Decisions by country · Guideline B · Foreign Influence
Ties to Colombia in decided clearance cases
How decided foreign-influence cases involving ties to Colombia 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 Colombia allegations in these cases (a case can involve several).
- parent in foreign country · 27 cases
- spouse dual or foreign citizen · 16 cases
- extended family in foreign country · 15 cases
- sibling in foreign country · 11 cases
- foreign real estate · 9 cases
- in law in foreign country · 9 cases
- unspecified foreign relationship · 8 cases
What judges credited in granted cases
Circumstances the judge expressly credited among granted Colombia cases where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).
- deep U.S. ties · credited in 15 granted cases
- severed foreign contact · credited in 2 granted cases
- foreign assets divested · credited in 1 granted case
- U.S. military service · credited in 1 granted case
Recent decided examples
- ISCR 23-01331 granted · 2023The applicant in this case was a 28-year-old systems analyst employed by a defense contractor since August 2022. She was born in Colombia, became a U.S. citizen in March 2018, and had family members r…
- ISCR 19-00515 granted · 2020The applicant in this case was a 57-year-old former lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force, who sought a security clearance after submitting a security clearance application in September 2017. The D…
- ISCR 21-02423 denied · 2023The applicant in this case was a 48-year-old co-owner of an aerospace company seeking a security clearance in connection with his defense contracting work. The Department of Defense issued a Statement…
- ISCR 21-02696 denied · 2023The applicant in this case was a 55-year-old individual seeking a security clearance for his role as managing partner and founder of a government contracting company. The Defense Office of Hearings an…
Other countries in the record
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