Has anybody ever had to get a security clearance

flyingsquirrely

1332 posts
9 of Spades

It has been very stressful and long.

Posted on Wed Mar 17 13:18:54 PDT 2010

thisistrue

36 posts
4 of Hearts

thank goodness no so sorry you are having a bad time take a stress pill and call me in the morning. hope it goes well for you

Posted on Wed Mar 17 13:43:58 PDT 2010

mooma

2548 posts
10 of Diamonds

I have, squirrely... wasn't that bad, it was for Classified and Secret, but didn't entail my whole job. Just did some graphics where you had to put a sign up and not speak to anyone. Not sure how much "digging" they did into my background, but I got it fairly quickly. If it's for Top Secret, I know sometimes it can take awhile, as I have a friend who used to be an investigator, but this is usually for folks that have international relatives, bad debts, and perhaps a shady background. But you'll be fine! It's just the paperwork that takes so long to make the rounds.

Posted on Wed Mar 17 14:42:51 PDT 2010

candylv

1158 posts
9 of Spades

yea, my husband had to have a security clearance when he was nominated for the president of the board of nursing back in 2001. They just did a background check but moom's right, it's the paperwork that takes so long. They were ready to assemble the board after waiting 6 weeks for the paperwork to be released so the secretary of state had to hurry the paperwork along so they could get the board started and nominate other members.

Posted on Wed Mar 17 15:16:37 PDT 2010