# Submitting an Updated SF-86 is Required Every 5 Years for All Clearance Holders

**URL:** <https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/submitting-an-updated-sf-86-is-required-every-5-years-for-all-clearance-holders/21808>\
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**Created:** [March 2, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/submitting-an-updated-sf-86-is-required-every-5-years-for-all-clearance-holders/21808 "2026-03-02T17:38:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/marko/32/103_2.png) [@Marko](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Marko)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/submitting-an-updated-sf-86-is-required-every-5-years-for-all-clearance-holders/21808/1 "2026-03-02T17:38:08Z")

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Originally published at: [https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/submitting-an-updated-sf-86-is-required-every-5-years-for-all-clearance-holders/](https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/submitting-an-updated-sf-86-is-required-every-5-years-for-all-clearance-holders/)  
   
In the past, security clearance holders had to undergo a periodic reinvestigation every 5 years for Top Secret and 10 years for Secret. When the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) took over background investigations from the Office of Personnel Management, it gradually instituted continuous evaluation protocols to ween off having to conduct reinvestigations. Eventually,…

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**Author:** ![hoerschel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a6a055/32.png) [@hoerschel](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/hoerschel)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/submitting-an-updated-sf-86-is-required-every-5-years-for-all-clearance-holders/21808/2 "2026-03-12T20:24:51Z")

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Well, that’s interesting. However, it’s been more than 10 years since I was last advised to fill out an SF86 again and I’ve held a TS/SCI clearance ever since.

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**Author:** ![clearedrob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@clearedrob](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/clearedrob)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/submitting-an-updated-sf-86-is-required-every-5-years-for-all-clearance-holders/21808/3 "2026-03-12T20:48:07Z")

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Sounds like you have a lazy FSO 🙂

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**Author:** ![Marko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/marko/32/103_2.png) [@Marko](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Marko)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/submitting-an-updated-sf-86-is-required-every-5-years-for-all-clearance-holders/21808/4 "2026-03-12T21:37:51Z")

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Depends on what agency you are with,many of the non DoD and non IC agencies have not implemented the requirement yet.