2007-01-17 17:06:48 · 4 answers · asked by Abdel A 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Embassies & Consulates
in America, for top security clearance, you give every detail of your entire life, you list all your friends and family so they can be investigated, they send agents out to interview people about you, a complete background check, polygraph, fingerprints, and that's it.
2007-01-17 21:22:38 · answer #1 · answered by Jen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately you have to have a company or government body sponsor you. I'm in the States, and recently quit my job because (well, it was a crap job with crap pay) I had waited nearly 2 years for a DoD security clearence and hadn't heard ANYTHING back from the investigators. My clearence would have lasted 10 years, it would have required what's called a lifestyle polygraph (where they ask if you're a homosexual and really intimidate you from what I've heard), and would have included having my friends and neighbors questioned. That's AFTER writing out where I've lived, who I've worked for, who I've known, all my relatives, etc for the past 10 years.
The good part of a clearence is that for little jobs like repairing computers, if you have a security clearence you make $70k instead of $25k to do stupid things like format harddrives and order printer parts.
The "easiest" way to get a clearance in the States is to join the military, mainly the airforce. Then you can take that to civilian life and make a lot of money. At least, if your clearence transfers. Even then, you make more money if you have been in the military, gotten a clearance, AND been to college. The degree you get doesn't really matter though, just that you've been to college.
You can lose your clearence by associating with foreigners or if you're no longer on a "need to know" basis for the project you're working on.
2007-01-18 01:34:25 · answer #2 · answered by Finish Reading Ugly Rennaissance 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I get what you mean correctly, then you're looking to get a job within a workplace that needs security clearance, such as an airport.
In Australia, where I am, the process goes as such...
Your details are given to your potential employer, your potential employer gives your details to a relevant department where they check your background (financial, criminal, etc), and reply as they feel fit.
2007-01-17 17:16:28 · answer #3 · answered by Clarke . 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you must get on from the us fbi. go to www.fbi.gov you need to have fingerprints and a backgroun check good credit no outstanding big debts.
2007-01-18 09:56:06 · answer #4 · answered by CCC 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋