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Ties to Saudi Arabia in decided clearance cases

How decided foreign-influence cases involving ties to Saudi Arabia 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
35
verified hearing-level decisions
Granted
46%
16 granted · 19 denied or revoked
Ties living in the U.S.
at least 2
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 Saudi Arabia allegations in these cases (a case can involve several).

  • sibling in foreign country · 14 cases
  • parent in foreign country · 13 cases
  • unspecified foreign relationship · 6 cases
  • friend in foreign country · 5 cases
  • in law in foreign country · 4 cases
  • foreign employment or pension · 4 cases
  • extended family in foreign country · 2 cases

Circumstances credited in granted cases

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

  • deep U.S. ties · credited in 3 granted cases

Recent decided examples

  • ISCR 17-00832 granted · 2019
    The applicant in this case was a 56-year-old individual who had familial connections to Saudi Arabia, which raised security concerns under Guideline B (foreign influence). The Statement of Reasons (SO…
  • ISCR 18-00266 granted · 2019
    The applicant in this case was a 45-year-old armed security officer seeking a security clearance. The adjudicative guidelines at issue were Guidelines B and L, which pertain to foreign influence and p…
  • ISCR 18-01740 denied · 2020
    The applicant in this case was a 51-year-old manufacturing planner employed by a major aerospace company since 2007, seeking a security clearance to work on defense contracts. The Department of Defens…
  • ISCR 19-02091 denied · 2020
    nd he attended college in the United States on a $200,000 scholarship from the Saudi Arabian government, which he received in 2011. The Department of Defense (DOD) issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) …

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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.