The actual form: https://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/sf86.pdf
Holy shit, who the hell goes though all this shit? Just get another job lmfao. Private sector probably pays more than this. (Also you wouldn’t have to worry about government shutdowns)
The actual form: https://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/sf86.pdf
Holy shit, who the hell goes though all this shit? Just get another job lmfao. Private sector probably pays more than this. (Also you wouldn’t have to worry about government shutdowns)
IDK if this is the same form someone in a private industry engineering job would fill out, but I assume it’s at least similar. Having clearance is highly desirable to some; it opens access to projects that others can’t work, meaning more leverage to get better pay.
And an inability to fill out a couple hundred pages of paperwork means a person probably isn’t suited for the slow, documentation filled slog that is engineering on those sorts of projects anyways.
Personally, I don’t want to work on those sorts of projects so I don’t pursue clearance and accept it will narrow my job opportunities some.
it looks a lot more involved than any background check I’ve done for industry. depending on clearance level your friends and family will be interviewed by FBI agents, and they’ll ask your friends for more friends to interview, etc. I think it goes back 10 years. they will also require you to do a polygraph, for higher clearance.
also lying on the form lands you in prison, which is definitely more intense than lying on an industry background check. oh, and you have to report any foreign contact, too, as long as your clearance is active.
and they’re really strict about drugs, debt, cheating (or being cheated on!), mental illness, having parents or spouses from other countries…
If you have depression and get it under control, does that still count against you? I mean, it’s not like I’m piloting an airplane.
Welp, disqualified. My dad couldn’t speak enough English to naturalize, still a PRC citizen.
Wait, now I think about it, he meets the 55/15 exception, idk if he filed for natualization yet.
You wouldn’t get disqualified. They would look into their private life, determine if they are Party members, look at your financial history to determine if you or anyone in your family is undergoing financial hardship, or faces undo influence from foreign actors.
There are plenty of Chinese nationals with clearance. It’s a flag, but flags affect your risk level. It’s not an absolute disqualifier.