Decisions by country · Guideline B · Foreign Influence
Ties to United Kingdom in decided clearance cases
How decided foreign-influence cases involving ties to United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom allegations in these cases (a case can involve several).
- sibling in foreign country · 19 cases
- parent in foreign country · 19 cases
- spouse dual or foreign citizen · 8 cases
- unspecified foreign relationship · 8 cases
- extended family in foreign country · 7 cases
- foreign bank account or investment · 6 cases
- friend in foreign country · 5 cases
What judges credited in granted cases
Circumstances the judge expressly credited among granted United Kingdom cases where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).
- deep U.S. ties · credited in 4 granted cases
- contact disclosed to authorities · credited in 1 granted case
- severed foreign contact · credited in 1 granted case
Recent decided examples
- ISCR 17-03026 granted · 2019The applicant in this case was a 56-year-old employee of a federal contractor who previously served as an officer in the British Army from 1980 to 2001. The Department of Defense (DOD) raised security…
- ISCR 19-00378 granted · 2020The applicant in this case was a retired British Army lieutenant colonel who held dual citizenship in the United Kingdom and the United States. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons …
- ISCR 19-01242 denied · 2021The applicant in this case was a 40-year-old individual who sought a security clearance for employment with a federal contractor. The Department of Defense (DOD) issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) ci…
- ISCR 09-03086.h1 denied · 2009The judge denied the applicant's eligibility for a security clearance based on foreign influence concerns. The applicant had multiple family ties in Iran and Afghanistan, including a mother and siblin…
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Other countries in the record
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