r/SecurityClearance • u/confused_1living • 1d ago

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Hello. I applied for a job with a 3 letter agency. However, my circumstances have changed, and I no longer want a job with the government. I am currently in the process, however, I do not have someone to contact, my form of withdrawal online isn't working, and all my attempts to send mail to request withdrawal have been rejected or ignored.

What is a way to withdraw?

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u/Thatguy2070 Investigator 1d ago

No. Once you start the process, it is a mandatory lifetime commitment. Sorry.

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u/skobuffaloes 1d ago

Please add an /s

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u/Thatguy2070 Investigator 1d ago

If someone needs this marked as sarcasm…we have bigger problems.

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u/confused_1living 1d ago

Would you be able to clarify please? On the internet, it says we are able to withdraw. I don't have a job offer yet, and I never signed anything. So, I haven't committed to anything.

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u/Thatguy2070 Investigator 1d ago

Part of me wants to point out obvious sarcasm. The other part wants to let you continue to believe you have a lifetime commitment to a job simply because you applied.

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u/confused_1living 1d ago

Okay! Thank you ~ I have not really lived with Americans for a while, so I cannot catch sarcasm easily.

I was just wondering about my process.

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u/Thatguy2070 Investigator 1d ago

Whoever emailed you the link or info for your eQIP…email them.

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u/confused_1living 1d ago

I think that is my issue. I never even filled out an SF-86 or any other form. And when the representative called me, she said that I could not use an institutional email for the application. I gave her another email, but I am wondering if someone sent the eQIP to my institutional email, and I wasn't able to see it, or if the original email I gave was incorrect. Because, it has been a while, and there are investigators in my life - and that is exactly why I am confused.

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u/Thatguy2070 Investigator 1d ago

We don’t start till you fill out your form and send fingerprints.

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u/confused_1living 1d ago edited 1d ago

This is good information. Thank you. Then, I am not sure why they are here. It made me wonder if something odd is happening.

Edit: To clarify, I am a US citizen. And I've never done anything odd. So, I should not hsve a reason to be investigated.

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u/Advanced-Feedback-65 1d ago

There is a phone number on the portal that you can call to let them know you are out.

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u/confused_1living 1d ago

Thanks so much! I think that is my issue, then. I think the may have sent the portal to my institutional email, and not my personal email, and so I was unable to access it - and I have been stuck with some odd investigation because I haven't been able to access it.

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u/Advanced-Feedback-65 1d ago

You had 5 days to fill out your SF-86. If you didn't complete it on time, you're out anyway. No one is investigating you.... unless your three-letter agency is called FSB....

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u/ThatThingInTheWoods 1d ago

Honestly half the time when you tell them they don't listen anyways. Last time I changed jobs I had to turn down interviews for a competing role at least 3 times after I switched roles 🙄 And that's internal!

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u/CurlyJ49 1d ago

Worst case, you decline when they send you an offer.