# Don’t Listen to Bad Advice on Clearance Applications **URL:** \ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**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")
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. --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/don-t-listen-to-bad-advice-on-clearance-applications/1581)._