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Applying for Security Clearance While on Probation...

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MrHazmat:
The most important thing is DO NOT LIE on your application. If you are going for L or Q they will find out EVERYTHING about you.

Already Gone:
Not only will they find out everything, but they expect you to tell them everything too.  Don't rely on the fact that an arrest or conviction has been "expunged."  Tell them about it anyway, because they can get that information in most cases.  It might seem like splitting hairs, but when the questionaire asks "have you been arrested or convicted....?"  it is NOT asking "are there any arrests or convictions on your record?"  The difference might seem like semantics to you, but it can bite you.  You are expected to tell the truth regardless of whether it will show up on your record.  Failure to disclose a conviction or arrest is more serious than whatever offense you got arrested for in the first place.  So, you're better off listing everything.
Depending on the type of clearance, they may investigate you by going out and interviewing people who knew you years ago.  An arrest can get expunged from your police record, but not from the memory of the guy whose nose you broke.

ravish:

--- Quote from: Beer Court on Jul 29, 2005, 06:55 ---An arrest can get expunged from your police record, but not from the memory of the guy whose nose you broke.

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Ah, that would be battery!

alphadude:
you can apply all you want but dont expect any Q or L within a year or so. unless you have skills that are very important, dont count on it. now if you are in the union you may get some assistance there. in your case the FBI will be all over your neighborhood asking questions-only if the employer wants you real bad.  for powerplants you stand a good chance of getting in.  however in either case your mental assets will be looked at- Are you going to go postal in a power plant?

ravish:

--- Quote from: alphadude on Jul 29, 2005, 10:22 ---you can apply all you want but dont expect any Q or L within a year or so. unless you have skills that are very important, dont count on it. now if you are in the union you may get some assistance there. in your case the FBI will be all over your neighborhood asking questions-only if the employer wants you real bad.  for powerplants you stand a good chance of getting in.  however in either case your mental assets will be looked at- Are you going to go postal in a power plant?

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What about a TS/SCI clearance?  Never mind the DOE clearances.

But, are you implying that they would merely put me on hold if I did apply on probation?

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