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NSVS Applications

Some applicants will also have been submitted for a higher level of clearance –  Security Clearance, most commonly referred to by the initials SC.  Clearance at SC level, alongside NPPV allows applicants access to a higher level of secure information and systems.

Occasionally a National Contractor will be submitted for Counter Terrorism Clearance, or CTC instead of SC.

If SC or CTC clearance is required you will receive an email from the Warwickshire Police Vetting Unit advising you that your name has been submitted to the UK Security Vetting who process this element of the application. UKSV is the Government agency that processes National Security Vetting applications.

This initial email from the Warwickshire Police Vetting Unit contains important information about the number of days you have to complete the e-form. It will also give details of exactly how you should enter your details.

Please follow this guidance carefully as your application must match the information provided by the Vetting Unit.

The Vetting Unit is able to re-send the link to the form if you get locked out, but once you have opened the e-form and you start to fill it in Warwickshire Police Vetting Unit has no further access to it.

If you run into any problems while filling the SC e-form in you will need to contact the NSVS/UKSV Enquiry Centre via the email address which is contained within the email we sent you advising that you had been set-up for the SC process.

While your application is being processed you may be contacted by a case officer from the UKSV if they need further information, or an explanation of something you have included.  Please respond as soon as possible failure to do so will result in the UKSV withdrawing your application.

Once the Warwickshire Police Vetting Unit hears back from the UKSV to say your application has been processed your clearance level will be updated on our data base. Your Company Liaison Officer has access to this data base and will advise you whether your application has been successful.

SC clearance, if granted, is valid for seven years.