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Ties to India in decided clearance cases

How decided foreign-influence cases involving ties to India resolved, from the public record. Ties to any country are not themselves disqualifying; every case turns on its own facts. This is decided history, not a prediction, and it says nothing about any nationality or community.

Decided cases
212
verified hearing-level decisions
Granted
75%
160 granted · 52 denied or revoked
Ties living in the U.S.
at least 27
cases where the decision states a relative or contact lives in the United States. Counted only when the decision says so expressly, so this is a minimum.

The ties these cases involved

The relationship kinds identified on India allegations in these cases (a case can involve several).

  • parent in foreign country · 161 cases
  • sibling in foreign country · 117 cases
  • foreign real estate · 94 cases
  • in law in foreign country · 89 cases
  • unspecified foreign relationship · 73 cases
  • foreign bank account or investment · 66 cases
  • extended family in foreign country · 32 cases

Circumstances credited in granted cases

Circumstances the judge expressly credited among granted India cases where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).

  • deep U.S. ties · credited in 67 granted cases
  • foreign assets divested · credited in 2 granted cases
  • severed foreign contact · credited in 1 granted case

Recent decided examples

  • ISCR 17-02888 granted · 2019
    The applicant in this case was seeking a public trust position and faced trustworthiness concerns under Guideline B, related to foreign influence. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reaso…
  • ISCR 18-01780 granted · 2019
    The applicant in this case was a 50-year-old engineer who had been naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 2008 after immigrating from India in 1995. The Department of Defense (DOD) issued a Statement of Rea…
  • ISCR 19-00217 denied · 2019
    The applicant in this case was a 49-year-old U.S. citizen and CEO of a U.S.-based IT company, which also owned a subsidiary in India. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citi…
  • ISCR 19-01184 denied · 2019
    The applicant in this case was a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from India, who applied for a security clearance in May 2018. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) on May …

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Other countries in the record

For how the process treats foreign family and contacts: the assistant searches the record, the Guideline B reference explains the official conditions, and the CASE Prep service provides a written, human-reviewed response. Descriptive research only: not legal advice or a prediction.