Issue Encyclopedia · Guideline C · Foreign Preference
Applying for or Acquiring Foreign Citizenship
What the decided record shows for this issue, computed from public DOHA hearing-level decisions. Descriptive history, never a prediction.
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.
| Condition | In granted cases | In denied cases |
|---|---|---|
| ¶ 11(a) | 139 | 22 |
| ¶ 11(b) | 90 | 11 |
| ¶ 11(d) | 82 | 14 |
| ¶ 11(e) | 56 | 13 |
| ¶ 11(c) | 24 | 5 |
| ¶ 11(f) | 5 | 0 |
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 dual citizenship · credited in 3 granted cases
- willingness to renounce foreign citizenship · credited in 3 granted cases
- Dual citizenship based solely on parents' citizenship or birth in a foreign country · credited in 1 granted case
- passport has been destroyed or invalidated · credited in 1 granted case
- surrender of foreign passport · credited in 1 granted case
Recent decided examples
- ISCR 06-26054 granted · 2007The applicant in this case was a 29-year-old electrical engineer for a defense contractor, originally from Jordan, who sought a security clearance. The Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) is…
- ISCR 07-00254 granted · 2008The applicant in this case was a 59-year-old maintenance worker employed by a defense contractor since 1972, seeking to renew his security clearance. The Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) …
- ISCR 06-25891 denied · 2007The applicant in this case was a dual citizen of Lebanon and the United States, having acquired U.S. citizenship in August 2003. The Department of Defense's Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOH…
- ISCR 06-25959 denied · 2007The applicant in this case was a 45-year-old information technology architect who immigrated from Lebanon to the United States in 1983 and became a U.S. citizen in 2002. The Defense Office of Hearings…
Related issues under Guideline C
- Possession or Use of a Foreign Passport · 1,021 cases
- Unwillingness to Renounce/Surrender Foreign Citizenship or Passport · 570 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
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