Decisions by country · Guideline B · Foreign Influence
Ties to Vietnam in decided clearance cases
How decided foreign-influence cases involving ties to Vietnam 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.
The ties these cases involved
The relationship kinds identified on Vietnam allegations in these cases (a case can involve several).
- sibling in foreign country · 59 cases
- parent in foreign country · 55 cases
- unspecified foreign relationship · 48 cases
- financial support to foreign relative · 30 cases
- in law in foreign country · 22 cases
- extended family in foreign country · 13 cases
- spouse dual or foreign citizen · 8 cases
Circumstances credited in granted cases
Circumstances the judge expressly credited among granted Vietnam cases where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).
- deep U.S. ties · credited in 22 granted cases
- contact disclosed to authorities · credited in 1 granted case
- foreign assets divested · credited in 1 granted case
- severed foreign contact · credited in 1 granted case
Recent decided examples
- ISCR 06-25705.h1 granted · 2007The applicant in this case was a 54-year-old Senior Software Engineer for a defense contractor, seeking a security clearance. The adjudicative guideline at issue was Guideline B, concerning foreign in…
- ISCR 06-25936.h1 granted · 2007The applicant in this case was a 54-year-old employee of a defense contractor who had lived in the United States since the 1970s and became a U.S. citizen in 1985. The adjudicative guidelines at issue…
- ISCR 12-00038.h1 denied · 2017The judge found that the applicant mitigated the foreign influence concerns related to his family members in Vietnam. The applicant's ties to his mother and siblings were acknowledged, but the judge c…
- ISCR 07-12870.h1 denied · 2008The judge found against the applicant on all allegations under Guideline B, citing significant foreign contacts and the applicant's failure to report his marriage to a foreign national. The applicant'…
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.