On Jun 23, 6:22 pm, ian-mstm
wrote:
> > 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:
>
> >http://www.aila.org/content/fileviewer.aspx?docid"650&linkid 2321
>
> > with all the statistics regarding Name checks delays (search for FBI
> > Name Checks) !
>
> > >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
>
> > 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
>
> --
> Posted viahttp://britishexpats.com
That's interesting. Ian, just out of curiosity - where do you get this
information from? I mean - if you are right then the course of my
actions to investigate my case will be very different from what I am
planning to do. So I would appreciate if you could give me more
information and point me in the right direction
Thanks,
Dimon
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