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hi this is lenny kaiser senior editor of clearancejobs.com today on this week's security clearance news update we're talking about a few things all initial security clearance applicants should know so number one the form takes a lot of time to complete if you've read about the sf-86 heard with sf-86 heard about the form before you probably think wow 100-page document that's going to take some time the defense counter-intelligence security agency actually estimates that it takes five hours they say 150 minutes to complete the document depending on your background how organized you are how easy it is for you to access records what the past seven years to ten years of your life have consisted of in terms of moves it could take a lot longer but as a baseline assume five hours to complete the form so plan your evenings wisely or days wisely as you're filling out the sf86 and don't necessarily expect to sit and do it all in one completion that's another thing that's worth noting on the s86 when you start it is not actually submitted nothing will start on it until you're completed so if you think oh i'll just go back over the course of a few weeks and input this data know that that's going to be delaying the time that it takes to get your clearance processed so you as an applicant don't have much control over the process the one thing you do have control over is how well you fill out the form and how quickly you get it completed so don't rush through it don't provide inaccurate information don't guess but also as soon as you get the document fill it out as quickly as you're able um to do that and do it accurately finally a little a little word about fingerprints so they recently started um actually saying that they're not going to submit or start a background investigation process until your fingerprints are into the system we recently had a question so we post an article on our site about how to get your fingerprints taken generally your security officer or the government agency you're applying with is going to give you instructions on where to get your fingerprints taken but as it turns out there are some folks who are just told sent out in the wild and say hey go get your fingerprints and submit them with your sf86 so if you're submitting fingerprints back to a security office you can actually often get them done at a local police department call ahead first and ask there'll be a nominal fee you can do it that way or fingerprints um can be done through a lot of private companies that'll do electronic fingerprints and you can get them done that way make sure obviously fingerprints you're providing data make sure the company is legitimate before you reach out and again check out that article on the clearance jobs news site for more on how to get your fingerprints taken so again the form is going to take time it has to be completed before the investigation is actually going to start and you have to have your fingerprints in before the investigation starts a few handy tips for all of you initial security clearance applicants if you have more questions about the security clearance process we have all of the answers over at the clearancejobs.com news site so check us out and have a great week thanks everybody