Correcting inadvertent errors

FSO
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This site has been extremely helpful so far but unfortunately I now need additional help hopefully from an actual investigator as to how to correct mistakes on SF-86 to show/prove it wasn’t on purpose and that I’m not trying to hide anything.

My military recruiter said I can’t correct anything now and “simply” tell them at the “security check”; That it shouldn’t be a big deal because it wasn’t a purposeful fun.

I put down all my employed positions but didn’t think to put down a couple isolated speaking engagements I got paid for (legal contract, taxed per law etc nothing to hide). I also did some moonlighting through a locum agency. Again I only thought to put my perm position. I also didn’t real a question right about having a saving account when I studied abroad. No it’s nothing spooky, my dad paid my way when I studied abroad and that is the only source of income…long since did away it after studying (talking 14 years ago). It was in Austria, not in Russia or something wild. I didn’t realize it was an “ever” question. But again, nothing to hide, just want to fix it so it doesn’t negatively affect things.

Finally, I’m already beating myself up enough for the the above mistakes. I operate on people for a living and have a dang good track record so I understand the importance of detail. I’m terribly embarrassed by my rushed errors.

My big thing is, how can it be that I cannot correct the issue now? I told my military recruiter and all but do I really need to wait until an interview? Will they allow me to fix things first as opposed to going right to asking me about them?

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Once your SF86 has been submitted you cannot go back in to make corrections. You were told correctly that at this point you will tell your investigator at your interview about the mistake and provide the correct information. You will be asked why this was not correctly reported on your security questionnaire and you will explain the reason which will go in the report. The report will also show whether you volunteered the information or if it was discovered from other sources and then you were confronted with the information. You are always given the chance to verify and confirm the information on the SF86 prior to a confrontation with developed information. While I cannot speculate as to how the mistakes look to an adjudicator, I can say as an investigator that these mistakes are not uncommon.