TS Clearance & K-1

[Ban Hammer 12,835]

I have held various level for over 30 years straight. Having a foreign spouse especially from a less than former best friend country makes it difficult and the SBI could just make it an impossibility. Most companies are smart enough to submit the most apt to be cleared person before then less than clean one. The SBI counld have very specific country restrictions. I have seems SBI's prohibit people of the jewish faith and people from specific countries. Just because you foudn some post on the internet does not make you an expect on anything.

i've held a sbi for 30+ years, btw, so i do have some experience on this subject...

having a foreign spouse used to be a no-go. it was an automatic disqualification to hold that level of clearance. however, things have changed.

the op asked about holding the job and clearance prior to marriage - just like i went through. as long as one keeps the security people informed, there's a good chance he'll retain that clearance as he's not trying to hide anything. example: i went through a bring up investigation while married to a foreign national several years ago with no problems.

i've never heard about the sbi having country specific restrictions. it does investigate the individual's loyalty to the us, taking into account foreign contacts/connections to another country. it also takes into account the spouse, whether he or she has questionable contacts/connections, questionable history, background, etc, along with his or her immediate family.

lastly, to toss out that it prohibits people of a specific religion is untrue and offensive.

[Ban Hammer 12,835]

I am using what I knwo from years of actual experience. They do especially on SBI programs impose all sorts of restrictions that have little to do with actual outside travel. Also if you hold an upper level clearance you will find travel problematic to a lot of countries. Get a clearance and visiting the inlaws will be questioned.

travel restrictions to certain countries do exist. usually they are communist countries or just flat unsafe for someone to visit.

visiting inlaws isn't an issue unless it's in a country with travel restrictions. if not one of those, just notify one's security office about the planned trip, get a travel briefing before going (if required) and do the mandatory debriefing upon return. and keep track of the trip dates for any bring ups in the future.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

i've held a sbi for 30+ years, btw, so i do have some experience on this subject...

having a foreign spouse used to be a no-go. it was an automatic disqualification to hold that level of clearance. however, things have changed.

the op asked about holding the job and clearance prior to marriage - just like i went through. as long as one keeps the security people informed, there's a good chance he'll retain that clearance as he's not trying to hide anything. example: i went through a bring up investigation while married to a foreign national several years ago with no problems.

i've never heard about the sbi having country specific restrictions. it does investigate the individual's loyalty to the us, taking into account foreign contacts/connections to another country. it also takes into account the spouse, whether he or she has questionable contacts/connections, questionable history, background, etc, along with his or her immediate family.

lastly, to toss out that it prohibits people of a specific religion is untrue and offensive.

It is true the SBI was for a project to be deployed in the mid east and the SBI terms were specific about NOT allowing people that were jewish to work on the project. Even if it is offensive to the US that was what the partner country considered mandatory to the security of the project.

[Ban Hammer 12,835]

It is true the SBI was for a project to be deployed in the mid east and the SBI terms were specific about NOT allowing people that were jewish to work on the project. Even if it is offensive to the US that was what the partner country considered mandatory to the security of the project.

that may have been part of the contract details, not part of the sbi itself.

[Ellie-n-Vladimir 3]

i've held a sbi for 30+ years, btw, so i do have some experience on this subject...

having a foreign spouse used to be a no-go. it was an automatic disqualification to hold that level of clearance. however, things have changed.

the op asked about holding the job and clearance prior to marriage - just like i went through. as long as one keeps the security people informed, there's a good chance he'll retain that clearance as he's not trying to hide anything. example: i went through a bring up investigation while married to a foreign national several years ago with no problems.

i've never heard about the sbi having country specific restrictions. it does investigate the individual's loyalty to the us, taking into account foreign contacts/connections to another country. it also takes into account the spouse, whether he or she has questionable contacts/connections, questionable history, background, etc, along with his or her immediate family.

lastly, to toss out that it prohibits people of a specific religion is untrue and offensive.

Thank you, Charles, for all your comments. Greatly appreciate it!