Reciprocity Examples
Below are examples of when your security clearance may not be eligible for reciprocity and gaining agencies will most likely require additional security clearance processing.
- Your existing clearance was granted on an interim or temporary basis.
- Your existing clearance was based on exception to standards.
- The date of your last investigation, upon which your existing clearance is based, is older than seven years for Top Secret, 10 years for Secret, and 15 years for Confidential.
- The position for which you are being considered requires a polygraph or a different type polygraph than you have taken in the past.
- The position for which you are being considered has Special Access Program (SAP) requirements.
- You are currently cleared at the Confidential or Secret level, and the position for which you are being considered requires a Top Secret clearance.
Below are examples where your concern is most likely a suitability or human resources (HR) process and is not a security clearance reciprocity issue.
- The new employer requires you to fill out a pre-screening questionnaire for hiring purposes, which focuses on your personal character and conduct prior to be being hired.
- The new employer requires a pre-hire medical examination.
- The new employer requires you to fill out a Declaration for Federal Employment.
