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Not true, you can hold a clearance and stay a dual citizen.
It depends...some organizations require dual citizens to renounce their foreign citizenship before they get their clearance.
For those in this thread that are confused what the tech companies could be looking for with these cleared people, let me give you an example. I used to work for a company that ran DNS services for public utilities i.e. "critical infrastructure". Every week we would get a classified list of "bad" domains (usually domains that malware would phone home to) from a 3 letter agency and we would notify the utilities if we…
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The first link you have makes it sound like clearance does not transfer, unless I’m reading it wrong
Security clearances only apply to positions that fall under the purview of the federal government. Under the purview doesn't mean that you are employed directly by the US Government. Again, from the example, Snowden had a clearance from his previous employment. Yeah, it had to get transferred but he didn't have to get re-cleared all over again.
Article is wrong if you had clearance you don't get to transfer it if you move to a civilian job is my understanding. So is there an equivalent to List X companies in the USA who are allowed put staff through clearance. And for TS clearance I doubt that any dual national other than those because of birth circumstances will be getting clearance any time soon which sucks for SV company employees who are immigrants
Why would the US give a Top Secret clearance to an immigrant? edit - You can't immigrate to a country then expect to receive a Top Secret clearance regardless if it is the US or any other country. I don't suspect Russia will give me a clearance if I were to immigrate and find employment at a tech company. There would be a major national security incident waiting to happen.
Article is wrong if you had clearance you don't get to transfer it if you move to a civilian job is my understanding. So is there an equivalent to List X companies in the USA who are allowed put staff through clearance. And for TS clearance I doubt that any dual national other than those because of birth circumstances will be getting clearance any time soon which sucks for SV company employees who are immigrants
My understanding is that they actually exclude ALL dual nationals, even those whose citizenships were the result of birth circumstances, unless you are willing to formally renounce your second citizenship.
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Not true, you can hold a clearance and stay a dual citizen.
It depends...some organizations require dual citizens to renounce their foreign citizenship before they get their clearance.
The below poster is incorrect. In order to move forward in the process in some cases you will need to formally renounce and physically destroy you foreign passport in front of your investigator.
I know that sounds bad, but keep in mind no one is forcing people to obtain a clearance.