CBP officer

[Cee-Ro]

Wow some of you are moving nice along the process, I have COMPLETED every step except the BI which I turned in 3/22/12, haven't been schedule for the Poly or the drug test yet. Still waiting and not sure when is the right time to call the security office for updates? I took the exam on 7/11 is gonna be a year already and this is how far I have gone in the process since then. Good luck to everyone

Same here! All complete except BI which was turned in 3/19/12.

[afftont]

I have everything scheduled or complete except for my poly and drug test. I wonder if I'll be lucky enough to be one that doesn't get chosen to take it.

Test Date: 3/26/2012
NOR: 4/6/2012 (96 with vet points) West Coast
NOR 2: 4/10/2012 Changed to SWB
TSL: 4/27/2012
PFT 1: 5/24/2012 Pass
Medical: 6/12/2012
VBT/SI: 6/25/2012

[Tactical Dweeb]

Got the call today - Otay Mesa. Applied back in August 2011 and completed entire hiring process in April 2012. I head off to the academy in mid August, I've heard Georgia gets a little warm in the summer, pt should be interesting out there...

[TopFlightInGA]

just my personal opinion...DO NOT CALL IA TO CHECK ON YOUR BACKGROUND. if they need something they will call/email you

No, that is horrible advice to give. I've been in the process for a long time and been waiting over a year for my background to clear. Thursday, I called IA and found out the reason my case has not been looked at by my adjudicator is because they had me as a border patrol agent. I applied for border patrol over a year ago but never went and took the test. How they had me down for a border patrol applicant, I have no clue, especially since I've been a cbpo applicant for the last four years. After that phone call my adjudicator said she needed only a few more papers and my background will clear. So I think if a person hasn't heard anything in a while call, call, call. I know, check the timeline.

[Cee-Ro]

Got the call today - Otay Mesa. Applied back in August 2011 and completed entire hiring process in April 2012. I head off to the academy in mid August, I've heard Georgia gets a little warm in the summer, pt should be interesting out there...

What other POE did they offer you?

[yoda]

No, that is horrible advice to give. I've been in the process for a long time and been waiting over a year for my background to clear. Thursday, I called IA and found out the reason my case has not been looked at by my adjudicator is because they had me as a border patrol agent. I applied for border patrol over a year ago but never went and took the test. How they had me down for a border patrol applicant, I have no clue, especially since I've been a cbpo applicant for the last four years. After that phone call my adjudicator said she needed only a few more papers and my background will clear. So I think if a person hasn't heard anything in a while call, call, call. I know, check the timeline.

The key here is to call them after you have met your investigator and 6 months have past without a notice or change in status...

[TopFlightInGA]

The key here is to call them after you have met your investigator and 6 months have past without a notice or change in status...

I agree at least six months. I know people get worried after a couple months. In my second background investigation, i met my investigator on 6/6/11. So it took a year for me to find out what was going on. I laugh when I read posts where people just met their bi two or three months ago and ask should they call. So I will say call to check if it has been at least six months, then after that call.

[Tactical Dweeb]

san ysidro, calexico, tecate, otay mesa, el paso, lukeville, nogales, columbus, presidio, fabens.

[Moeie586]

exactly yoda

[socalpdcadet]

Got the call today - Otay Mesa. Applied back in August 2011 and completed entire hiring process in April 2012. I head off to the academy in mid August, I've heard Georgia gets a little warm in the summer, pt should be interesting out there...

Hey first off congrats on the call! Did they tell you if it was the Otay Mesa Cargo port or the passenger port?

[allandchen]

Got the call today - Otay Mesa. Applied back in August 2011 and completed entire hiring process in April 2012. I head off to the academy in mid August, I've heard Georgia gets a little warm in the summer, pt should be interesting out there...

Congrat Tactical Dweed!

[Veva15]

Has anyone here been found unsuitable for employment due to a polygraph? How did you go about the situation?

Test: July 2011
NOR: October 2011
TENATIVE SELECTION: OCTOBER 2011
FINGERPRINTS : OCTOBER
BACKGROUND: in security office
PF1 & MEDICAL: Noevember 2011 (passed)
SI & VBT: DECEMBER 2011 (passed)
Polygraph: APRIL 2012
DRUG TEST : MAY 2012 ( passed)

[Rms16]

No, that is horrible advice to give. I've been in the process for a long time and been waiting over a year for my background to clear. Thursday, I called IA and found out the reason my case has not been looked at by my adjudicator is because they had me as a border patrol agent. I applied for border patrol over a year ago but never went and took the test. How they had me down for a border patrol applicant, I have no clue, especially since I've been a cbpo applicant for the last four years. After that phone call my adjudicator said she needed only a few more papers and my background will clear. So I think if a person hasn't heard anything in a while call, call, call. I know, check the timeline.

That is exactly why you should call, bc things like this happen. Yoda is 100% correct though, do not call if its been only a few months since you met your investigator.

[Foster11B]

Hey everyone! I am new to the forums although I have been following them for a little while now. I contacted MHC the other day becuase I had not recieved a new NOR when I changed Geo and the woman on the phone said that I had been pushed up to staffing and should be getting my TSL1 & 2. She also said that they already had dates in the system for me for a lot of my other things. Anyone else been kind of sparatically thrown into a lot of this. Seems a lot like the Army. "Hurry up and Wait"

[Tactical Dweeb]

Hey first off congrats on the call! Did they tell you if it was the Otay Mesa Cargo port or the passenger port?

I asked, but the employee on the phone did not know. I am not sure if it is going to be a random assignment to cargo or passenger, or if they let you request one or the other. Either way, I am very thankful to have been offered Otay, it was the port I wanted to go to most out of all the other POE's on the SWB.

Thanks to everyone for the congrats!