# Question for obtaining TS/SCI **URL:** \ **Category:** SECURITY CLEARANCE Q&A\ **Created:** [August 9, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/question-for-obtaining-ts-sci/4343 "2018-08-09T16:56:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rjtairborne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ba0ec/32.png) [@rjtairborne](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/rjtairborne)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/question-for-obtaining-ts-sci/4343/1 "2018-08-09T16:56:22Z")
How long does it take to get cleared? ---
**Author:** ![compsci36](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/compsci36/32/1380_2.png) [@compsci36](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/compsci36)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/question-for-obtaining-ts-sci/4343/2 "2018-09-13T00:32:21Z")
18-24 months on average May be longer depending on your investigation. ---
**Author:** ![rjtairborne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ba0ec/32.png) [@rjtairborne](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/rjtairborne)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/question-for-obtaining-ts-sci/4343/3 "2018-09-13T17:00:57Z")
My TS/SSBI OPM investigation closed exactly a month ago; now I am waiting DODCAF for a decision. So your experience says 90 days tops? Maybe 60 days left for me to get TS/SCI? ---
**Author:** ![EdFarmerIII](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/edfarmeriii/32/122_2.png) [@EdFarmerIII](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/EdFarmerIII)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/question-for-obtaining-ts-sci/4343/4 "2018-09-13T17:36:36Z")
Tops? Nobody can tell you that . . . I suggest that as a minimum but there are people here who have been waiting for two years. ---
**Author:** ![Waitingwaitingwaitin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ad7895/32.png) [@Waitingwaitingwaitin](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Waitingwaitingwaitin)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/question-for-obtaining-ts-sci/4343/5 "2018-09-13T21:45:19Z")
It depends, on you, the agency and a lot of factors, most of them outside of your control. My investigation has been closed for over a year, and I’m still waiting. Other people clear faster, some take a while to have the investigation get started but adjudicate quickly; others have a quick investigation but get stuck in adjudication. There are really a ton of variables. The whole process is very frustrating. With that said, the hard data shows us that DoD is roughly taking 18 months on average (note: average is not a median, as no one clears in days but some can take years), which probably puts a median around 9 to 12 months. ---
**Author:** ![bishop76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@bishop76](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/bishop76)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/question-for-obtaining-ts-sci/4343/6 "2018-09-13T23:02:15Z")
My SF-86 was submitted over 2 years ago and my investigation will have been open almost 2 years here soon. o telling when… ---
**Author:** ![compsci36](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/compsci36/32/1380_2.png) [@compsci36](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/compsci36)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/question-for-obtaining-ts-sci/4343/7 "2018-09-14T02:12:25Z")
I was adjudicated 7 days after investigation was approved.