interview 12/7/17 (Agents aggressively called and had in person interviews with 10 contacts within the 2 weeks after.) Silence during Holidays 1/2/18: FSO emailed me that I was cleared and to confirm training dates. CACI process for Investigations Case Reviewer. ---
**Author:** ![lmikelowrey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/lmikelowrey/32/110_2.png) [@lmikelowrey](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/lmikelowrey)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/are-you-experiencing-security-clearance-processing-delays/640/1013 "2018-01-03T14:47:06Z")
So, they do work during the holidays. 🙂 Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Panda94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@Panda94](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Panda94)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/are-you-experiencing-security-clearance-processing-delays/640/1014 "2018-01-04T01:31:21Z")
Quick question guys, any tips or advice about going to the interview with the investigator? I have mind in 2 days and I’m more nervous than concerned. This is my first time getting a clearance and maybe it’s just nerves. Timeline 8/10 sf86 submitted 12/18 contacted by NBIB 1/3 neighbors and parents interviewed 1/5 interview with investigator. ---
**Author:** ![sbusquirrel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/sbusquirrel/32/34_2.png) [@sbusquirrel](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/sbusquirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/are-you-experiencing-security-clearance-processing-delays/640/1015 "2018-01-04T01:41:01Z")
> [@Panda94](#): > > I’m more nervous than concerned. That’s probably right 😟 The only thing I can think of is that since there is a possibility the investigator might ask you to dig up some additional details that you may not have access to during the interview, have a pen and paper handy so you can write it down and make sure you get the right info But dont be disappointed if they don’t ask for anything ---
**Author:** ![EdFarmerIII](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/edfarmeriii/32/122_2.png) [@EdFarmerIII](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/EdFarmerIII)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/are-you-experiencing-security-clearance-processing-delays/640/1016 "2018-01-04T14:30:05Z")
I would also say that you might want to bring any documentation that you have for explanations that you put on your SF86. Review your form before you go and see what you might need to explain or be asked about. The more prepared you are the better. ---
**Author:** ![Panda94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@Panda94](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Panda94)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/are-you-experiencing-security-clearance-processing-delays/640/1017 "2018-01-04T14:44:26Z")
Thank you for the tip! I’ll definitely bring a notepad just in case. I was told by security officer the investigator wants to close out the case so hopefully they won’t need anything. ---
**Author:** ![AWoodhull](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/awoodhull/32/867_2.png) [@AWoodhull](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/AWoodhull)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/are-you-experiencing-security-clearance-processing-delays/640/1018 "2018-01-04T15:25:41Z")
Here are my suggestions along with comments: 1. Print a copy of your SF-86 and review it (yep, line by line, word for word). If you did not save it when you submitted it, you can get it from your security office or eQIP. You can also get it from OPM/NBIB via Privacy Act request, but it is doubtful that they will provide it to you by tomorrow. Have this copy will be a PLUS. 2. Print and review a copy of your credit report. Even if you have a perfect credit score or such, print it. You are legally entitled to a credit report on annual basis (you can find it via Google). If there are delinquent debts (those that are 60 days past due or sent to collections), you might want to take care of those IMMEDIATELY. In that case, get documentation of payment plans. 3. Print and review a copy of any court dispositions in areas where you live **AND** work including civil and traffic courts. You can find this information by going to the court’s webpage. Those are the three items I would advise you. Additionally, if you disclose any “adverse” or unfavorable information such as bankruptcy, tax penalties, domestic violence, etc… You might want to bring as much documentation as possible include your own writing of what happened. Be prepared to offer those documentation to the investigator more than once. Come prepared. I believe that investigators LOVE it when subject comes prepared for the interview. Finally, relax… it is not an inquisition. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Panda94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@Panda94](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Panda94)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/are-you-experiencing-security-clearance-processing-delays/640/1019 "2018-01-04T16:21:18Z")
Thank you as well! I was planning on reviewing the sf86 anyway. Luckily I don’t have civil or criminal issues, not even a speeding or parking ticket. I’m still a recent graduate so beside wonderful student loans, which are on track, I have no financial issues. I’ll definitely make sure I’m prepped and ready. [Previous page](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/are-you-experiencing-security-clearance-processing-delays/640.md?page=49) [Next page](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/are-you-experiencing-security-clearance-processing-delays/640.md?page=51)