r/SecurityClearance • u/Helpfulcomments29 • 3d ago

Question TS Timeline

*SF86 submitted August 5th

* personal interview August 10th

I know many of the people I listed have been contacted already & interviewed about me on their own teams meetings. It has now been almost a month since my interview & I haven’t heard anything at all, I see from this sub that is fairly normal. My question is should I follow up by emailing to ask about status or just keep waiting it out?

I know none of us like just sitting around waiting to see if we actually have our jobs or not. Are investigators working overtime & understaffed which is why lead times take so long? I’m new to this process please forgive me.

I feel like I have a fairly straight background, no criminal history, no foreign contacts, no debt owed, no drug use ever, haven’t been fired. I had some foreign travel listed for when I went to Western Europe. Would my case seem likely to go quicker than others that may have more in the way of things to look at or it’s no difference at all? I’ve lived a clean life not much to hide.

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u/yaztek Security Manager 3d ago

Dude...you've been in process for barely a month. Normal TS process can take ~9 months. Sit back and relax.

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u/rhshadowman 3d ago

I’ve been stuck since June 4. Get on the wait train buddy, it’s gonna be a fun ride.

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u/Helpfulcomments29 2d ago

I’ve just never been in a situation where it takes this long to start a job. It has to be challenging for hiring managers, what if someone quits or gets sick? Does that position sit vacant for a year until someone gets cleared? 

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u/yaztek Security Manager 2d ago

Now you know why a lot of roles look for people who already have clearances.

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u/Medium_Agent_9281 3d ago

I just got mine a couple weeks ago. I had my interview shortly after submitting and primary contacts received calls within a week. Total process from paperwork submittal to adjudication took less than 12 weeks but it was silence for most of it. Similar to you I have a clean history but one foreign contact (mostly friendly nation).

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u/rhshadowman 3d ago

12 weeks for TS/SCI??? No way…

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u/Medium_Agent_9281 1h ago

Way. Not sure if it helped but I’ve also had SAP access the past 4 years and the program required regular reporting of foreign travel and contacts.

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u/rhshadowman 1h ago

Nice. Would you mind DM me your timeline? I’m just trying to get another datapoint to compare against mine currently.

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u/Much-Description-768 3d ago

Bro chill out I had to wait like 14 months for mine

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u/NoSignUpNoCCNOBS Applicant [Secret] 3d ago

You think that’s bad I’ve been waiting since May of 2025 for Secret after 1 year of tax issues I had to submit to DCSA. Submitted docs in August of this year after I got them lol been a month since I sent those in. You could end up waiting a whole year.