Please, I'm looking out for a friend, to make sure they aren't being taken advantage of. My friend gave money for someone for travel and expenses to someone who was going for clearance at university, so they could sign up for youth service.

The thing is, it has taken over three weeks. This isn't preadmission clearance, this is the clearance you get when you have taken all of your courses. If this is true, how could getting the paperwork in order take more than three weeks? Shouldn't they already have a record of the coursework? So why does this take so long.

I have my doubts about this clearance story and it taking so long. I think my friend is being played, but I don't know enough about clearance to say for sure.

Please help with the real gist on clearance and please thank you for responding