The ClearanceJobs site says, (among other things):
"Currently reinvestigations are required at 5-year intervals for Top Secret clearances, 10-year intervals for Secret clearances, and 15-year intervals for Confidential clearances. In December 2012 new Federal Investigative Standards were approved and are being phased in very gradually. "
OK, I had my PSI in January 2009 for a Secret clearance (for the DOS); I received the full clearance by the end of the month. It was active until July 2011, then it expired in July 2013 (24 months after). So, if a prospective employer wants to sponsor me for a clearance, does that mean it will be (relatively) faster for me to get my interim Secret clearance, as I do not need another PSI?
Negatron, I also had a clearance in 2009 and expired in 2011. Did not matter for my 2015 SF86, been waiting 2 years and I was denied Interim because of a few things on my credit.
If 24 months have elapsed since you last held an active clearance then a new investigation is required in order to grant access to classified information.
do you know how long it typically takes to get interim Secret? assuming you have good credit, haven’t killed anyone lately, or met with russian intelligence agents. ;~)
The rule of thumb is a clearance can easily be reinstated within two years of last being “active” as long as the investigation is still “in scope.”
Maybe they will let you just submit an SF-86C listing any changes since your last investigation. But you’ve probably worked other places since then, maybe moved, and heaven forfend you should have traveled overseas…
well, it’s been more than 2 years since my clearance was active, as i already said. and yes, i have traveled overseas. but that was when my clearance was active, and traveling overseas was a part of the job, which was why i needed the clearance. ;~)
Secret clearance with DoS with overseas assignment? I didn’t even know that was possible. I assumed all overseas assignment (excluding military) automatically required a TS due to continuous interactions with foreign nationals. Of course that is just my theory though
it’s all that was needed for building a us embassy . those that needed to get inside the scif after it was built needed t/s, but those were direct DOS employees.