Background Check STILL not clear Forum

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 6:35 pm

anyone heard of this happening? It has been processing for over 2 months now... is this how they fail you? i.e. No explicit statement that you did not pass, but just keep saying its still processing until the work period has passed?

Pretty depressed about it tbh

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 6:40 pm

also, how long do these usually take to process generally? I was under the impression it would take about 1 month

lawfirmrecruiter · Post by **lawfirmrecruiter** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 6:50 pm

Anonymous User wrote:also, how long do these usually take to process generally? I was under the impression it would take about 1 month

Completely depends on how they do the check. If it is through an agency, shouldn't take longer than a couple of weeks. They may not have submitted it right away though. If it is a large firm with a lot going on they may just not have gotten to it yet.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 6:51 pm

it is a background check for a government internship (form sf 85p to be specific)

lawfirmrecruiter · Post by **lawfirmrecruiter** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 6:54 pm

Anonymous User wrote:it is a background check for a government internship (form sf 85p to be specific)

Well that will probably take a while. Give it more time and be patient.

bport hopeful · Post by **bport hopeful** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 7:37 pm

Anonymous User wrote:anyone heard of this happening? It has been processing for over 2 months now... is this how they fail you? i.e. No explicit statement that you did not pass, but just keep saying its still processing until the work period has passed?

Pretty depressed about it tbh

Have you ever done anything to worry about?

nealric · Post by **nealric** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 8:19 pm

When I worked for the feds, I never got confirmation that my background check cleared. They just gave me a start date and I showed up.

ran12 · Post by **ran12** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 8:21 pm

I did a DHS internship in college and the background check was pretty intensive and long. Probably took a couple of months from start to finish and I'm completely clean.

smears · Post by **smears** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 8:58 pm

I ran a fingerprint background check on myself and it took about a month to come back, but that's mainly because the idiots butchered my address and I think it bounced around a few post offices.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 2:03 pm

I'm externing at a USAO in the fall--my 86p form was complete and they sent it to DC on May 20-something. I heard back last week (July 6 I think) that I am good to go.

jeeptiger09 · Post by **jeeptiger09** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 2:13 pm

Mine took 2.5 months, it just depends on how fast the office your working in submits it (and there's really no way for you to know without being a pain). Don't worry about it.

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