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| Subject: Re: FBI name Check problem
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Posted on: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 22:22:44 +0000
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> I am in the same boat. I got fingerprinted on Feb 17, 2006, passed my
> citizenship interview on April 19, 2006. After the interview I was
> informed that as soon as my name check is cleared I'll be granted the
> citizenship. Since then I've visited Boston local INS office 4 times
> and every time I got the same answer - "Your name check is pending".
> They gave me all sorts of possible explanations. The most typical one
> is that my last name is very common in my country of origin (Russia).
> But the fact is - my last name is very very rare in Russia. And there
> are only 10 people with this name in the entire US. I did some
> research on the Internet and looks like there are lots of people in
> our situation. I suspect that the long waiting times for name check
> are correlated to the country of origin. For instance, many of my
> friends from Russia also have been waiting for a long time. While
> people from the neighboring states like Ukraine and Armenia get their
> names checked within 1-2 months at most. I see the same pattern for
> Chinese - many of them have to wait for a long time while Indians
> typically go through this much faster.
>
> The irony of the situation is that all the data required for doing any
> sorts of checks is readily available. There are quite a few companies
> that can provide tons of data on practically anyone in the US in 1-3
> days for $ 100-150. And the almighty FBI with annual budget greater
> than GNP of some countries cannot complete a check within 1 year.
>
> I am sick and tired of this. One of the most frustrating things about
> this situation is that INS doesn't even provide us with contact info
> that we can use to find out the status of our cases in FBI. They also
> told me repeatedly that they gather no statistics on name checks by
> FBI so they cannot tell me if my wait is typical or not. So I did some
> quick research on the Internet and guess what I found? Annual
> Immigrations services report publicly available on the net:
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> http://www.aila.org/content/fileviewer.aspx?docid"650&linkid2321
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> with all the statistics regarding Name checks delays (search for FBI
> Name Checks) !
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> >From what I found on the net it looks like the only real way to
> expedite processing of such a case is to make it as public and visible
> as possible. Given the fact that there are many many thousands of
> cases like ours it's obvious that those who wait patiently have very
> low chance of success. Those who scream and shout have a chance to
> get their cases noticed and therefore approved quicker. So I am going
> to do some screaming :-)
>
> One more thought - maybe people like us should coordinate "screaming"
> efforts. A group of people usually has a higher chance of success than
> a single person.
>
> Dimon
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> On Jun 13, 12:42 pm, Elvira
> wrote:
> > > There are many people in your situation. There is nothing you can
> > > do
> > > to speed up the security checks. Keep contacting your senator and
> > > congressperson to get their help, and every few months make an
> > > Infopass apppointment to go check on your status in person at your
> > > local office. That's about all you can do.
> >
> > > Rene
> >
> > Writing to Congresspeople initially is a good idea but completely
> > pointless thereafter. All they do is send back letters to say "case
> > pending". It's a flicking scandal.
> >
> > --
> > Posted viahttp://britishexpats.com
In fact, most of the FBI background checks are completed within a few
weeks. The slowdown happens when those checks are sent back to USCIS and
they are not correctly paired up with your case file. USCIS claims the
FBI checks are not back (because they're not in the file), and the FBI
claims that the checks have already been completed (because they were).
Ian
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