Issue Encyclopedia · Guideline B · Foreign Influence
Parent (citizen/resident of foreign country)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ¶ 8(a) | 739 | 51 |
| ¶ 8(b) | 472 | 30 |
| ¶ 8(c) | 130 | 14 |
| ¶ 8(f) | 44 | 2 |
| ¶ 8(e) | 43 | 5 |
| ¶ 8(d) | 12 | 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).
- deep U.S. ties · credited in 413 granted cases
- severed foreign contact · credited in 14 granted cases
- U.S. military service · credited in 6 granted cases
- foreign assets divested · credited in 2 granted cases
- foreign passport surrendered · credited in 1 granted case
Recent decided examples
- ISCR 19-00803 granted · 2024The applicant in this case sought a security clearance and faced allegations under Guideline B, concerning foreign influence, as outlined in the Statement of Reasons (SOR) issued by the Department of …
- ISCR 23-01331 granted · 2023The 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 06-25743.h1 denied · 2007The applicant in this case was a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Taiwan, who sought a security clearance to work on classified projects as a principal software engineer for a defense contract…
- 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…
Related issues under Guideline B
- Sibling (citizen/resident of foreign country) · 1,743 cases
- In-law (citizen/resident of foreign country) · 1,017 cases
- Spouse (foreign citizen or dual citizen) · 792 cases
- Extended Family (uncle/aunt/cousin) in foreign country · 675 cases
- Foreign Real Estate Holding · 496 cases
- Financial Support to Foreign Relative · 408 cases
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