Figure I’ll drop my secret timeline (DoD) so far.
Turned in eqip April 8
April 19 sent to USG
April 28 soft credit pull
April 29 Eligibility pending, no interim
First week May job verification letters
June 2 Investigator interview
June 25 FSO contact says investigation still open
No references contacted, etc. yet. I have non-recent red flags under H, G and I, and a toxic previous workplace that I left after finding a new job.
What kind of questions were asked for the Psych Eval, I am only assuming that is what it was.
Did you get your sci at the same time as your ts?
From my understanding SCI access is separate from the formal TS process and is under the local security office/commands jurisdiction for granting access. It is a separate process you’ll deal with after your eligibility has been determined.
I have been put in and have been completing the necessary paperwork whenever it trickles into my inbox. From my understanding it can be days to weeks.
Greetings! I heard today from my FSO that the T5 investigation has been completed by DCSA. When does it go to adjudication and how much time? A few weeks, I am guessing. I received a questionnaire from my FSO asking me to fill info about foreign information, etc. First time applicant, so wondered if any of you had thoughts on what is happening? Best regards.
You are correct that the adjudication phase comes next. As to how long that takes, who knows. Hard to get much insight into this part of the process.
There is no doubt some queue for cases to wait to be assigned to an adjudicator. I don’t know what the backlog is like now, but for a while there some observers (such as myself) speculated that there was some kind of triage where “simple” cases got pushed through first so they could try to make their numbers (complete 90% of cases within X days).
A few weeks would be fast, in my experience. But certainly possible.
Thank you sbusquirrel for the clarification. Still wondering what stage the questionnaire is sent out- is it during or before adjudicating? Might be agency-specific questionnaire too. Thanks again.
Questionnaire? Are you referring to the SF-86 which gets filled out (in most cases) on the eQip web site?
Don’t know what other questionnaire there might be.
No Sir, it is after investigation closed but agency-specific questions which to me seems to basically repeat the foreign questions section. A 4-letter Agency-specific questionnaire. I wonder if it is pre-adjudication or during or after? Thanks and sorry for not being specific. I don’t want to post the exact details, hope you understand. Thank you~
Oh I understand now. Yes, if you have foreign contacts some agencies want additional information and may even want an in-person interview.
Could be that the adjudicator wanted more info or it met whatever criteria they have for additional info.
Thank you, this is helpful. The entire process is a bit vague with waiting, waiting and waiting, for most candidates! 
Latest update:
November 22: Submitted SF86
Dec 22: More info requested
Jan 23: More info requested
March 23: Subject interview/poly/psych scheduled (travel required)
May 23: S.I./psych/poly 1 and 2.
June 23: poly 3 (passed).
Mid-June 23: Notified by investigator that my file will be sent to adjudication as soon as he
finishes the report.
Late June: Received two separate calls about one week apart from investigator with more questions.
1st week of July: Notified by one of my references that investigator reached out asking for a new reference. New reference was interviewed.
I’m assuming my file was given back to investigation by reviewers or adjudication for more info and another reference. It’s now been a couple of weeks since, so I’m hoping I’m in adjudication now and will hear something soon, but who knows…
This final portion has been more stressful than the earlier portions.
If the investigator had not yet finished his report, the complete package (including his piece and those from any other investigators involved) had to go through some level of review/quality control. Sometimes that phase uncovers some gaps which need to be filled in before your file can really be wrapped up and sent to adjudications.
Yes it gets a little nerve wracking at this point as there is usually no feedback until you get the final call. And if you do get a call after it goes to adjudications, it is a positive sign in that you know your case has actually been assigned and is no longer waiting in some queue.
Your investigator has no clue when you are being sent to adjudication so they shouldn’t be making such claims.
May 9 PAR denied.
May 10 requested info on denial, told it was excessive foreign contacts. Offered to cut contact with ~30 (of 47 or 48) of them, approved to resubmit.
July 20 PAR approved!
August 28 start date set.
7/20 Submitted SCI Prescreen
CLEARANCE GRANTED.
TS clearance, National Security:
EQIP submission: Nov 2022
Fingerprinting appointment: Nov 2022
Fingerprinting (not legible) re-do: Dec 2022
No reference checks, none contacted yet
Subject interview: Mar 15, 2023
First investigator quit; redo interview.
Neighbors and references contacted April 2023
Subject interview #2: May 12, 2023
additional reference #2 interviewed: May 28, 2023
Spouse interview: June 22, 2023
Investigation closed: July 10, 2023.
Clearance granted and drug test scheduled: July 18, 2023
Once drug testing completed, HR tells me they will issue the final offer letter, and hope to onboard in 1-2 weeks.
Law & Order as well as finance and other matters clean record.
Foreign contacts and some foreign assets. Born outside US, naturalized about 2 yrs ago.
HUGE THANK YOU to all the members of the forum that helped me navigate the process and reduce my anxiety. All the best to those waiting. Thanks again.
Are the timelines for Q2 2023 on this site in calendar or business days? I think I’m well outside the fastest 90% for investigation time now.
Pretty sure they said business days.
Ahh, I thought I saw that too, but I couldn’t find it when I was digging.