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Re: I - 485,, Background check !!!!! Any help... Posted on: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 02:34:45 +0000


> > > 2 FYIs:
> > > I live in VA;
> > > I did overstay my visa once out of my 45 visits to the US in the
> > > last
> > > 15 years
> > > Ok, so my fingerprint clearance has probably expired because it's
> > > been
> > > 2 years since they took them - so do I have to initiate things and
> > > go
> > > to UCSIS and get them taken again or do I have to wait till they
> > > ask
> > > me back?
> > > I emailed FBI at fbinncp@ic.fbi.gov five months ago and I haven't
> > > received even an acknowledgement that they've received my email
> > > let
> > > alone a status on the name check.
> > > I followed up with a second email a few weeks ago - same thing.
> > > No reply.
> > > Five months ago I made an Infopass appointment through the CIS
> > > website
> > > and met an immigration officer. They told me that there's nothing
> > > that
> > > they can do until the background check is complete and that I had
> > > to
> > > simply wait. I didn't get the supervisor's name though.
> > > >Contact your local congressional office and provide them with a
> > > >summary of your problem and copies of all letters that you have
> > > >sent
> > > >following up on your case.
> > > Has anyone had any luck with this approach? My understanding from
> > > talking with the FBI is that there are 100,000 fingerprint
> > > enquiries
> > > each and every day (they weren't able to give me the number of
> > > background check enquiries) and after reading the background check
> > > process
> > > http://www.house.gov/science/hearings/full04/feb25/garrity.pdf
> > > it appears that once you take longer than average - you're bound
> > > to
> > > take a whole lot more than average. In practice why would the
> > > congressman pay any attention to me rather than the other 100
> > > thousand
> > > people bitching about the same issue?
> > > >The final option is to sue CIS. This is called a mandamus
> > > >action.
> > > >It
> > > >must be brought in Fed. Court, asking for a order forcing CIS to
> > > >adjudicate your case. This must be handled by an attorney.
> > > Gees. How do you find an attorney who would present such an
> > > action?
> > > What's the normal cost of taking this action? How successful (in
> > > percentage terms) is this approach in getting a decision? Does
> > > taking
> > > this approach in any way affect the decision?
> > > My wife's pregnant and the baby's due in July - this probably
> > > means
> > > my
> > > baby will have dual citizenship before me :)
> > Getting a GC is step one, add another 3 1/2 years or so to get
> > Citizenship.
> > I have seen cases of manaamus involving Citizenship, but not AOS. I
> > have
> > no idea whether the principals are the same.
> > --
>
> I Havebeen Waiting For About 3.5 Years, And Im Still Waiting.
>
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[QUOTE=Bokovza]> > 2 FYIs:

Who understands this process?

One of my ex colleagues in Toronto is a Cuban born Canadian.

On December 2004 he left Canada for the US; entered the Country as a
tourist with his Canadian Passport; he was given only 15 days stay
(immigration officers may have suspected about his intentions); of
course he overstayed and started working. On January 2006 he filed the
adjustment of status form; fingerprints, medicals, everything was so
fast. On May 2006 he received the Green Card (no, not a paper stating
that his application had been approved but the Green Card itself).

I couldn't believed it; he said he would scan the GC and email it to me;
I said OK I believe it. I can neither explain nor understand why
sometimes the process is so fast and sometimes it can get you crazy.

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