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UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants

Guidance notes for applicants on the National Security Vetting Solution.

From:
United Kingdom Security Vetting and Cabinet Office
Published
10 October 2016
Last updated
20 September 2024 — See all updates

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UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants

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UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: Accessing your e-form hints and tips

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UKSV National Security Vetting Solutions: completing your e-form application hints and tips

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The guides on this page provide instructions to vetting applicants on how to activate their NSVS Portal account, access, complete and submit their Security Questionnaire (eform) and submit an aftercare incident report.

If you require further assistance from our Helpdesk, Contact UKSV.

Updates to this page

Published 10 October 2016
Last updated 20 September 2024 + show all updates

  1. Attachment UKSV: Interview Checklist has been removed as it duplicated guidance already available in United Kingdom Security Vetting: Applicant. Please refer to this guide instead. Attachment UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants has been removed. It contained outdated information and was in an non-accessible PDF format. It has been superseded by the HTML-format guide UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants, which is also available on this page.

  2. This guidance has been updated as part of UK Security Vetting’s ongoing review of all our gov.uk content, in consultation with subject matter experts and relevant stakeholders, to ensure that it accurately represents current vetting policy, processes and terminology. We are working to remove duplicate, redundant, and outdated documents where possible, as well as those which do not meet accessibility standards. Where this has happened, users may find that URLs have been redirected to take you to the current guidance.

  3. Hints and tips guide on completing the e-form updated to align with current form and current policy.

  4. Guidance updated to reflect launch of new Level 1B and new UKSV Helpdesk service

  5. Wording re required documents updated to reflect change in UK divorce law from April 2022.

  6. Additional documents added: 'Hints and tips for accessing your portal account', 'Hints and tips for completing your e-form', 'Interview checklist'.

  7. Replaced guidance notes with latest version

  8. Replaced leaflet with latest version

  9. Updated with latest version of guidance notes

  10. Replaced attachment with latest version

  11. Form updated with the latest UKSV version

  12. First published.

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