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Foreign Employment / Pension

What the decided record shows for this issue, computed from public DOHA hearing-level decisions. Descriptive history, never a prediction.

Decided cases
93
verified hearing-level decisions
Granted
52%
48 granted · 45 denied or revoked

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.

ConditionIn granted casesIn denied cases
¶ 8(a)172
¶ 8(b)141
¶ 8(e)61
¶ 8(f)41

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).

  • deep U.S. ties · credited in 7 granted cases

Recent decided examples

  • 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 19-00378 granted · 2020
    The 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 18-02706 denied · 2019
    The applicant in this case was a 34-year-old individual who applied for a security clearance on March 27, 2016. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) on January 9, 2019, citing
  • ISCR 18-02096 denied · 2020
    Applicant, a 61-year-old employee of a federal contractor, sought a security clearance after submitting a security clearance application in May 2016. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Re

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