Decisions by country · Guideline B · Foreign Influence
Ties to Pakistan in decided clearance cases
How decided foreign-influence cases involving ties to Pakistan 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 Pakistan allegations in these cases (a case can involve several).
- sibling in foreign country · 103 cases
- parent in foreign country · 85 cases
- in law in foreign country · 68 cases
- unspecified foreign relationship · 59 cases
- extended family in foreign country · 39 cases
- spouse dual or foreign citizen · 32 cases
- foreign real estate · 27 cases
What judges credited in granted cases
Circumstances the judge expressly credited among granted Pakistan cases where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).
- deep U.S. ties · credited in 27 granted cases
Recent decided examples
- ISCR 17-01673 granted · 2019The applicant in this case was a 41-year-old native-born U.S. citizen who sought a security clearance after receiving a Statement of Reasons (SOR) from the Department of Defense (DOD) on June 28, 2017…
- ISCR 17-03656 granted · 2019The applicant in this case was a 65-year-old software developer who sought a security clearance and had family members residing in Pakistan, raising concerns under Guideline B (Foreign Influence). The…
- ISCR 18-02239 denied · 2020Applicant, a 35-year-old senior software engineer and naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Pakistan, sought a security clearance but faced allegations under Guideline B (foreign influence) and Gui…
- ISCR 19-00533 denied · 2020The applicant in this case was a 56-year-old linguist who had served 24 years in the Pakistan Army and was seeking a security clearance. The Department of Defense (DOD) issued a Statement of Reasons (…
Other countries in the record
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