Has the time it takes for a crossover increased recently? I’ve never had a crossover take this long! FYSA: Crossover is simply to a new contract, same employer, same IC partner. Re-investigation completed end of March 2026. FSP only two years old.
How long has it been?
Almost 2 months. Most of my crossovers have taken 2-3 weeks.
Why are you getting a crossover if you are with same Agency already?
Because it’s a different contract.
Crossovers are for the agencies; going from one agency to another. If it’s just another contract at same agency, all they have to do is read you on to that program. Contracts don’t matter, the program does.
Not true. I’ve crossed over to different contracts/programs within the same agency and it’s usually 2 weeks TOPS. Even crossing over between agencies has never taken longer than a month. I’m just wondering if others are experiencing longer than usual crossover times. My company says yes. But I don’t trust them!
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You’re conflating 2 different things. Crossover just means that one agency is taking ownership of your clearance. Once they have it as in your case, then all you would need is to be read onto the program. One thing that could be delaying it could also be that only a certain amount of ppl are allowed on certain programs or projects. SAP access is one area that happens. Ask your company or just go to the Agency SSO since you are already on campus.
Crossovers occurs when your clearance is being transferred between databases, like DISS to Scattered Castles and vice versa. Whoever told you need new crossover for the same agency, employer, and IC partner, does not know what they are doing. You need a crossover if you were going from a DoW to an IC agency. On some occasions, there would be crossover between IC agencies in different departments, like going from NSA to FBI, but since you are with the same IC agency, this should not be an issue.
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As others here have already said, you should not need a cross-over. Ask the security dept why they’re doing that (if that’s what they’re actually doing). Sounds like someone goofed.
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I crossed over within less than 2 weeks from one contract to another for the same IC customer. They told me it’s called a “crossover”.
Whoever “they” is, they are mistaken. It’s only based on ownership of you clearance which means the agency.
THANK YOU! I feel seen! As a contractor, going from company to company or agency to agency or contract to contract with the same employer or agency, it’s always been called a crossover in my experience. That said, we just had someone crossover after 64 days at the same agency. I would love to know what is going on in that black hole!
I hear ya. But what YOU cannot deny is that crossover may be misused, but it still happened! Semantics aside, my original question remains unanswered: What is taking so long at the VA customer with crossovers or other clearance transfers (?) that do not take a full re-investigation or initial investigation. It seems to be the antithesis of “streamline”…
Could be that there isn’t space for you on that particular project. Certain projects can only have a small number of ppl read on.
No. That isn’t it. The rec is open and waiting for me to start… for 3 months…
Did you ask the SSO at the agency what the hold up is?
Length of a crossover depends on where your clearance is being crossed over from. From DISS to Scattered Castles takes up to 2 weeks. A DOE clearance to DoW usually takes a month. Anything to and from the FBI also takes about a month. If it is a VA customer, then it depends which agency it is going to. If they are all DoW agencies, then it should not take longer than 2 weeks. If it is from an independent agency to DoW and vice versa, then it should be taking longer than a month.
Here’s a possibility: is your employer a subcontractor on the new job? I’ve encountered cases where the prime contractor plays games with allocating billets to subcontractors.
The only other thing I can think of is a case where the contract is with one office of the customer but the billets/accesses belong to another office, and sometimes that can involve personality conflicts on the govt side 
These are just possibilities and may have absolutely nothing to do with your specific case. Anyway it does seem like it is taking a while