I recently, 1-2 months, filed my e-quip for secret security clearance for a contingent job offer with a government contractor. This week I was contacted by the HR person for the company in question and they told me that I had been given a “no clearance decision” and that the offer was rescinded. They also provided me with an email address for further inquiries, which when I emailed replied that I had the wrong department and sent me to an article on the dcsa.mil website. That article also dead ended with them telling me to contact the HR/security person from the sponsoring company.
This was all 2 days ago and after some searching I read about SORs but I haven’t received one. I am a little panicked here so does anyone know when I will receive my official SOR? Is there a resource I can contact to see status on my application? The HR person has been less than helpful with followup questions.
As far as I know, if it is not a denial you will not get an SOR. It sounds like the agency only rescinded the offer and did not deny your clearance. It sucks but I promise you it is MUCH better than a denial for future applications.
I still think it is a denial as this was the direct quote from the email, 'I wanted to let you know we received a no clearance decision, which means they are no granting you a Secret clearance."
I don’t mind at all. This is my first foray into the clearance area so forgive me if I don’t know any acronyms but I have done weed like 5 times ever. The only other thing that might be flagged is my international travel for my last job. I spent 6 months in Japan, 2 months in Dubai, and 1 month in Saudi Arabia.
Yes to fingerprints and SF86(It was through e-quip). I don’t know if they didn’t sent the fingerprints as those were sent to the company, but i don’t have reason to believe that they didn’t.
Is there a way to know about the interim clearance or to just check my status at all? This feels very esoteric, and rightly so, but it seems excessive.
You know as I read this whole thread, I wonder if what really happened is the government decided not to grant you an INTERIM, and the employer decided to bail. Wouldnt be the first time.
The reason I say this is that you say you only submitted the forms 1-2 months ago, and that is way too fast for a final decision. However, it is about the timeline to learn you would not be granted in interim. Assuming this is correct, I suspect it was the travel to the Middle East and not the weed that would have caused them not to grant an interim.
And as somebody noted, this is NOT a clearance denial.
Would my sponsor company know this? How can I go about finding if it’s the case?
Also if it is the case that interim was denied, does my application still go through even though the job offer isn’t there? Would I have to restart the application if I got another job offer?