I actually just looked over my email chain and it was 30 days from when I received SOR that the adjudicator first contacted me. It was about 41 days when I got final clearance after receiving SOR.
Thank you for taking time to reply. I will let you know the outcome.
Hello Iām about to submit my SOR on Monday due to unpaid debt. Iāve contacted all the reported debt, have receipts, and now I need to work on my response. Iām not sure what to put in it. Can someone help me out? Kinda desperate. Also, I have unpaid driving tickets that Iām not able to pay off at the moment. What should
I include in my SOR packet to show Iām working to pay them off but have no actual proof of any kind of installment or payment arrangement plan?
Tanya - The key is to be short and to the point, but explain yourself where necessary. Make the form look professional, your name and address in the upper corner, paragraphs broken down into sections explaining each point in the SOR. Admit to the debt if it is accurate, explain your payment plan to payoff and shortly explain why you incurred this debt and didnāt pay it off in a timely fashion. Attach any paperwork that supports those payments. If you donāt have paperwork from the credit company but have been making payments, attach copies of bank statements with the deductions being shown. If you have not started making any payments, explain why and what you plan to do in the future to take care of this debt.
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Ok thank you for that info. Very helpful. I do have another dilemma. I have several unpaid driving tickets that was also reported in the SOR. Iām not able to pay them all by Monday because the amount equals to over $1000. Any suggestions on what to submit to the SOR regarding these tickets?
Contact the court and enter into a payment plan in writing and start by making an initial payment, However, you should also address the root cause of WHY you have all these citations as it speaks to your failure to obey rules and regulations.
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Are you electing to have your hearing on the written record or in person. In my view, it makes a difference in how you present your evidence at this time. Generally, your response to the SOR is mostly for you to admit or deny each point in the paperwork. This is not where you mount your full defense.
The advice that you have been given above is useful, but you need to know that one thing that the lawyers will point out is that you havenāt taken these steps until the SOR was issued. So, if you donāt get the traffic ticket plan in place, explain where the tickets came from and what you plan to do about it.
I received a denial last week. What happens now? When and how will I get the SOR? Has anyone here had experience hiring an attorney for the response? Thanks in advance.
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It depends on what you were denied. What clearance were you going for? Was your clearance denied or did you fail suitability? What agency?
An attorney, at least a consult, is a great idea as long as you have rights to an appeal.
What type of denial did you receive? We need more information.
Enhanced Public Trust, DEA contract. One of my supervisors and I met with the Division ASAC who told me it had been denied.
All I was told was the investigation came back and āit was denied.ā Happened last week so I havenāt got the SOR and according to an attorney I emailed who specializes in this an SOR can take 4-6 weeks.
How long have you been working for the contract? Did they escort you off the premises? If you were working on an interim clearance or just waiting for a favorable adjudication, I do not think you have any appeal rights. Did the division ASAC provide you with next steps or just say, I am sorry that we cannot keep you on board because your Public Trust was denied. Did you have any opportunity to explain or clear up any concerns with the interviewer?
How long have you been working for the contract?
10 months.
Did they escort you off the premises?
No.
If you were working on an interim clearance or just waiting for a favorable adjudication, I do not think you have any appeal rights.
Are you sure? How is this different than other denials?
Did the division ASAC provide you with next steps or just say, I am sorry that we cannot keep you on board because your Public Trust was denied.
The latter. I did question about the SOR and said he didnāt know about that.
Did you have any opportunity to explain or clear up any concerns with the interviewer?
There were two interviewers because I was moved from my training location to my job location which was outside the firstās territory. All the second did was clarify one issue about the accidental mishandling of one classified piece of paper nine years ago which was incidentally beyond the scope of the seven year time frame. She didnāt seem to think much of it but I wonder.
I think what I am reading is that your continued employment was based upon your ability to obtain and retain the clearance. You were never cleared so the final job offer was rescinded.
If this is the case, you cannot appeal. This is the reason the ASAC did not know about the SOR. If you do get an SOR, which I doubt that you will, it will tell you why the agency did not grant your clearance. You will need to respond to each item and prove that your worthy of the clearance.
I think we need some more information about the enhanced public trust. I think you might mean high-risk public trust (Tier 4). If that is the case, it sounds like you were denied suitability review, not a security clearance eligibility. Agencies do not provide appeal rights with the suitability review. So, it is likely that you will not receive SOR. You should contact your companyās FSO to receive more information.
I emailed an attorney specializing in SORās. I asked āLast week I was denied a clearance and need your assistance in regards to the SOR. Can you please tell me how soon I should be getting the SOR and how to proceed? To the best of my knowledge it was a DEA / DOJ Enhanced Public Trust. Thank you.ā He responded āThank you for your email. The SOR should be forthcoming in 4-6 weeks. If it doesnāt arrive call me and we can take action.ā
The ASAC said specifically āthe clearance came back denied.ā
I have contacted the FSO but his auto response said heās TDY and will only have some email access.
When you say, āā¦I was denied a clearance,ā, I suspect that it probably triggered the generic response from the attorney. Most folks (not including security clearance attorneys and security clearance professionals) mistook public trust for a security clearance. The best person to ask will be your FSO. If you have a job offer letter, you can check and see.
Also, did you fill out SF-85 or SF-86? Public trust positions use SF-85 and national security positions use SF-86. However, some agencies do ārequireā SF-86 for public trust positions. Again, your job offer should specify this information.
Drew, It all depends on if you were on a temporary job offer contingent upon final clearance.
This is your answer. If you did not get a final job offer then no SOR with be coming.
Did you go through a lawyer?