Unwillingness to Renounce/Surrender Foreign Citizenship or Passport

Official mitigating conditions in play

The formal mitigating conditions (by official paragraph) that case profiles identified on this issue, in cases that were granted vs denied. Extracted for a subset of cases; counts are cases, not percentages of everything. Read what each condition says.

What judges credited in granted cases

Specific circumstances the judge expressly credited, among the granted cases on this issue where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).

• willingness to renounce foreign citizenship · credited in 6 granted cases
• passport surrendered · credited in 1 granted case
• willingness to renounce dual citizenship · credited in 1 granted case

Recent decided examples

• ISCR 07-00219 granted · 2007
  The applicant in this case was a 47-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen, originally from Lebanon, who sought a security clearance for his position as an Electrical Engineer with a defense contractor. Th…
• ISCR 07-00548.h1 granted · 2007
  The applicant in this case was a 52-year-old electrical engineer employed by a defense contractor, who sought a security clearance after being a U.S. citizen for over 21 years. The Defense Office of H…
• ISCR 06-26254 denied · 2008
  The applicant in this case was a 57-year-old defense contractor manager who sought a Secret level security clearance. The Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) issued a Statement of Reasons (S…
• ISCR 07-00320 denied · 2008
  The applicant in this case was a 44-year-old senior systems analyst employed by a government contractor, who had previously been granted a security clearance in 2000. The Defense Office of Hearings an…

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Related issues under Guideline C

• Possession or Use of a Foreign Passport · 1,021 cases
• Applying for or Acquiring Foreign Citizenship · 681 cases
• Unspecified Foreign Preference · 501 cases
• Accepting Foreign Benefits, Education, or Entitlements · 167 cases
• Voting in a Foreign Election · 163 cases
• Service in a Foreign Military or Government · 141 cases