National Security Vetting

Duke · 28 Mar 2013 at 12:56

Took a month to get SC.

J.B · 28 Mar 2013 at 13:00

Mine took a month but someone I work with who put theirs in at the same time took 2.5 months. Think it's a bit of a lottery really.

Castiel · 28 Mar 2013 at 13:05

Burnsy2023 said:
I have a Counter Terrorism Check already so hopefully the wait for SC isn't going to be that long.

I don't think it matters, each is treated separately afaik.

Burnsy2023 · 28 Mar 2013 at 13:25

Castiel said:
I don't think it matters, each is treated separately afaik.

They do ask for previous vetting clearances on the form, so I assume they do refer to them. It's under three years old too.

semi-pro waster · 28 Mar 2013 at 13:31

Burnsy2023 said:
They do ask for previous vetting clearances on the form, so I assume they do refer to them. It's under three years old too.

It might be asked for simply to cross-reference and check you aren't omitting details but I don't know if it makes any difference to the time-frames.

Firestar_3x · 28 Mar 2013 at 13:32

Time all depends on the workload and what they need to check, some people warrant further investigation.

Castiel · 28 Mar 2013 at 13:34

Burnsy2023 said:
They do ask for previous vetting clearances on the form, so I assume they do refer to them. It's under three years old too.

As SPW points out, I don't think it makes any difference in the procedures of each except to cross reference and see if there are any anomalies that need investigating. It didn't make too much difference to me, however I was military personnel so it might be different in civvy street.

Robert · 28 Mar 2013 at 14:13

Burnsy2023 said:
What the average time that the FCO take to complete SC clearance? How long did it take you to be vetted are you a foreign national?

Got mine in two weeks

Judgeneo said:
SC is a couple of months max I think, but not really sure.

DV is about 6 months.

I've known SC to take 6 + months (in some cases over a year)...hence I thought this was the norm!!

[DOD]Asprilla · 28 Mar 2013 at 14:17

Got my SC in two weeks as well. Not a foreign national.

Catanonia · 28 Mar 2013 at 15:14

What stops you being cleared for SC and DV ?

I have a crim record for assualt, not jailed about 6 years ago, will this stop it ?

Burnsy2023 · 28 Mar 2013 at 15:22

Catanonia said:
What stops you being cleared for SC and DV ?

I have a crim record for assualt, not jailed about 6 years ago, will this stop it ?

Depends on the role, I think, but vetting has always been a dark art to me.

D.P. · 28 Mar 2013 at 16:18

Brother in Law took 6 months, he waited without finding any interim work. Then the company just decided not to hire anyway!

Ghosteh · 28 Mar 2013 at 17:08

SC takes a few weeks at most.

My DV took me 2 weeks too, emergency vetting!

Rotty · 28 Mar 2013 at 17:31

my SC was about 4 months though some paperwork did go missing, most colleagues have said around 2-3 months

Rotty · 28 Mar 2013 at 17:32

Catanonia said:
What stops you being cleared for SC and DV ?

I know someone refused on grounds of his financial situation

sid · 28 Mar 2013 at 17:37

3 Weeks for a SC here as well

wmb · 28 Mar 2013 at 17:42

Depends which vetting agency you go through, as some seem to be more efficient than others at handling the paperwork.

Burnsy2023 · 28 Mar 2013 at 17:55

wmb said:
Depends which vetting agency you go through, as some seem to be more efficient than others at handling the paperwork.

I'm specifically after the form that goes to the FCO.

wmb · 29 Mar 2013 at 12:03

Burnsy2023 said:
I'm specifically after the form that goes to the FCO.

Mine was through DVA which was quick, ONR seems to be the slow one (or more prone to admin issues holding things up), but I don't think you would go through the nuclear industry one.

Rotty · 29 Mar 2013 at 12:08

Mine went through the MOJ