<p>Hey Everyone
I've just submitted a ton of paperwork for an unnamed government agency which requires high level security clearance for a highly competitive summer internship program.</p>
<p>I would greatly appreciate if you DON'T USE MY THREAD to speculate -- I just want to hear from any other students who may have gone through the same process.</p>
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<li>How long did it take?</li>
<li>Where there follow up issues to address</li>
<li>How many of your friends, employers or relatives were actually contacted?</li>
<li>When did you finally receive official notification that you summer position was secure (obviously I don't want to turn anything else down if this is still up in the air).</li>
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<p>Thanks posters to sticking to my questions.</p>
<p>I will not be responding to this thread-- I'm just reading the thread for information.
Thank you in advance</p>
<p>I went through the clearance process for a non-intelligence community agency last summer (my investigation was not completed by OPM though, this agency does clearances in-house).</p>
<p>I submitted my paperwork around April 1 and was notified of my granted clearance around the second week of June. It was not a top secret level clearance, so to my knowledge friends, families, and employers were not personally contacted. The investigator had put a few minor red flags (minor in reality, but potentially major, if that makes sense) on my file so I did meet in person with him for an interview and had several brief phone calls and of course email correspondence.</p>
<p>I imagine if there was nothing noteworthy on your SF-86 that you could be cleared in a much shorter time period, but probably no less than 6 weeks. Also, this is completely dependent on what level clearance you need and which agency is conducting the investigation.</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>