What criteria are evaluated when Government Background Investigators and Facility Security Officer are trying to determine if I will be eligible for a clearance?
The security clearance SF-86 application (that is utilized when determining eligiblity for a clearance) requires personally identifying information, as well as information regarding your residence history, education and employment history; family and people you have associated with in your personal life and professionally; your foreign connections, a listing of the trips to foreign countries that you have taken. Additionally, the application asks for information about arrests, involvement with illegal drugs, financial delinquencies, any history of mental health counseling, any history of alcohol counseling, civil court actions, illegal activities, rebellious, destructive, traitorous, insurgent, potentially destructive activities or other activities that may reflect behavior patterns that suggest a person may pose a possible threat to the security of America if given access to highly classified data, and any history of military service, current and prior clearances. The number of years