# Help! Rejection from an IC career **URL:** \ **Category:** SECURITY CLEARANCE Q&A\ **Created:** [April 7, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/help-rejection-from-an-ic-career/18364 "2024-04-07T18:26:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![znif](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b2d939/32.png) [@znif](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/znif)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/help-rejection-from-an-ic-career/18364/1 "2024-04-07T18:26:52Z")
Hia. I am a student, and I really want to get into a Cybersecurity / Computer Science position or internship at an intelligence agency. I have recently gotten semifinalist on one, but to my horror, after submitting my SF-86, I was denied because my processing would “take too long”. I am a dual citizen of an “enemy” nation and have a foreign contact (my grandma) as well as one visit to one of the nation’s allies (this summer). How can I ever get a job in that field? Am I doomed to never get a position due to my dual citizenship? Is there absolutely any way to apply earlier and receive a TS clearance for the position? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![clearedrob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@clearedrob](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/clearedrob)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/help-rejection-from-an-ic-career/18364/2 "2024-04-08T00:07:31Z")
Tough one. You might eventually get cleared but it would take a loonnng investigation. You do realize that there are cyber jobs that don’t require a clearance? Cyber is hot in the private sector as well. ---
**Author:** ![znif](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b2d939/32.png) [@znif](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/znif)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 10:09am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/help-rejection-from-an-ic-career/18364/3 "2024-04-08T10:09:11Z")
I know. However, I really want to work for the government and I believe that it’s a great way to make connections. The Cybersecurity world is incredibly hard to get into–no one wants to hire a cybersecurity specialist that hasn’t proven their worth. I believe a job (or even an internship) at an IC is my ticket to success. ---
**Author:** ![Waiting4FJO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@Waiting4FJO](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Waiting4FJO)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/help-rejection-from-an-ic-career/18364/4 "2024-04-08T16:39:51Z")
Are you willing to eventually renounce your other citizenship? Dual citizens have a tough time getting clearance for the type of work you’re talking about, regardless of which country it is with: [Dual Citizenship And Security Clearances - ClearanceJobs](https://news.clearancejobs.com/2010/09/29/dual-citizenship-and-security-clearances/) ---
**Author:** ![joeburmeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@joeburmeister](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/joeburmeister)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/help-rejection-from-an-ic-career/18364/5 "2024-04-18T20:33:37Z")
I had to renounce my NEW ZEALAND citizenship (NZ for crying out loud!!!) and it cost me over $700 and it took almost a year during the pandemic…and guewss what i was STILL terminated nor did I ever get my security clearance. I REGRET renouncing my NZ citizenship as i went home last christmas and I was offered an ad hoc job interview for an engineering position but because i had renouced I didn’t have right to work or stay in NZ anymore ☹ ---
**Author:** ![HR2C](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/hr2c/32/1719_2.png) [@HR2C](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/HR2C)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/help-rejection-from-an-ic-career/18364/6 "2024-04-20T00:13:29Z")
Oh wow. That really sucks. ---
**Author:** ![AntiPolygraph.org](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/antipolygraph.org/32/233_2.png) [@AntiPolygraph.org](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/AntiPolygraph.org)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2024, 8:26am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/help-rejection-from-an-ic-career/18364/7 "2024-04-20T08:26:08Z")
I wouldn’t pin my hopes on working in the intelligence field. However, if you’re seriously interested in cybersecurity and become proficient, you’ll likely have good employment prospects outside of intelligence work.