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Reply With Quotethis is when you get the congressman involved
call your local congressman
I would like to start a new thred on this issue. I am finding many of us having this issue at the interview and thus not getting stamped on the passport after a successful interview.
I had my interview at San Jose on January 13th. The officer showed me a paper that 40-60% of the cases are not approved because of this issue. If you are one of these, please share your experiences afterwards.
I have not heard anything since then. What can we do to expedite this process?
Thank you in advance to all of you who are willing to help.
Romit
Last edited by romit; 18th March 2005 at 10:47 PM.
this is when you get the congressman involved
call your local congressman
Romit :
I agree with getting the congress man involved. I mentioned that to you in your other thread. It wont hurt afterall you are a US citizen with voting right and it is their obligation to let you know as to what the status of your case is or would be....Good luck
Akshat
I dont know about your case guys, but I applied in April 02 and had my interview in September 03. I have contacted FBI last month and my senator a week ago but no news yet about my case.. Idont know what to do. I have been waiting for a name check for almost 19 months.
check out this thread http://boards.immigrationportal.com/...d.php?t=136848 and take action ASAP. The moderator of that thread is also very helpful.
Thanks amishah, I have already faxed FBI and requested FOIPA. I am waiting to see what they are going to say and make actions.
Would you please explain how exactly you requested FOIPA?Originally Posted by aminm
Thank you
Romit
If you follow the link that amishah sent to me,you will be able to find out what to do exactly.
I would like to hear from those who had gone through this process of calling congressman, etc. Please share your experiences. How do you determine who is your congressman. how do you call his/her office and what do you tell, etc.?
Thank you.
[QUOTE=romit]I would like to hear from those who had gone through this process of calling congressman, etc. Please share your experiences. How do you determine who is your congressman. how do you call his/her office and what do you tell, etc.?
Thank you.[/QUOTE
romit, I have a vague memory of reading long ago in the forum on how to contact congressman. Go to www.house.gov, enter zip code, and there you find contact information. Requests should be send to an Immigration service worker. Sorry, if it doesnt help. Thanks for your reply earlier.
Please visit http://boards.immigrationportal.com...ad.php?t=136848
I've been waiting 2 years for my security check, so on the advice of someone, I wrote a letter to the Immigration Ombudsman in Washington DC.
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interap...orial_0497.xml
I got a letter back today (2 weeks after writing). It was a form letter, but stated that this Ombudsmans office would initiate a formal inquiry to the USCIS on my behalf and that I should hear something within 45 days...
Steveeva2001 What status have you had all that time, since you hadn't had a green card. Goodness with my interview coming, this the second thing I start bothering
Hi steva2001. thank you for the link!
Well I had my interview in February 2003, and was told at the time that the security check was pending. Since then, on all the EAD renewals I've done, I've just put (c)(9) which is I485-pending, and thats usually how I quote my status... I got a renewal EAD yesterday in the mail, so presumably I'm still 'in status' so to speak.
Good luck with your interview. I hope you don't have to be subjected to the wait that I have been. Personally, I think my file is laying with a bunch of others in the Washington DC district office in some dank, dark corner, growing mould.
Most likely. Until somebody decide to blow the dust. It's true that there's loads of files. But Behind all those numbers there are alive people with 1000s of broken nerves. It's sad.
we would also like to know if anybody ever got cleared from this FBI name check pending mess and finally received approval letter from USCIS. Please share your experiences if you do or anybody you know had the same situation.
Please please please.
Thank you.
I contacted the Congressman & they refused to make a inquiry with FBI. Their inquiry to the USCIS was replied as Background check pending.
The infinite delays may be attributed to the fact that for GCs there's a CIA check too about which there's almost no info in these forums.
my 2 cents.......
It is a shame. I think we should somehow envolve the media in the situation. They might do something about it then. Tell me what you think guys. They are many people waiting for FBI name check and they can hear our voice if we do something together.
Last edited by aminm; 2nd March 2005 at 02:05 AM.
I am in for it.
Getting the media involve might move them to work quicker, after all this America.
How do u approach them?? I saw links to certain articles in these forums that were for articles on CNN ??
I don't know if anyone can do anything in this case b'cas it's a Security matter & well nothing in this country matters more this time around.
When i didn't know about CIA checks, i was quite enthusiatic about trying to get the case expedited somehow i.e. Congressman/Senator, but now i think it's all ur luck & the process would take it's own time.
I'm wondering if a similar level of scrutiny is being done on the Visas that are granted ??
You might be right but how long should take for FBI or CIA to find a person dangerous? 19 months? 2 years? Dont you think that person will have enough time to do some damage?
anybody?
I have been on this site looking for people with similar experiences it would be nice to know how many people out there go through this, I had my interview June 3rd 2003 and was told the same thing I just want to know how long before someone actually does something or or pays attention to your letters and visits and calls.
I actually spoke to an FBI person today on the phone and he was very annoyed and said that if it has truly been that long, the problem lies with immigration and that the results would certainly have been returned to them already. I also spoke with another FBI representative concerning the background checks and was told the results were returned to INS the same day they were requested. So what is really the truth?
Last edited by Thecla; 4th March 2005 at 12:16 AM.
No, It is not the truth, There are many people which their naem check is pending here. One of them is me. I had my interview September 2002 and no news from FBI yet.
Well I am not at all sure what to believe, something is wrong here it should not take 2-3 years after interview to be approved but here are the numbers I called today 304-6255-5590 & 202 324 3000.
The first number gave me info on my background check and the second info on name check which incidently appears not to be the same thing.
May be you should give them a try and see what you find out.
just keeping this thred alive. please post your experiences here.
@26 Federal Plaza,NYC
Today I had an appointment made through info pass to get some info,
At my last visit the reason for the delay, was no name check results! Today no one could say why my I-485 was not approved but lack of info means that they are working on it, a statement that means something only to them. I was told that I should cheer up because I at least had an interview just only June of 2003( because I started to cry when I realised that I was going to come away knowing even less than before I got there)The officer or clerk, I am not sure what to call them, was so annoyed when she saw the tears in my eyes she started to berate me even more. I can't help it, I am a very emotional person so I try to stay away from them, because some of them can be very verbally abusive.
Unfortunately I can't post a true time line because I have never gotten any receipts from Immigration except the yellow piece of tape from the cash register that they mail to you in an otherwise empty envelope.
These are all receive dates(according to the yellow tape)
I-130 = 10/30/1996
I-485+I-765 = 07/16/01
FP = 05/09/2003
Interview 06/03/2003
Aos approval pending????
Just applied for my fourth EAD. Well at least the seem to know where my file is, it is still at 26 Federal Plaza, I think they should be a plaque outside the building Honoring all the people who have passed on leaving their file there.
I don't know about ur case, but recently when i went to LA distict office for my case status (thru' Infopass), i was sent to a room on 2nd floor. I'd to wait there for ~ 2 hrs & then the officer came with my file, told me that the case was good but just the background checks were pending. He showed me a paper with FBI name check sent/recieve dates etc.
He also told me that as soon as they recieve the name check, they'll send a approval letter. they were not sure about the date though.
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