I am not sure if this was answered before i recently took 2 polys (jan 2017) 'because the first one was inconclusive on the second one all i was told was they would send it to quality control . This is for.CIA contacting position my sf 86 was submitted in April 16 and i met with the investigator and most of my references were contracted
My question is what happens next i haven’t got clear response from my FSO i assumed the poly is the last step before the adjucation fyi this is for a TS/SCI SSBI with full scope poly
Sounds like the background investigation was done and favorable, which is why you got to the polygraph. My guess is that it will get queued up for an adjudicator to review the poly results and make a final decision. Unknown how long that will take given the current state of government,
Marko is correct. I have seen waits of 5 to 6 months before getting the notification of “cleared” after the Poly’s. I can also tell you a wait of over 4 months can be followed with “you need to re-poly.” I had three employees take a third Poly, and one person had two Poly’s and follow up Interview. . Each was on a routine re-investigation of a full scope. You may even get a call from an adjudicator to simply “go over this one more time before I sign and push it off my desk.” 15 to 18 month waits are the norm for us right now for Full Scope with Poly.
“Sounds like the background investigation was done and favorable, which is why you got to the polygraph”. Is this always the case? I was scheduled for a poly and I haven’t had a single contact from an investigator and none of my references were contacted?
From my own experience with the agency in question, I had my interview with investigator about 4 days before my security appointments. Those were actually scheduled before the investigator made contact with me.
@smalltown I wouldnt worry so much about the order of things, as long as you are showing “actively processing” in the portal, you are good.
This is very interesting how everyone’s experience is different with the same organization. My process was the other way around. After filing my SF-86, I did my poly and medical. Then after a looong pause, I finally got an investigator assigned. The BI company sat on my file for at least two months before contacting me.
But anyway, I second @RandomMan’s comment here. Doesn’t matter what the order of events is as long as you’re processing and eventually make it to a successful onboarding. This is where I’m crossing fingers for everyone including myself.
This is similar for me. I’m one month post the 2-day..crickets but still “actively processing”.. this thread was super helpful. @DustKicker@RandomMan how long did adjudication take for you guys? And any timeframe on your BI did that move fast once they contacted you?
Okay this is massively helpful. Thank you so much. I also had a prior TS/SCI from DOD and DOS..hoping that speeds things along a bit. I know they fully start over but they did pull both those prior clearances which made sense.
For what it’s worth, might be anecdotal, but several people I know came in after me have reported even faster processing times than I experienced. Good luck, keep us posted.
One last question for you. Upon receiving an FJO - did you negotiate a final time on your initial GS/step offer? If so were you successful? And how far out from your FJO was your onboarding?
As long as you have supporting evidence and can back it up they have seemed willing. I rebuttled step pay and grade twice and one of them being hrs before I signed my FJO. Got pay plus step increase
I finished getting a cert before my FJO and was given a step increase, I have heard others negotiating one last time and getting a small bump. As far as EOD dates, I was given several options, one as soon as a few weeks lol, then basically 5+ more options that spanned a couple months.
They have, or at least had at the time, plenty of EOD date options to choose from. I ended up picking an EOD date about 2 months out, due to holidays and planning a long distance move.
@RandomMan do you have any updates? I’m hearing multiple people lost COEs today.
“Please note that this decision does not represent a security clearance denial. When filling out the Standard Form 86 in the future, you should note that you were not denied a security clearance for this specific position.”
If they aren’t getting security clearance denials are roles being cancelled?
I dont know any specifics on the current recruiting climate, there arent any freezes that im aware of. That sounds like suitability denials, not roles being cancelled, imo. I see new crops of candidates every day in passing, doing their processing.
@impromptu COE is Conditional Offer of Employment.