In category: Security Clearance
‘Bound by Affection, Influence, or Obligation’: Decoding the Close-and-Continuing Test
The phrase "bonds of affection" does not appear in the SF-86's foreign contacts question. It sits on page 40, in the marital-status block, attached to a different test. Section 19, on page 60, asks about people with whom you are "bound by affection, influence, common interests, a… more
The Exact Reporting Threshold for a Foreign Contact Under SEAD 3
Security Executive Agent Directive 3 runs eleven pages. Not one of them gives you a deadline for reporting a foreign contact. The "five business days" figure on nearly every clearance blog is real, but it attaches to travel itinerary deviations, not to people. If you have been co… more
Can You List a Relative as an SF-86 Reference or Verifier?
Section 11 of the Standard Form 86 carries one blunt instruction about who may vouch for where you have lived: do not list "your spouse, cohabitant or other relatives as the verifier for periods of residence." Five sections later the form bars relatives again, in different words,… more
What to Do When You Cannot Remember a Verifier for an Old Address on the SF-86
The SF-86 asks for a residence verifier only when an address falls inside the last 3 years. That one clause, tucked into Section 11, dissolves most of the worry behind this question. If the old address you cannot find a witness for is further back than that, the form tells you to… more
Sitting in LOJ? The Reactivation Steps a New Employer Must Take to Re-Sponsor You
A loss of jurisdiction is a records action, not a verdict on your trustworthiness. When a cleared employee leaves a defense contractor, that company drops its relationship to the person's record in the Defense Information System for Security (DISS), and the eligibility falls into… more