I was contacted by a company after providing them my CV. After that, a few weeks down the line they asked me what my status is in the UK and stated they need this information for a security clearance.

They asked me for the following:

• All of my nationalities : I declared ones I am national of other than 1
• Whether I had been in UK for the last 10 years : YES
• Whether I hold a UK passport : NO

However, they rejected my application saying they can't obtain a security clearance for me as I don't have a UK passport.

My question is, can an employer reject an application just because a candidate doesn't have a UK passport?

I am a bit surprised because my current company does a DBS check every 6 months and they don't have any issue with checking security clearance for me.

I was contacted by a company after providing them my CV. After that, a few weeks down the line they asked me what my status is in the UK and stated they need this information for a security clearance.

They asked me for the following:

• All of my nationalities : I declared ones I am national of other than 1
• Whether I had been in UK for the last 10 years : YES
• Whether I hold a UK passport : NO

However, they rejected my application saying they can't obtain a security clearance for me as I don't have a UK passport.

My question is, can an employer reject an application just because a candidate doesn't have a UK passport?

I am a bit surprised because my current company does a DBS check every 6 months and they don't have any issue with checking security clearance for me.

Update

I am not UK national yet and only have 1 nationality even though I even forgot I am not being living here for so long ! Thank you everyone for helpful insights.

I had been contacted by a company and provided my CV. After that, few weeks down the line they asked me what my status is in UK and stated they need this information for a security clearance.

They asked me for following:

• All my nationalities : Declared ones I am national of other than 1
• Whether I had been in UK for last 10 years : YES
• Hold a UK passport : NO

However, they rejected my application saying they can't obtain a security clearance for me as I don't have a UK passport.

My question is, can a employer reject an application just because a candidate doesn't have a UK passport?

I am bit surprised because my current company does a DBS check every 6 months and they don't have any issue with checking security clearance for me.

I was contacted by a company after providing them my CV. After that, a few weeks down the line they asked me what my status is in the UK and stated they need this information for a security clearance.

They asked me for the following:

• All of my nationalities : I declared ones I am national of other than 1
• Whether I had been in UK for the last 10 years : YES
• Whether I hold a UK passport : NO

However, they rejected my application saying they can't obtain a security clearance for me as I don't have a UK passport.

My question is, can an employer reject an application just because a candidate doesn't have a UK passport?

I am a bit surprised because my current company does a DBS check every 6 months and they don't have any issue with checking security clearance for me.

I had been contacted by a company, after providing CV and that, few weeks down the line they asked me what is my status in UK and stated they need this information for security clearance.

They asked me for followings,

• All my nationalities : Declared ones I am national of other then 1
• Whether I had been in UK for last 10 years : YES
• Hold a UK passport : NO

However they rejected my application saying they can't do a security clearance on me as I don't have a UK passport.

My question is, can a employer reject an application just because a candidate don't have a UK passport.

I am bit surprised because my current company do DBS check every 6 months and they don't have any issue with checking security clearnance for me.

I had been contacted by a company and provided my CV. After that, few weeks down the line they asked me what my status is in UK and stated they need this information for a security clearance.

They asked me for following:

• All my nationalities : Declared ones I am national of other than 1
• Whether I had been in UK for last 10 years : YES
• Hold a UK passport : NO

However, they rejected my application saying they can't obtain a security clearance for me as I don't have a UK passport.

My question is, can a employer reject an application just because a candidate doesn't have a UK passport?

I am bit surprised because my current company does a DBS check every 6 months and they don't have any issue with checking security clearance for me.