Decisions by country · Guideline B · Foreign Influence
Ties to Afghanistan in decided clearance cases
How decided foreign-influence cases involving ties to Afghanistan resolved, from the public record. Ties to any country are not themselves disqualifying; every case turns on its own facts. This is decided history, never a prediction, and it says nothing about any nationality or community.
The ties these cases involved
The relationship kinds identified on Afghanistan allegations in these cases (a case can involve several).
- sibling in foreign country · 142 cases
- parent in foreign country · 140 cases
- unspecified foreign relationship · 72 cases
- in law in foreign country · 68 cases
- extended family in foreign country · 56 cases
- financial support to foreign relative · 43 cases
- spouse dual or foreign citizen · 39 cases
What judges credited in granted cases
Circumstances the judge expressly credited among granted Afghanistan cases where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).
- deep U.S. ties · credited in 46 granted cases
- U.S. military service · credited in 3 granted cases
- foreign passport surrendered · credited in 1 granted case
Recent decided examples
- ISCR 14-02089 granted · 2018the applicant's commitment to the U.S. However, the administrative judge found that the applicant's connections to family members in Afghanistan and Russia raised significant security concerns under G…
- ISCR 17-03560 granted · 2019The applicant in this case was a 66-year-old employee of a defense contractor who had held a security clearance since 2010. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citing securit…
- ISCR 17-02309 denied · 2019The applicant in this case was a 38-year-old administrative assistant for a defense contractor who sought a security clearance. The adjudicative guidelines at issue included foreign influence, persona…
- ISCR 17-02527 denied · 2018The applicant in this case was a 66-year-old employee of a defense contractor who had been working in that capacity since January 2014. He immigrated to the United States from Afghanistan in 1985 and …
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