An Unusual Issue Finding Parties

I have what I think is a pretty unusual problem with finding parties.  Because of my career, I have to limit my Roll20 groups to American citizens only.  I know, I despise how much of a douche that makes me sound.  I had to quit all of my groups 10 months ago when I was informed that this is an issue and I haven't been able to play since.   So at the risk of sounding like a not good person, I am looking for an American only group playing weekly after 8pm EST on week nights or an early AM or late PM game on the weekends.  I would prefer 5e but at this point I will pretty much take anything.   I really am sorry for even having to make this post but i don't know of any other way to find a group that will allow me to play.  I hope I haven't offended anyone, it is absolutely not what I am trying to do.  

Hello Bert, Private message me for more details if you're interested - but I DM for a Saturday group that plays at NOON CST (American players).  It's the Princes of the Apocalypse campaign setting.

What career would have that as a restriction?  Wouldn't that apply to all online games and not be enforcable.  If a spot opens up in my thursday group I'll keep you in mind.

Mullins, Bert is probably not able to actually answer that question due to restrictions but I can being both previous military and government agencies. There are several circumstances that prohibit interaction with foreign nationals through voice/video connections. Basically if you have a GC18 rating, AS20 rating, Top Secret Clearance with Eyes Only addendum, are a Flag Staff member of the U.S. military or U.S. government agency liaison that consults with POTUS, VPOTUS, JC (Joint Chiefs), CIA, FBI, NSC or any of the other 14 primary intelligence agencies, or if you work for a company that has government contracts with said same, you are prohibited from certain types of interactive activities. It's OK to play a video game for example if it has controllable in game voice that can be turned off client side. It's not OK to sit in a virtual room that has coded programming in which voice and video are present. It constitutes a variable that several agencies and government policies refer to as "a compromisable situation or condition". The reason for American only is because many foreign nationals can not be traced, arrested, charged, etc. if their target is compromised whereas American can be if they cross the line. Sadly, this is becoming more and more a situation for larger numbers of people that work in the intelligence fields or companies that hold government contracts in one form or another. Bert, I sent you a private msg for an upcoming game I have that is Americans only, though not for the same reasons you have I would imagine.

Out of curiosity: how do you guarantee towards your employers that the people you are joining up with for games online are indeed the American-only citizens they proclaim to be? Even proving they are US-based is of dubious value, due to the existence of VPNs.

There is a large element of trust and due diligence placed on me.  If I suspect it to be so I have to remove myself from the contact, it isn't worth my career just to play a game, so this post was a Hail Mary attempt to find what I'm looking for.  It looks like I got lucky and found a game though.  

You might also check whether Text Only games are acceptable.

You could always bite the bullet and GM yourself, thereby restricting who you allow to join your party. It's not like there's a glut of GMs on the market, so I doubt you'd have trouble finding players, especially if you're playing 5E.

I would be a poor GM, in my opinion.  

PM sent. /Matt