# Don’t Listen to Bad Advice on Clearance Applications

**URL:** <https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/don-t-listen-to-bad-advice-on-clearance-applications/1581>\
**Category:** SECURITY CLEARANCE Q&A\
**Created:** [July 3, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/don-t-listen-to-bad-advice-on-clearance-applications/1581 "2017-07-03T20:33:50Z")\
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**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:** [July 3, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/don-t-listen-to-bad-advice-on-clearance-applications/1581/1 "2017-07-03T20:33:50Z")

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Originally published at: [https://clearancejobsblog.com/dont-listen-to-bad-advice-on-clearance-applications/](https://clearancejobsblog.com/dont-listen-to-bad-advice-on-clearance-applications/)  
   
Security clearance applicants should beware of heeding advice that contradicts answering truthfully and providing full disclosure on the SF-86. Ultimately, it is you who will have to answer the mail when it comes out during the course of the investigation process. A defense contractor found this out the hard way when the Defense Office of…

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**Author:** ![TopSecret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@TopSecret](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/TopSecret)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/don-t-listen-to-bad-advice-on-clearance-applications/1581/2 "2017-07-09T18:35:27Z")

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Marko,  
Thank you for this article. There are so many complexities with the clearance process that is so easy to receive bad advice. I witnessed this first hand as my sponsoring agency told me not to include national foreign contact forms for individuals that are American/Dual Citizen. Before going to the background investigation, the investigator asked why I did not fill out the forms for the American/Dual citizens, and I told her that I was instructed not to. She made me fill one out. This doesn’t seem as bad as the situation in the article, but anyone can still look at it as I was trying to hide information. Its hard to know the do’s and dont’s of an application especially being a first time clearance applicant. Even more experienced applicants can be confused as the process and application seems to change regularly.