Decisions by country · Guideline B · Foreign Influence
Ties to China in decided clearance cases
How decided foreign-influence cases involving ties to China 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 China allegations in these cases (a case can involve several).
- parent in foreign country · 268 cases
- unspecified foreign relationship · 166 cases
- sibling in foreign country · 149 cases
- in law in foreign country · 132 cases
- spouse dual or foreign citizen · 100 cases
- extended family in foreign country · 67 cases
- friend in foreign country · 39 cases
What judges credited in granted cases
Circumstances the judge expressly credited among granted China cases where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).
- deep U.S. ties · credited in 59 granted cases
Recent decided examples
- ISCR 07-00355.h1 granted · 2007The applicant in this case was a 26-year-old engineer employed by a major defense contractor, who emigrated from the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the United States at the age of 14. The adjudic…
- ISCR 07-01191 granted · 2009The applicant in this case was a 30-year-old systems engineer for a defense contractor seeking a security clearance. The allegations against him, outlined under Guideline B, included having an uncle w…
- ISCR 07-00094.h1 denied · 2007The applicant in this case was a U.S. citizen who emigrated from China in 1989 and became a citizen in 2001. The Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citin…
- ISCR 07-00944 denied · 2007The applicant in this case was a 50-year-old software engineer and web developer employed by a defense contractor. She was born in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and became a U.S. citizen in 200…
Other countries in the record
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