# NACLC and Tier 3

**URL:** <https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/naclc-and-tier-3/1825>\
**Category:** SECURITY CLEARANCE Q&A\
**Created:** [August 8, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/naclc-and-tier-3/1825 "2017-08-08T01:17:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![smith57x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@smith57x](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/smith57x)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/naclc-and-tier-3/1825/1 "2017-08-08T01:17:24Z")

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Will current (\<10 year old) NACLC investigations remain valid once DOD rolls out the Tier 3 timeline? Or will everyone with an NACLC over 5 years old be required to resubmit for a Tier 3? I seem to remember a memo or something saying this was the case but was wondering if anyone knew. Thanks.

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**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:** [August 8, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/naclc-and-tier-3/1825/2 "2017-08-08T18:17:09Z")

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Do I know? I do not. Am I willing to speculate based on too many years of experience with similar issues? Sure.

Folks with the older NACLC will be “grandfathered” in, maybe have to submit a new eQIP, but I suspect it will be like getting a periodic update.

I’ll bet if such a person tried to move to a new position, they would have to get a new investigation. But as long as they stay put it will probably be OK.

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**Author:** ![smith57x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@smith57x](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/smith57x)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/naclc-and-tier-3/1825/3 "2017-08-08T21:05:10Z")

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Thanks, the reason I ask is that tons of people in the military all have NACLC’s/Secret Clearances and rolling out the Tier 3 timeline is (I imagine) going to make the backlog that much worse. I was curious if once they did it, people with NACLC’s greater than 5 years old would be invalidated overnight and would immediately have to renew, or if it would be a gradual phasing out of still valid but old NACLC’s.

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**Author:** ![datesnotrecalled](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@datesnotrecalled](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/datesnotrecalled)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 3:50am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/naclc-and-tier-3/1825/4 "2017-08-10T03:50:03Z")

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Tier 3’s have been in place for 1 1/2 to 2 years now. What I can say is every request for reinvestigation from the 2016 timeframe is a Tier 3. DoD will always be a considerable majority of any backlog.