# TS Adjudicated -- SCI still in adjudication?
**URL:** https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/ts-adjudicated-sci-still-in-adjudication/21718
**Category:** SECURITY CLEARANCE Q&A
**Created:** [January 28, 2026, 3:20am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/ts-adjudicated-sci-still-in-adjudication/21718 "2026-01-28T03:20:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@xXGunner989Xx](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/xXGunner989Xx)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 3:20am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/ts-adjudicated-sci-still-in-adjudication/21718/1 "2026-01-28T03:20:56Z")
I was recently adjudicated favorably for a Top Secret clearance (Tier 5 investigation). However, I was recently told that my SCI is still pending adjudication. Is it rare that TS would be favorably adjudicated before SCI? I feel like I usually hear cases of the adjudication being bundled together.
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### Author:  [@throwaway5445](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/throwaway5445)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/ts-adjudicated-sci-still-in-adjudication/21718/2 "2026-01-28T14:40:52Z")
Depends. My SCI came in about three weeks after favorable adjudication of my TS. That’s normal. How long have you been waiting?
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### Author:  [@xXGunner989Xx](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/xXGunner989Xx)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/ts-adjudicated-sci-still-in-adjudication/21718/3 "2026-01-28T15:08:39Z")
@throwaway5445 I was adjudicated for TS in mid December, so not that much time considering holidays and snow days factored in
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### Author:  [@SingleDigits](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/SingleDigits)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/ts-adjudicated-sci-still-in-adjudication/21718/4 "2026-01-28T16:00:45Z")
Apparently adjudicators are still working remotely during the snow days
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### Author:  [@sbusquirrel](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/sbusquirrel)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/ts-adjudicated-sci-still-in-adjudication/21718/5 "2026-01-28T22:26:17Z")
> [@xXGunner989Xx](#):
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> Is it rare that TS would be favorably adjudicated before SCI?
Not at all. In fact a few years ago my company was trying to see which path was faster, submitting first for the TS and then for SCI, or submitting for the SCI directly. It turned out to be a bit of a crap shoot.
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### Author:  [@SMCVA](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/SMCVA)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2026, 12:06am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/ts-adjudicated-sci-still-in-adjudication/21718/6 "2026-01-29T00:06:41Z")
If the adjudicators work on site (as the ones I know do) and the site is shut down (as they were yesterday and Monday) then no, adjudicators are not working. I do not know of adjudicators working remotely, but that is a possibility.
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### Author:  [@xXGunner989Xx](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/xXGunner989Xx)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2026, 12:12am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/ts-adjudicated-sci-still-in-adjudication/21718/7 "2026-01-29T00:12:56Z")
Gotcha. Well hopefully it won’t take much longer as I would assume they’re using all of the information collected for the TS for the SCI and it’s the same agency making the eligibility determination
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### Author:  [@sbusquirrel](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/sbusquirrel)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2026, 10:47pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/ts-adjudicated-sci-still-in-adjudication/21718/8 "2026-01-29T22:47:27Z")
> [@xXGunner989Xx](#):
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> I would assume they’re using all of the information collected for the TS for the SCI and it’s the same agency making the eligibility determination
True but it has to start all over again at the back of the line 🙂