Foreign Interests in Taiwan

NORTHEAST:  Contractor received Statement of Reasons alleging foreign contacts and financial interests in Taiwan.  We successfully mitigated potential concerns in Response and Department Counsel withdrew SOR prior to hearing.  Secret clearance retained.

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Client successfully mitigates concerns from substantial number of foreign contacts in obtaining clearance after a previous denial.

MIDDLE ATLANTIC:  Defense contractor had previously had clearance denied under Adjudicative Guidelines A – Allegiance to United States; and C – Foreign Preference (although factually it was actually B – Foreign Influence).  After retaining JAG Defense for an Application for a clearance through a different Agency, and despite having close and continuing contact with dozens […]

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Clearance Granted for Active Duty Officer Despite Significant Bureaucratic Errors by Command

EUROPE:  Client active duty officer issued Letter of Intent (LOI)/Statement of Reasons (SOR) under Adjudicative Guidelines: B – Foreign Influence, C – Foreign Preference, E – Personal Conduct, and F – Financial Considerations, based upon being identified in a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file regarding suspected provision of false statements to a financial institution […]

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Dual Citizen Defense Contract Employee Granted Security Clearance

MIDDLE ATLANTIC – Applicant employee of a Defense Contractor denied Security Clearance based upon Guidelines B – Foreign Influence and C – Foreign Preference because Applicant exercised dual citizenship, possessed a foreign passport, carries both the U.S. and foreign passport when traveling, renewed foreign citizenship after becoming naturalized U.S. citizen and maintains close ties to […]

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Naturalized US Citizen & Native of ROC Cleared Over Security Concerns

NEW ENGLAND – Applicant native of the Republic of China and naturalized U.S. citizen, who is a senior fellow with a Defense Contractor, was issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) alleging Guideline B – Foreign Influence and Guideline C – Foreign Preference concerns due to renewal and use of Taiwanese passport after becoming naturalized U.S. […]

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Clearance Granted by the Personnel Security Appeals Board of the CAF

SOUTHEAST – Client active duty military officer was issued a Letter of Intent (LOI)/Statement of Reasons (SOR) for Adjudicative Guidelines: B – Foreign Influence, C – Foreign Preference, J – Criminal Conduct, and K – Handling of Protected Information as a result of being a foreign national, a stated hesitation to renounce the foreign citizenship, […]

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Clearance Granted after Client’s Renunciation of Foreign Citizenship

SOUTHEAST – Client Federal Government employee within DoD received Letter of Intent (LOI)/Statement of Reasons (SOR) from the Central Adjudication Facility (CAF) based upon Adjudicative Guidelines – C Foreign Preference as a result of obtaining, as an adult, citizenship in a foreign country while possessing a security clearance issued by the United States .  After […]

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JAG Defense Successfully Assisted Applicant in SF86 Submission

MIDDLE ATLANTIC – Successfully assisted Applicant Defense Contractor in SF86 submission for high level clearance, obtaining clearance with no Statement of Reasons (SOR) being issued even though client was former member of a foreign military, responsible for escorting highest level officials in foreign government during international travel, extensive family members still in the foreign country, […]

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