# My timeline for clearance **URL:** \ **Category:** SECURITY CLEARANCE Q&A\ **Created:** [March 6, 2018, 2:43am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-for-clearance/3072 "2018-03-06T02:43:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![khan007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@khan007](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/khan007)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 2:43am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-for-clearance/3072/1 "2018-03-06T02:43:31Z")
Submitted Equip on Dec 2017 Credit pulled next day Subject interview Jan 2018, 5 References and 4 employers met with investigator in person. Follow up interview Feb 2018 Investigation has been closed Feb 2018 Now waiting for the final clearance. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_gonzo1075](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/db5fbb/32.png) [@Mr\_gonzo1075](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Mr_gonzo1075)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 2:54am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-for-clearance/3072/2 "2018-03-06T02:54:02Z")
That was fast!!! Mine is going towards 3 years ---
**Author:** ![ausp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f475e1/32.png) [@ausp](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/ausp)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-for-clearance/3072/3 "2018-03-06T02:56:23Z")
That’s awesome! Best of luck to you! Seems like we have a pretty similar timeline. Eqip submitted Dec 2017, Subject interview Dec 2017, follow up interview Feb 2018 with a different investigator. I believe I am still pending investigation. ---
**Author:** ![dennym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@dennym](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/dennym)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-for-clearance/3072/4 "2018-03-06T10:32:00Z")
are you Fed or contractor? ---
**Author:** ![khan007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@khan007](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/khan007)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-for-clearance/3072/5 "2018-03-06T10:32:35Z")
Yeah we have similar timeline. I called today and I was told that my investigation has been closed on 26th Feb 2018. ---
**Author:** ![khan007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@khan007](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/khan007)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-for-clearance/3072/6 "2018-03-06T10:32:36Z")
Wow that’s insane. I never thought that clearance would take that much time. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_gonzo1075](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/db5fbb/32.png) [@Mr\_gonzo1075](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Mr_gonzo1075)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 12:22pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-for-clearance/3072/7 "2018-03-06T12:22:00Z")
Mine had a few stops in between. ---
**Author:** ![skynix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/skynix/32/139_2.png) [@skynix](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/skynix)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-for-clearance/3072/8 "2018-03-06T13:47:52Z")
I would be interested in knowing that you got the word investigation is closed by your investigator or by the FOIA hotline? If you got the words from your investigator, it might not be fully that the investigation is closed and just that his/her fieldwork is done and submitted. Mine said the same thing, but now might is still pending waiting for 3rd party records. It’s worthy to check the FOIA hotline again 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ausp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f475e1/32.png) [@ausp](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/ausp)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-for-clearance/3072/9 "2018-03-06T19:14:13Z")
I am assuming your clearance is expedited? Also, what type of clearance are getting? Public Trust, Secret, Top secret? ---
**Author:** ![khan007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@khan007](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/khan007)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-for-clearance/3072/10 "2018-03-06T19:14:15Z")
I called OPM FOIA line. ---
**Author:** ![khan007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@khan007](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/khan007)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-for-clearance/3072/11 "2018-03-06T19:14:16Z")
I am a DoD contractor. ---
**Author:** ![khan007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@khan007](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/khan007)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-for-clearance/3072/12 "2018-03-06T21:09:49Z")
It is for Secret… . ---
**Author:** ![khan007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@khan007](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/khan007)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-for-clearance/3072/13 "2018-03-06T21:11:01Z")
I don’t know. FSO did not tell me anything about expedition. ---
**Author:** ![skynix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/skynix/32/139_2.png) [@skynix](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/skynix)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-for-clearance/3072/14 "2018-03-07T18:22:12Z")
Somehow I start thinking it got something to do with the regional backlogs and the number of intevestigators available in that regions. Maybe some investigator can charm in here?! i.e. some of my friends are in the West Coast (CA, OR, WA) are waiting like 12months+ without an subject interview. I live in a military town in East Coast of the Carolinas, and my investigator was talking about the backlogs and somehow mine got pushed forward after transferred from the Midwest and I got the subject interview before my friend did in CA. Same T3, Also DoD Contractor. ---
**Author:** ![khan007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@khan007](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/khan007)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-for-clearance/3072/15 "2018-03-07T22:28:20Z")
That might be the reason. ---
**Author:** ![hud124](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hud124](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/hud124)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-for-clearance/3072/16 "2018-03-07T22:28:25Z")
This doesn’t sound like Secret unless they changed the rules? Most people I know didn’t have an investigator interview them let alone having the investigator meet with references/employers. Sounds like an SSBI. ---
**Author:** ![backgdinvestigator](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/backgdinvestigator/32/209_2.png) [@backgdinvestigator](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/backgdinvestigator)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 12:39am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-for-clearance/3072/17 "2018-03-08T00:39:31Z")
Secret clearances always had a Subject interview when there were “items of interest” (aka issues).They were called SPINs. Now days it seems everyone applying for security clearances has issues - financial, foreign contact, employment write ups, arrests, etc. ---
**Author:** ![khan007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@khan007](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/khan007)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-for-clearance/3072/18 "2018-03-08T03:52:27Z")
I was given a paper to sign and it says that my category is III for a linguist position which requires Top Secret/SCI but when I talked to my recruiter she told me that first I have to be in a category II which requires Secret and then it will be upgrade to category III but first I have to get a Secret to deploy so I dont know. ---
**Author:** ![khan007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@khan007](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/khan007)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-for-clearance/3072/19 "2018-03-08T03:52:38Z")
I never had any issues. My payments are on time and I have no criminal history at all. No drugs or anything like that. Investigator barely mention my foreign contacts. He was only asking casual questions. ---
**Author:** ![backgdinvestigator](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/backgdinvestigator/32/209_2.png) [@backgdinvestigator](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/backgdinvestigator)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-for-clearance/3072/20 "2018-03-08T14:40:12Z")
If you had a Subject interview for a T3 - there were issues. [Next page](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-for-clearance/3072.md?page=2)