# My timeline (received secret clearance) **URL:** \ **Category:** SECURITY CLEARANCE Q&A\ **Created:** [October 31, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-received-secret-clearance/8942 "2019-10-31T22:07:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![subtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@subtone](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/subtone)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-received-secret-clearance/8942/1 "2019-10-31T22:07:08Z")
May-28-2019 : CJO [DoD Secret (contractor)] June-11-2019 : I submitted eQIP to DoDCAF. (Secret level, Tir 3 ) **July-03-2019 : Interim Clearance was granted** July-05-2019 : Background Investigation Open July-06-2019 : Credit Report Pulled out **July-3rd week-2019 : Interim clearance was withdrawn** July-12-2019 : The Investigator contacted my current supervisor and HR July-30-2019: Interview with investigator (150 minute) Aug-06-2019 : Phone with investigator (I was asked two things) Oct-26-2019 : Full Clearance was Granted This position is Defense Engineering Job position. It took 4.5 months (136 days). I’m naturalized US Citizen. No alcohol No drug, No crime I’m a naturalized US citizen. I’m foreign birth and came to United State for my Ph.D Study (mechanical engineering). My children and wife are U.S. citizens, and all other relatives are living in foreign country. I’ve worked in oil & gas industry until 2016, and got laid off in Jan 2016, I filed chapter 7 bankruptcy in Aug 2016, and discharged in Nov-2016. employer filed chapter 11 bankruptcy due to oil price crash. I got new job in Sep-2016. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Day](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Sunny\_Day](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Sunny_Day)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 1:24am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-received-secret-clearance/8942/2 "2019-11-01T01:24:32Z")
Fantastic!!! Congrats on the clearance. Nice to see it completed so quickly. ---
**Author:** ![subtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@subtone](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/subtone)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 10:58am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-received-secret-clearance/8942/3 "2019-11-01T10:58:26Z")
Thank you. I appreciate advice and information ---
**Author:** ![SemperFi1983](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/semperfi1983/32/1153_2.png) [@SemperFi1983](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/SemperFi1983)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-received-secret-clearance/8942/4 "2019-11-01T16:46:37Z")
Thanks for taking the time to discuss your timeline. ---
**Author:** ![opamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@opamp](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/opamp)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-received-secret-clearance/8942/5 "2019-11-01T21:09:40Z")
Nice, glad your process completed quickly. They granted you an interim and withdrew it in the same month? Strange! ---
**Author:** ![subtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@subtone](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/subtone)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-received-secret-clearance/8942/6 "2019-11-04T02:04:46Z")
granted interim before OPM investigation, withdrew as the OPM investigation began. ---
**Author:** ![VirileDOD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/cc9497/32.png) [@VirileDOD](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/VirileDOD)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-received-secret-clearance/8942/7 "2020-05-09T10:53:04Z")
Hey I’m surprised you got the interim. Did you list foreign contacts when you first submitted? I thought if someone has foreign contacts then interim will not be granted interim? ---
**Author:** ![subtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@subtone](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/subtone)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-received-secret-clearance/8942/8 "2020-05-11T22:28:03Z")
I did list all foreign contacts. I think most naturalized citizen were not granted interim. ---
**Author:** ![VirileDOD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/cc9497/32.png) [@VirileDOD](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/VirileDOD)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-received-secret-clearance/8942/9 "2020-05-12T11:34:36Z")
If you dont mind me asking. Do you have extensive foreign travel? When were you last outside USA? ---
**Author:** ![happy247](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/happy247/32/756_2.png) [@happy247](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/happy247)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 11:18am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-received-secret-clearance/8942/10 "2020-09-03T11:18:14Z")
How do you know your interim was denied? Do you get an email? I had submitted my eqip and fingerprint on Aug 10. I have an interview with a nbib special agent tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![VirileDOD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/cc9497/32.png) [@VirileDOD](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/VirileDOD)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-received-secret-clearance/8942/11 "2020-09-03T12:07:32Z")
The security officer at the company that applied the clearance for you will tell you. U could ask them. ---
**Author:** ![sbusquirrel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/sbusquirrel/32/34_2.png) [@sbusquirrel](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/sbusquirrel)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-received-secret-clearance/8942/12 "2020-09-03T13:58:53Z")
> [@happy247](#): > > How do you know your interim was denied? Do you get an email? You would find out if an interim was granted, or if an interim was later rescinded, but do they actually tell you that an interim is not granted? ---
**Author:** ![happy247](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/happy247/32/756_2.png) [@happy247](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/happy247)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-received-secret-clearance/8942/13 "2020-09-03T15:07:52Z")
I’ve applied for a govt position. I know the hiring supervisor was asking HR for an interim. But I didnt here anything about it. I’ve been reading through some of the discussions and found that would be denied interim because of your foreign contact. I have one and we live in the same house. My last foreign travel was back in 2007. Also trying to understand some of these timelines that ppl posts. When does the investigation opens? ---
**Author:** ![VirileDOD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/cc9497/32.png) [@VirileDOD](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/VirileDOD)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/my-timeline-received-secret-clearance/8942/14 "2020-09-03T16:44:17Z")
It really depends on the foreign travel. I was out of the country for 7 years right before going through clearance process. I got my interim in about a week. I think it depends on specifically what country and what kind of relationships you have.