https://news.clearancejobs.com/2018/06/02/marijuana-use-and-your-security-clearance/

"Knowing that a denial is a possibility, you may be tempted to lie about that prior drug use – don’t. If you did partake, don’t be afraid to list prior drug use on your SF-86. Clearance applicants are much more likely to be denied a clearance for lying about drug use than for listing it. If you list your prior drug use and show mitigating factors (passage of time, removing yourself from social circles with drug users), you have a decent chance of being able to obtain a security clearance. If you lie about your prior drug use you’ll have two strikes against you – falsification of a security clearance application, and drug use."

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Anonymous wrote:op here

I said I smoked weed in 2016. hopefully that doesn't stop me from getting it

I would have a back up plan for employment. It probably will.

Really? other people said if it's a couple years ago, it doesn't matter

Anonymous wrote:op here

I said I smoked weed in 2016. hopefully that doesn't stop me from getting it

I would have a back up plan for employment. It probably will.

op here

I said I smoked weed in 2016. hopefully that doesn't stop me from getting it

10/01/2018

Applicant failed to mitigate concerns raised by his history of marijuana use, purchase, and continued use after being granted public trust eligibility in June 2011. He also failed to mitigate personal conduct concerns raised by his drug involvement and the falsification of two personnel security questionnaires. His request for eligibility to occupy a position of trust is denied. CASE NO: 18-00102.h1

"18-00979.h1
Drugs
10/22/2018

Applicant possessed and used marijuana on several occasions from about June 2011 to about August 2015 and once in January 2018. Guideline H (drug involvement and substance misuse) security concerns are not mitigated. Eligibility for access to classified information is denied. CASE NO: 18-00979.h1"

So using it once in the past 3 years was enough to deny clearance? So dumb

Searching this for marijuana is interesting

http://ogc.osd.mil/doha/industrial/2018.html

I don't know how much to put and how recently to list it -- I know not in the past year

Thanks for all these posts. It has been helpful

I was born in the UK and had to go through a time-consuming and expensive process to renounce my UK citizenship for clearance purposes.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a few dual citizenship friends who got their clearances through the military and like some PP said, they just surrendered their other passports. Some countries, like Russia, make giving up their citizenship virtually impossible even if you were adopted as a baby and had nothing to do with it since.

If you were adopted, you lose citizenship. We adopted.

Depends on the country. My siblings were adopted and my parents had to take additional steps to get them removed from the citizenship rolls of their birth country. Other adoptees have been plucked from customs when re-entering that country over 18 and drafted into the military.

That would make for a bad vacation.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a few dual citizenship friends who got their clearances through the military and like some PP said, they just surrendered their other passports. Some countries, like Russia, make giving up their citizenship virtually impossible even if you were adopted as a baby and had nothing to do with it since.

If you were adopted, you lose citizenship. We adopted.

Depends on the country. My siblings were adopted and my parents had to take additional steps to get them removed from the citizenship rolls of their birth country. Other adoptees have been plucked from customs when re-entering that country over 18 and drafted into the military.

Anonymous wrote:I have TS/SCI and my agency only requires me to advance disclose travel to a specific list of countries.

I have one as well and we have to advance disclose travel everywhere but Canada.

I had a friend get a drunk driving charge while she had a TS/SCI. She reported it immediately and while she had to follow up with an interview, paperwork regarding her plea and verification of completion of her requirements under the plea, she was otherwise fine in terms of her clearance. As someone else mentioned, it’s hiding things that they are concerned with - or finacial problems resulting in unpaid debt.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a few dual citizenship friends who got their clearances through the military and like some PP said, they just surrendered their other passports. Some countries, like Russia, make giving up their citizenship virtually impossible even if you were adopted as a baby and had nothing to do with it since.

If you were adopted, you lose citizenship. We adopted.

Not Russia. One continues to be a citizen till 18.

Not till 18. Forever. Same for a number of ex-USSR countries.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a few dual citizenship friends who got their clearances through the military and like some PP said, they just surrendered their other passports. Some countries, like Russia, make giving up their citizenship virtually impossible even if you were adopted as a baby and had nothing to do with it since.

If you were adopted, you lose citizenship. We adopted.

Not Russia. One continues to be a citizen till 18.