Well I'm simplifying the process but it is a full-field federal background investigation. I can't predict what your BI will turn up or how it'd turn out, but what I can say is if they so choose they can DQ you for the most minor of things. Some examples are, having even one unpaid account on your credit report (this can easily be rectified by paying it in full though), medical records are a biggie (visiting a psychologist could be a DQ), past employment (an employer could say any lie about your work perfromance and it could DQ you), a DUI could be a DQ, an honest error of admission of the background questionaire form can be a DQ, jealous associates can paint you as a bad candidate, and the examples are almost endless. And they go back at least 10 years. The worse part is a DQ in the BP investigation usually means a DQ if you try to apply for other federal law enforcement agencies.Wiesman44 said:
Having said all that, I couldn't say if they would pass you or not based on your BI. That's where I was saying it's BS politics. It's all subjectively interpreted. Women and so-called "minorities" are given a preferential view. It's ridiculous how they'll overlook or not DQ certain people with all kinds of stuff in the BI yet DQ others just over basically nothing because of some reverse-discrimination agenda.
But you never know sometimes it's luck. It depends somewhat on who your investigator is, who is your initial BI reviewer, and just having associates at the time who say mostly good things about you.