Service in a Foreign Military or Government

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 1 granted case

Recent decided examples

• ISCR 17-01145 granted · 2019
  The applicant in this case was a naturalized U.S. citizen from Senegal who sought a security clearance from the Department of Defense (DOD). The DOD issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citing concerns…
• 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 19-00446 denied · 2019
  The applicant in this case was a dual citizen of the United States and Egypt, who worked for a defense contractor in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from May 2014 to November 2016. The Department of De…
• ISCR 18-02542 denied · 2020
  The applicant in this case was a 39-year-old dual citizen of the United States and Iraq, who sought a security clearance to work as a linguist for a defense contractor. The Department of Defense issue…

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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
• 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