Mine literally took two years. I think something got lost and they only actually started working on it after one year. I was able to start work before my public trust clearance came through.

It took 4 weeks for me, for the initial clearance. No one interviewed me or contacted any of my personal or job references. I got the final offer immediately after that. I’ve been in the job for about 6 months and haven’t heard anything yet about a final clearance. I gave notice to my former workplace only after I got the final offer with the start date.

I applied for a Public Trust Level II MBI for a position at the IRS. I was notified in 3 days (must have been expedited maybe) that I could start with them on the following Monday. They said that there were no discrepancies between what I had provided and what they found during their investigation. The BI was performed by them 100% online and there was no interim clearance issued. A Public Trust clearance does not have an interim clearance like a classified clearance.

Three months later to the day I received an email from the Department of the Treasury with a document attached. Subject: Final Approval of Staff-Like Access

Content from the document:

This is to inform you that the 15C Minimum Background Investigation for a Moderate risk contractor position has been completed and favorably adjudicated on the above
named individual as required by IRM 10.23.2, Personnel Security, Contractor Investigations.

The contractor employee has been approved for final staff-like access to IRS facilities, information systems, including computer hardware, software, telecommunications, security items, passwords and products, and contracts which involve the design, operation, repair or maintenance of systems or equipment - no matter where located, and/or sensitive but unclassified (SBU) information, as outlined in the contract on which the contractor employee will be working. This approval, however, is not a National Security Clearance and does not allow access to classified National Security information.

Depends on your agency. My Public Trust took a year and my background investigator interrogated me for 4 hours due to a traffic citation that surpassed a low threshold of like $100. In some ways I think the government is more concerned about breaking public trust than just Secret clearance where they only send out letters to your references.

Anonymous wrote:Don't give notice at your current job until you receive your EOD date in writing.

The point being, though, that many EODs are given based on an interim/provisional clearance. So you could be on the job for a year before finding out that your public trust didn't go through.

Don't give notice at your current job until you receive your EOD date in writing.

Can only speak on personal experience, but I started my job on only interim clearance. The final clearance came through a couple months later. Not sure if there’s ever been a case where someone got interim but not final clearance.

Just took 7 months for a high level public trust clearance at a mid-size agency. I was interviewed the first week I started.

Anonymous wrote:I know this is an old thread but I am wondering how long public trust takes now. Also have you heard of denials? Can you start working with in interim?

I’ve been at my agency two years and still don’t have my public trust approval. I think it fell through the cracks for a year, then I had to redo my fingerprints, and then I was finally interviewed late last summer. I just checked the other day and am told that the investigation is complete but the agency hasn’t adjudicated it yet. So who knows.

I know this is an old thread but I am wondering how long public trust takes now. Also have you heard of denials? Can you start working with in interim?

To be clear...public trust is not a clearance, it's an investigation. When you are in a position of public trust, you do not have a security clearance.

To PP, MBIs are taking roughly one year to be completed by OPM. OPM is seriously backlogged. Most agencies give an interim suitability that allows you to work while OPM completes the full investigation, so you normally don't have to wait a full year to begin working. Interim suitability normally takes about 1-2 weeks depending on agency case load and efficiency. Good luck to all.

How long is the Moderate Risk public Trust (MRPT) taking now a days?

I have my Position of Trust and from initial info to final approval took 9 months.

This security clearance take long for sure. Months leave alone weeks

DHS clearance looks like now 18 + months. I filled out the SF-86 05/15. I was called 11/16 and they were just getting around to process the paper.