u/GOPHILSthrowaway

Thrilled to be finally making this post! It was a hard wait, and started to feel like I would never see the day it was over, but I was finally granted a DoD Secret clearance today!

Timeline:

Apr 9th: Signed an offer w/ DoD contractor

~Apr 14th: submitted fingerprints and sf-86

May 5th: received SF-86 back for correction on a phone number

May 19th: Informed I was not granted an interim

May 29th: investigator interview, references contacted

July 7th: heard from my former boss (he and I are on good terms) that they were contacted via mail and he was sending the form back. He said he wasn't sure how long it was sitting there and that they rarely check.

Aug 19th: Clearance granted!

Red flag(s): I live with a foreign national (not romantically involved, just roommates). My investigator asked a bit about my roommate in the interview, and asked some of my references about him. Everything else was pretty straightforward, afaik.

Big thank you to everyone in this community that helped to keep me sane while I was waiting. I am beyond thrilled, and I am happy to answer any questions about my experience for fellow applicants.

Hi all,

In short, I accepted an offer at RMS in April. I'm currently waiting for my clearance to come through, and it feels like there's no end in sight. I was not granted an interim, and my last update is that I'm still in investigation (so not quite close to being done).

I have heard of some people being permitted to begin onboarding and taking on unclassified work while waiting to be cleared. If anyone that falls in this bucket is reading, is this something that was proactively offered by HR/the hiring Manager? If they didn't offer this option to me, would it be worth asking if this is possible?