Voting in a Foreign Election

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.

Recent decided examples

• ISCR 23-01331 granted · 2023
  The applicant in this case was a 28-year-old systems analyst employed by a defense contractor since August 2022. She was born in Colombia, became a U.S. citizen in March 2018, and had family members r…
• ISCR 16-01164 granted · 2019
  The applicant in this case was a 56-year-old linguist employed by Department of Defense contractors in Iraq since April 2015. The Department of Defense (DOD) issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citing…
• ISCR 07-00434 denied · 2008
  The applicant in this case was a 40-year-old individual who held dual citizenship with Belgium and Canada, in addition to being a U.S. citizen. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons …
• ISCR 19-00392 denied · 2020
  The applicant in this case was a 45-year-old health policy analyst who had applied for a security clearance. The Department of Defense (DOD) issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citing concerns under G…

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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
• Service in a Foreign Military or Government · 141 cases