Unspecified Foreign Preference

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 06-25573 granted · 2008
  The applicant in this case was a 40-year-old project manager employed by a defense contractor, who sought reinstatement of his security clearance after it was revoked. The Defense Office of Hearings a…
• ISCR 07-00548.h1 granted · 2007
  The applicant in this case was a 52-year-old electrical engineer employed by a defense contractor, who sought a security clearance after being a U.S. citizen for over 21 years. The Defense Office of H…
• ISCR 06-25912.h1 denied · 2007
  The applicant in this case was a 55-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen who immigrated from Iran in 1977 on a student visa. He completed his education in the U.S. and became a naturalized citizen in 199…
• ISCR 06-25959 denied · 2007
  The 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…

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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
• Accepting Foreign Benefits, Education, or Entitlements · 167 cases
• Voting in a Foreign Election · 163 cases
• Service in a Foreign Military or Government · 141 cases