# Secret Clearance fall-off/update/renewal
**URL:** https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/secret-clearance-fall-off-update-renewal/1473
**Category:** SECURITY CLEARANCE Q&A
**Created:** [June 12, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/secret-clearance-fall-off-update-renewal/1473 "2017-06-12T23:57:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Bita](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Bita)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/secret-clearance-fall-off-update-renewal/1473/1 "2017-06-12T23:57:24Z")
Hopefully you can understand what I am trying to ask here…
I was awarded my TS clearance in Nov 2010 and worked for that job for 2 years (left this job Nov 2012). My next job only required a Secret clearance and I worked there from Nov 2012 - May 2017. I know the TS fell off because I wasn’t working with a job that required it. I took a new job this past May 2017 and the job only requires a Public trust. Does that mean my secret clearance will fall off in 2 years?
Also, the security officer at my new/current job (the job that I started this past May 2017) told me that my Secret clearance is up for an update come this Oct/Nov 2017 and that I would have to contact my company for the paperwork. So, when the clearance update does come around, does that mean I will not be able to have it updated because my current job only requires a Public Trust? I thought secret clearances needed to be updated every 10 years but he told me that it was now every 7 years.
If I am not able to have my Secret clearance updated this fall 2017 and I obtain a job with in the next two years (before my clearance falls off) that requires a Secret clearance, will that job do the update for me and make my clearance current?
Thanks in advance for the feedback.
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### Author:  [@Marko](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Marko)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/secret-clearance-fall-off-update-renewal/1473/2 "2017-06-15T20:46:49Z")
Once you left the position that you had the clearance for you should have been debriefed and your clearance inactivated. Reinvestigation timeline for all clearances are now 5 years, although DoD has not yet implemented this change. Public Trust positions are also every 5 years, so you will have to complete some type of background investigation regardless. If you move into a position requiring a clearance most likely you will undergo a new investigation to meet current standards.
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### Author:  [@egarner](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/egarner)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/secret-clearance-fall-off-update-renewal/1473/3 "2017-08-01T18:27:00Z")
Marko I was under the impression that if I left the DOD/ US Army on 3/2014 in which I worked as a contractor, my Secret clearance was good for 10 years was I wrong
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### Author:  [@Marko](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Marko)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/secret-clearance-fall-off-update-renewal/1473/4 "2017-08-01T21:28:04Z")
An agency or other cleared contractor can use your last investigation to request a clearance under reciprocity if it closed within the last five years and you have do not have more than 24 months since you last held an active clearance.