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I am also waiting on eQIP after receiving the CJO in September and completing the initial onboarding/forms submissions. I wanted to highlight something an acquaintance of mine who works in the DEA shared with me about the academy in Quantico and how the process there is potentially impacting hiring timelines. Apparently everyone attending the academy (agents, IRS, DI, and other agency trainees) undergoes a brief quarantine in the barracks where they are assigned individual rooms. They conduct online training during the quarantine, and once the quarantine period is complete, they are paired with a roommate and begin classroom instruction. This has severely impacted the throughput for all of the classes because a block of the barracks rooms are set aside for quarantine.

The process was already historically long, but with the quarantine, it's even worse. Accordingly, HR and Suitability are slowing their processing times so as not to create a large backlog. The hiring official I'm working with did state that as of the beginning of February 2021, she was processing final job offers for individuals who received their CJOs in April/May 2020. Not sure if they were IRS positions, but it does give a reference.

I will say that Vjurado and his group (I think he is a DI applicant) have truly suffered as 8/18 applicants who just NOW received their eQIP links...

Edited by user Thursday, February 18, 2021 5:48:24 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Misspelling

Is the BI process any faster for people who either have a recent Army TS clearance or OPM T5 adjudication? The military did my TS about six months ago and I'm going through another OPM BI for my current civilian LE job.

Thanks. Funny thing is the email said it has a to fill out if you have foreign relatives but it was never attached so I reached out to the contact for that form. In the meantime, my eqip is pretty much ready to go. Would it be alright to submit the eqip while I wait for the form from the contact?

Edited by user Friday, February 26, 2021 11:13:49 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

RussX, sorry for the late response. You can still submit your eQIP without the Foreign Contact response, as it is a supplemental form that DOJ will use for any additional CI screening necessary to adjudicate your final clearance.

From what I've heard, you find out your location before going to the academy. I believe they used to do it like the FBI and not tell you until after you started training, but they changed that at some point. That's just what I was told from one of the Agents back when I had my interview so I don't know any specific details unfortunately.

Do you know if any of your references have been contacted? I haven’t heard anything either but some of references were contacted.