# The United Kingdom Security Clearance Vetting Process

**URL:** <https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/the-united-kingdom-security-clearance-vetting-process/644>\
**Category:** SECURITY CLEARANCE NEWS\
**Created:** [March 27, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/the-united-kingdom-security-clearance-vetting-process/644 "2015-03-27T13:30:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/the-united-kingdom-security-clearance-vetting-process/644/1 "2015-03-27T13:30:00Z")

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Originally published at: [https://clearancejobsblog.com/united-kingdom-security-clearance-vetting-process/](https://clearancejobsblog.com/united-kingdom-security-clearance-vetting-process/)  
   
The United Kingdom, one of our closest allies, conducts security vetting much in the same way as the U.S. does in granting security clearances, but there are some differences in terminology and level of inquiries. The Defense Business Services (DBS) National Security Vetting (NSV) branch is their equivalent of our Office of Personnel Management and…