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Get your SF-86 history straight before you open the form.

Planning tools for anyone filling out the SF-86 security clearance questionnaire: find your dates, close every gap, and walk in with everything ready.

Start here: find your dates See the full checklist

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Your path, in four steps

  1. 1Find your datesWork out how far back each section goes.
  2. 2Build your historyAddresses, schools and jobs, with a gap checker.
  3. 3Log foreign travelEvery trip outside the U.S. in the last 7 years.
  4. 4Gather the restA printable checklist for every other section.
10 yrs

Addresses, schools and jobs, with no breaks in addresses or jobs. SF-86, PDF p. 10

7 yrs

Foreign travel, foreign contacts and most police, drug and financial questions. SF-86, PDF p. 84

3 yrs

Addresses and schools that need a person who knew you there. SF-86, PDF p. 10

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Also useful

Plain-language FAQ by sectionShort answers for Sections 11, 12, 13A and 20C, each linked to the page of the official form. How long clearances are takingThe latest published average processing times, with sources.

Source: Standard Form 86, Questionnaire for National Security Positions (Revised November 2016, OMB No. 3206-0005), published by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Checked 2026-11-13.