Background: my wife just graduated from a bachelor’s degree program and is going to be applying for a secret clearance and an interim clearance prior to starting. I was hoping to get some advice about the 3 scenarios below:
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During school, she had to quit her job because the hours wouldn’t be flexible enough for her engineering degree and classes. We also had several negative life events come up including her step-dad passing away and supporting her mom all on my income. I did as well as I could but was late on a good number of payments, including this year. For the form I think she can put mitigating factors, including that we have been working with creditors to get extensions or settle, she will be starting a job with a 100k salary to pay remaining things off quickly, there were unavoidable life events (death, loss of job, etc.) I’m also worried about the interview that there are a lot of details I took care of for her, and that she needs to study and get back up to speed on things that I was handling. I don’t want her saying “I don’t know” to be a negative impact.
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She used CBD Oil (0% THC) as directed by a doctor for stress. I know that you can’t guarantee that it’s actually 0%. When she started reading about clearances towards graduation and getting this offer, she stopped use ~1 month ago. I’m hoping that if she discloses this and the circumstances it won’t be an issue, just looking for feedback.
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My dad (her in-law) lives in upstate New York and has a girlfriend in Canada. Every day he goes to work in the US then drives to spend time with her. While this isn’t illegal per se, I think it seems very suspicious. She has effectively no contact with him and has only talked to him once in the past 2 years. Is anything regarding that situation cause for concern?