CBP officer

[USCG LEME]

Thats what I had heard too. A friend of mine works longbeach and said they have recently approved many many positions in LAX and surrounding areas. Hope that holds true.

[merlin436]

More good information. I'm thinking about leaving another agency. I would lose AUO I'm just seeing if there is a possibility to make up the difference. I would also be taking a pay cut because they don't pay match anymore

Well, in some ports there is the opportunity to work 35K or more in differentials and overtime pay...especially once you clear your training status. Other ports are very limited on what is available for OT and differential.

Pay matching was largely a child of the FCIP appointments. Once our POTUS did away with the FCIP, pay matching left as well.

[merlin436]

Does anybody knows what kind of clearance CBPO requires?

The "normal" CBPO holds no active clearance...as the "average" CBPO has no official duties that require an active clearance.

Those people who hold positions/job duties that require clearances get them. By far, they represent a minority number of CBPOs.

[merlin436]

50% Sunday differential wow.
Does BP only get like 15%?

BP gets 10% in night differentials and 25% in Sunday pay.

If you're trying to compare compensation across two different positions like CBPO and BPA it's probably best to look at all compensation as a whole.

Border Patrol has(at least until they lose it) 25% AUO attached to their position. That's a huge chuck of change that virtually every PA can elect to receive/work. Plus they collect some FLSA OT on top of that AUO and they collect "LEO" scale pay in the GL-05, 07 and 09 range. Also, 100% of that AUO is retirement creditable income.

All told, I'd be willing to bet that the "average" salary of a CBPO and a BPA of comparable pay grades leans to the advantage of the BPA...in most circumstances.

[FutureCBPO]

My Geo is Westcoast. Im in OC so it would be nice to get something within 100 miles of here. I'm trying not to get my hopes up but at this point it feels like I might actually get hired.

I feel the same way.
Waiting for this phone call is killing me. Since this is the part where they could say "thanks,but no thanks."
I'm hoping and praying.

[Jade78]

Here is my timeline:

Applied:7-1-13
Tested:8-3-13
NOR:9-9-13 (96%)
Tentative Select:12-16-13
Medical:12-30-13
Submitted SF86:2-28-14
VBT & SI:3-17-14
Polygraph x2:4-7-14 (inconclusive)/ 4-30-14 (passed)
Background started:5-20-14
Background finished:6-9-14 (expected finish date according to BI)
Background Check Mark: ???
Drug Test: ???
EOD: ???
Hopefully I get into the Academy with you guys!

I, too, have very similar timeline as you are, I met with my BI yesterday and guessing a week before he submits my file to be reviewed. How long that will take? I don't know, does anybody have an idea of how long we have to wait on adjudication process?

I currently have Secret and had Temporary Compartmentalized in the past. But Navym2 is right, your standard Customs Officers are only required to have Secret Clearence.

Jade78 I have a TS/SCI because I am Intelligence Contractor for BAE. I was a Military Police officer or Master At Arms for 7 Years and I switched over to the Intelligence when I was in the active duty Navy and never looked back since. I am tired of dealing with Intel its a headache plus the war is dying down and I have been deployed too many times because I am a HUMINT Intelligence Analyst. I wanted to go back to my Law Enforcement roots. I just recently finished a deployment and I'm ready to get a federal job contracting is not the way.....it is too many uncurtains pertaining to job security unless you want to live in DC.....

Do you guys know what kind of investigation you had? Is it SSBI, FSBI, or what?

The "normal" CBPO holds no active clearance...as the "average" CBPO has no official duties that require an active clearance.

Those people who hold positions/job duties that require clearances get them. By far, they represent a minority number of CBPOs.

So if that's the case, why do we have to go through this whole process if we won't get clearance?

[merlin436]

Depending on circumstance, there is a chance you might end up doing duties during the course of your career that requires you to have an active clearance, so you'll be initially vetted by a SSBI for the possible issuance of one.

If and when you actually have the offical need for an active clearance, you'll be issued one.

[FutureCBPO]

I met with my background investigator on the 7th of May.
And again - last week. June 4th.
To go over what another investigator ran into in another state.

I think you, Jade, said you had multiple states being covered.
So don't count on your investigation to be wrapped up in a week.
They all have to forward their information to the investigator that you just sat down with.

[Kattle]

Jade and Future what regions are you? I'm Southwest so I'm hoping to be able to stay here in San Diego!

[Jade78]

I asked my BI on their timeline to get my papers ready, he said they have only 18 days for each applicant to gather info. Other investigators have already started interviews with ppl I put in my sf86. My BI said that he should be done by the end of next week. I met him on Thursday and again yesterday which made me very stressed after the stuff he told me. Now I have to wait restlessly to find out when I get a result from the adjudication which some say might take few weeks to years.
Kattle, my geo is central east coast.

[NavyMa2]

I had SSBI done on me took 1 year to get it adjudicated would have been quicker but the government slowed things down a lot.

I, too, have very similar timeline as you are, I met with my BI yesterday and guessing a week before he submits my file to be reviewed. How long that will take? I don't know, does anybody have an idea of how long we have to wait on adjudication process?




Do you guys know what kind of investigation you had? Is it SSBI, FSBI, or what?


So if that's the case, why do we have to go through this whole process if we won't get clearance?

[FutureCBPO]

I don't think it will take too long.
A couple co-workers already got their offer like I said before. And we started the background around the same time. I guess my BI just drug his feet a little bit. But they only took about a week for the adjudication process for them. Hopefully we are in the same boat Jade.
Because some of the stuff I had to go back over also from another state is making me stress also.

[Jade78]

FutureCBPO can you pm me plz? My phone isn't showing that option.

[USCG LEME]

Do you guys know what kind of investigation you had? Is it SSBI, FSBI, or what?

So if that's the case, why do we have to go through this whole process if we won't get clearance?

I can't speak for anyone else in CBP, but my buddy who is GS-12 CBP said they do Secret clearence for all CBP Officers...Fun fact- They give Secret clearence to all members of the US Coast Guard as part of their enlistment. So knowing this info does not make it hard to believe they provide Secret to all oncoming CBP Officers.

When I got Secret clearence when I joind USCG all I did was SF-86 and never actually met with anyone... It wasnt till I got SCI that I met with someone.

[FutureCBPO]

Jade, you have to go into your settings and turn on PM's.

And CBP does get a clearance. As they are exposed to information and procedures that the public should not know about.
Whether it's security clearance or secret, I do not know.