Security Clearance Vetting Procedure...

Alty

Alty

Alty

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Does anyone know what it entails when you apply for your Security Clearance (SC) vetting? I'm aware of it looking into your financial history and also immediate family as well as previous accomodation. What else does it entail? I've been told it will take around 10 weeks to complete! :eek:
 
Depends how efficient your security folk are. It normally takes about 4 weeks, 6 if they are slow.

Normal security clearance for official secrets act is a questionnaire which has some pretty funny questions like:

"are you, your parents or anyone you know a terrorist"

"Have you, your parents or anyone you know tried to overthrow the government"

And things like that. Then they will probably do a simple check on you and your parents' background.

Then you have DV clearance which is one step up where you have to do an interview where they will ask you if you look at porn, what porn, if you have ever had a gay experience and some other weird stuff that you won't expect. As long as you are prepared it won't take you by surprise and you'll be fine.
 
i was told it'd take 4-6 weeks. mine came through in 5.

if you answer all the questions in the fairly long questionairre honestly, and you don't have dodgy connections you should be fine. they care a lot if you are trustworthy, so no porky pies.
 
had one done recently, 6 weeks from handing forms in to job offer letter. Had plenty of people saying anything up to 12 weeks tho.
 
Aye mine took over 3 months. My advice is to fill in the form truthfully and to the best of your knowledge and as long as you have no shady connections in your family it should be fairly quick. If someone in your family has a shady past then it may take a bit longer as they will most likely look into it further to ensure that you are not connected with with their past.
 
SiD the Turtle said:
Do you have to do the financial questionnaire too? I thought that was only for SC+ or DV?
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I'm not sure which one I have but I had to fill in a financial questionnaire. In fact from what I remember (It was about 3 years ago) I had 4 or 5 forms to fill in.
 
Hi,

Some good advice above. I was DV'd a few years back now. They do ask some very personal questions but as long as your 100% honest you will be fine.

Dont lie, be confident and all should go ok.

Good luck.

Dave.
 
The two types of vetting are Police Vetting and National Security Clearance.

Police Vetting definitions include:
• Recruitment Vetting (RV)
• Management Vetting (MV)
• Non-police personnel Vetting (NPPV) – equivalent to RV or MV

National Security Clearance definitions include:
• Counter Terrorist Check (CTC)
• Security Check (SC)
• Developed Vetting (DV)

Vetting Levels
To integrate police vetting and national security clearance requirements six levels have been established, one of which will be applied to every role. The vetting level required is determined by the degree of access to premises, computer systems and information – and the breadth and depth of vetting increases proportionately.

Vetting levels are:
• Level 1 – RV (Basic check)
• Level 2 – RV (Advanced check)
• Level 3 – RV (Advanced check) and CTC
• Level 4 – MV and CTC
• Level 5 – MV and SC
• Level 6 – MV and DV

I've going thru Level 5 vetting but am a lil worried about family members who have been on the wrong side of the law in the past n how much that will affect my application - have been offered the position after a successful interview but now upon reflection feel that I may have a serious chance of being refused which sucks ass - how can someone be judged on their family and not as an individual? :confused: I just hope they see me for the person I am (never been in trouble with the law ever and contributed to society by working in the medical field and social services previously) and not for the family members I have :mad:
 
For BC/CTC (Basic Check/Counter terrorist Check) there is no need to fill ot any financial info. When i went through SC (Security Check) i didn't get asked anything about finances. I believe DV is quite thorough, and does involve interviewing close friends/familly and also checking your finances (to make sure you aren't in major debt, thus being a prime target for foreign powers to try to subvert you by paying off your debts!)
 
Alty said:
The employer is indeed the Police (But am not applying to be a policeman but a police staff position).
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Ah. I worked as an IT contractor for 'em, and they wanted SC, which is apparently quite easy, but a fair amount more on top. Took about 12 weeks if I remember. Having relatives that are crims isn't apparently a barrier unless you were somehow involved, they were living with you while stashing loot etc or if your brother is a terrorist I suppose!
 
Alty said:
I've going thru Level 5 vetting but am a lil worried about family members who have been on the wrong side of the law in the past n how much that will affect my application - have been offered the position after a successful interview but now upon reflection feel that I may have a serious chance of being refused which sucks ass - how can someone be judged on their family and not as an individual? :confused:
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Its more a case that they'll want to know that you're honest and open about it.

If, for example, you had a brother that was a paedophile, that would be a strong risk that you could be blackmailed over it if you treated it as a secret. Obviously if you were in this situation but were honest about it then such a situation could not occur.
 
I was offered a job at Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment, i was told i would need DV clearance before i could touch any systems. SC clearance would take a few weeks, and after i had that i would only be able to follow people around and be escorted to the loo, etc!

This would be for up to 12 weeks whilst my DV clearance came through. Now, i have a lot of military in my family, police, nurses. My father was actually a military expert in Nuclear Artillery working in highly classifed projects. I have also passed officer vetting, and was sponsored by the Royal Artillery. Apparently, this makes no difference, and i would still be waiting 12 weeks before i could actually start work.

I decided to not take the job :p
 
well this is gonna be an interesting next few weeks for sure - I had the manager call me today as well to put icing on the cake saying how much he was looking forward to working with me and personally congratulate me for flying thru the interview earlier this week.
 
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