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Anyone know how to find your previous background packets? HR? I tried eQuip or whatever page and my initial hire one isn’t on there. I wanted to have a paper copy again but my saved PDF is on my laptop that isn’t running right now.
Anyone know how to find your previous background packets? HR? I tried eQuip or whatever page and my initial hire one isn’t on there. I wanted to have a paper copy again but my saved PDF is on my laptop that isn’t running right now.
A big part of the security clearance is about being honest and being up to date with taxes. Besides dishonesty, bad finances and unpaid taxes are a close runner up for being rejected on your security clearance. I'd get your tax situation squared away just in case. It sucks to owe taxes I've been there, but not paying taxes is an easy to way get audited in future tax returns.Would it be an issue if I didnt file taxes during my years making working a minimum wage job. Typically I would either be owed small refunds federally or owe 4 or so dollars to the state in which case the state did not require me to pay by law since I owed under 15 so I didnt really see any point in filing them at the time.
You need to account for your complete work history with no gaps going back ten years or beginning at age 18, whichever is less. Any time that you weren't employed you have to mark as "unemployed" and list someone who can verify that. Probably easiest (and more accurate) to list the internship, whether paid or unpaid.My question is do I need to list a paid internship (stipend) as part of my work history?
Yes. The three personal references may get a scantron questionnaire sent to their address for them to fill out (and they may possibly be contacted for interviews, but more likely not).Also, do I need to ask my personal references for their address?
Thanks!You need to account for your complete work history with no gaps going back ten years or beginning at age 18, whichever is less. Any time that you weren't employed you have to mark as "unemployed" and list someone who can verify that. Probably easiest (and more accurate) to list the internship, whether paid or unpaid.
Yes. The three personal references may get a scantron questionnaire sent to their address for them to fill out (and they may possibly be contacted for interviews, but more likely not).
By itself, not likely to be an issue if they are complying with the payments.If anyone has some wisdom for a friend: if they were recently notified by the IRS that they owe taxes from a prior year and they voluntarily entered into a payment plan with the IRS to pay it off, would that be seen as a major demerit on a security clearance/background check?
You will be okay, I have extensive travel out of the country, including living abroad and am also married to a non-US citizen. Be prepared to put in legwork as your security questionnaire will require you to list all the dates you have ever been out of the country (in the last 7 or 10 years.) You will also most likely be singled out for a zoom video call with a special agent who will have you send copies of every passport page of every passport you have ever owned. Be prepared to answer questions concerning anyone who you have contact with on more than an acquaintance level that is not living in the US, such as their current occupation and level of involvement with foreign government. Also be prepared to list any foreign assets you have ever owned including any foreign bank accounts you have ever had access to and may have forgotten about from years back. My video interview was about 2.5 hours. Just start gathering all your info from travel outside the US now to get ahead of the ball. They aren't looking to disqualify you for life outside the US; you will just be looked at more closely.I read the whole thread and found many answers so thank you. I believe my situation is extreme. I lived in a foreign country from age 18 (started living there before age 18 but for the purposes of the form it will be from 18 to age 20. When I was a kid I was granted dual citizenship (therefore granting me a foreign passport) since both of my parents were born there. My wife is also from that country and remains in contact with her parents and brothers, she used to live there but we now live together. All of my immediate relatives live here in the U.S. I worked for an airline so I had great travel benefits and took advantage of them to see my girlfriend (now wife) very frequently. In total I had to make for sure more than 30 trips between 2017-2019 to that same country. Since age 20 I’ve maintained my foreign passport valid exclusively for the purposes of using a type of Global Entry present in some airports in that country, cutting the queue wait time from an hour to less than a minute.
Everything else in my credit/criminal/financial/work history is in excellent shape. I know this situation is highly likely to raise red flags and follow up with interviews and such but my question is (so I don’t get my hopes up) will these factors cause my security clearance to be denied and consequently destroy my chances of becoming a controller? I appreciate in advance anyone who read this comment.
What MM said. But holy cow is your SF-86 going to be a beast to fill out lol. Start gathering dates now.You will be okay, I have extensive travel out of the country, including living abroad and am also married to a non-US citizen. Be prepared to put in legwork as your security questionnaire will require you to list all the dates you have ever been out of the country (in the last 7 or 10 years.) You will also most likely be singled out for a zoom video call with a special agent who will have you send copies of every passport page of every passport you have ever owned. Be prepared to answer questions concerning anyone who you have contact with on more than an acquaintance level that is not living in the US, such as their current occupation and level of involvement with foreign government. Also be prepared to list any foreign assets you have ever owned including any foreign bank accounts you have ever had access to and may have forgotten about from years back. My video interview was about 2.5 hours. Just start gathering all your info from travel outside the US now to get ahead of the ball. They aren't looking to disqualify you for life outside the US; you will just be looked at more closely.
THANK YOU!! I will start preparing. Since my passports don’t really have much stamps (Global Entry here in the U.S and the similar type of global entry there) I’m not sure how to prove those trips. But I will state them by specific dates as I have them written down. I really appreciate your response!You will be okay, I have extensive travel out of the country, including living abroad and am also married to a non-US citizen. Be prepared to put in legwork as your security questionnaire will require you to list all the dates you have ever been out of the country (in the last 7 or 10 years.) You will also most likely be singled out for a zoom video call with a special agent who will have you send copies of every passport page of every passport you have ever owned. Be prepared to answer questions concerning anyone who you have contact with on more than an acquaintance level that is not living in the US, such as their current occupation and level of involvement with foreign government. Also be prepared to list any foreign assets you have ever owned including any foreign bank accounts you have ever had access to and may have forgotten about from years back. My video interview was about 2.5 hours. Just start gathering all your info from travel outside the US now to get ahead of the ball. They aren't looking to disqualify you for life outside the US; you will just be looked at more closely.
??. Will do for sure!What MM said. But holy cow is your SF-86 going to be a beast to fill out lol. Start gathering dates now.