# TS clearance for naturalized **URL:** \ **Category:** SECURITY CLEARANCE Q&A\ **Created:** [September 16, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/ts-clearance-for-naturalized/8337 "2019-09-16T21:54:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Damie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/damie/32/459_2.png) [@Damie](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Damie)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/ts-clearance-for-naturalized/8337/1 "2019-09-16T21:54:27Z")
Hi. I am a naturalized man from France. My profile is perfect to get a TS clearance except that for 30 days I went to the French police. I was in the equivalent of the royal guards in the UK. My job was just to show my fancy uniform and to also protect buildings. It was 15 years ago before I considered living in the USA. I went also to the USMC. Could I get a TS clearance ? ---
**Author:** ![sbusquirrel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/sbusquirrel/32/34_2.png) [@sbusquirrel](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/sbusquirrel)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/ts-clearance-for-naturalized/8337/2 "2019-09-16T22:41:03Z")
Maybe. Maybe not. Depends on many factors. One thing for sure, it may take longer for the investigation to complete than for someone who was not foreign born and who does not have extensive foreign contacts. ---
**Author:** ![BlueEyez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@BlueEyez](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/BlueEyez)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/ts-clearance-for-naturalized/8337/3 "2019-09-16T23:11:45Z")
I think they determine if you don’t lose your mind waiting for the clearance, you must be good… such anxiety!!! ---
**Author:** ![EdFarmerIII](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/edfarmeriii/32/122_2.png) [@EdFarmerIII](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/EdFarmerIII)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/ts-clearance-for-naturalized/8337/4 "2019-09-17T13:02:38Z")
Well . . . What happened that your service with the French police only lasted 30 days? Was this a national police force, similar to being in the military? Was it done to satisfy some sort of mandatory service? The “whys” are going to be every bit as important as the “whats” . . . ---
**Author:** ![subtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@subtone](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/subtone)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/ts-clearance-for-naturalized/8337/5 "2019-09-17T15:42:41Z")
Almost all of the naturalized US citizen had been denied interim clearance. ---
**Author:** ![Damie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/damie/32/459_2.png) [@Damie](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Damie)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/ts-clearance-for-naturalized/8337/6 "2019-09-17T15:42:42Z")
It was the national police force. It went to do a kind of externship in the reserve thats why i went for just 30 days. I was in the honor guards. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/ts-clearance-for-naturalized/8337/7 "2019-09-17T15:45:22Z")
This is not accurate information. Each applicant’s access decision is based on it’s own merits whether to grant interim or not until the investigation closes and a final determination is made. Naturalization is not a disqualifying factor.