Please Share Experience with Security Clearance Process

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<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>

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<p>I did background investigations for awhile and went through the clearance process myself (not as an intern), so I’m a pretty good resource.</p>

<p>As an intern, you won’t have a full clearance, so the the process won’t be as rigorious.</p>

<p>It can take awhile, a few months…no set time. It will be finished by the time you are suppose to start your internship, that’s the best I can tell you.</p>

<p>Follow up issues are drug/alcohol related, foreign contacts, credit, and run-ins with the law.</p>

<p>If you have to take a polygraph test there will be other questions regarding your character, integrity and personal history.</p>

<p>I’d be prepared for them to contact everyone you list on your application.</p>

<p>The main thing is just make sure everything on your application is accurate and don’t give them any surprises. You should be fine.</p>