Stuck in Name Check??? Let's track it

[Hidden_man]

Folks,
If you are stuck in FBI Name Check and waiting for a long time for them to process it( manual process), Let's share the data and track it to see what they are doing. ( An email response from NNCP will show your Name Check request date)

My Details:
Name Check request sent to FBI on 21 March 2004, status is still PENDING.


Thanks

[compass]

Mine (and spouse) name checks are pending since Oct 2003 (as of e-mail i got Feb 2005). Child's (19 y.o.) was completed in few months...
Made FOIPA, got 'no response', sent a letter to Hardy in the end of Feb 2005, did not receive any response yet.
I am not sure if it is still pending. Will find out the status on my interview on June 8th...i hope they will update me at least...

[slt]

Well, just received a response from senator. I am stuck with the namecheck too. Did FOIPA and wrote a letter to Hooton with request to expedite. Attached denial to expedite processing from my government sponsor, saying name check pending

[stinger]

Compass

Is this your first interview?
when did you find out that your name check was pending?

[Hidden_man]

Well, just received a response from senator. I am stuck with the namecheck too. Did FOIPA and wrote a letter to Hooton with request to expedite. Attached denial to expedite processing from my government sponsor, saying name check pending

SLT,
Could you please post you Name check date ( when It was rcvd by FBI)??
So that we can start tracking.

Thanks

[slt]

Hi!

See, this is my problem, i do not know the date when USCIS initiated my namecheck. I did my first FP 07/03 and then i received three indications that may namecheck is still pending:

1) Not approved after RFE on 12/04
2) Denial expedite review on 03/05
3) Response to senator 05/05

So i would guess my namecheck is pending since late 2003. I am yet to receive a response on my email to NNCP

best
slt

[Hidden_man]

Hi!

See, this is my problem, i do not know the date when USCIS initiated my namecheck. I did my first FP 07/03 and then i received three indications that may namecheck is still pending:

1) Not approved after RFE on 12/04
2) Denial expedite review on 03/05
3) Response to senator 05/05

So i would guess my namecheck is pending since late 2003. I am yet to receive a response on my email to NNCP

best
slt

SLT,
In my case they have sent the request to FBI within two weeks of the 485 application. Considering the same is true for you indicate that you are stuck there for a long time. anyway keep us posted when you receive the email from FBI.

Thanks

[docaj]

I guess I am one of you, too. My wife was approved weeks ago but I am still waiting, LUD has not changed since FP. I didn't call USCIS because they would definitely tell me "your security check with FBI is pending", like what they told my several friends in similar situation.

[Hidden_man]

I guess I am one of you, too. My wife was approved weeks ago but I am still waiting, LUD has not changed since FP. I didn't call USCIS because they would definitely tell me "your security check with FBI is pending", like what they told my several friends in similar situation.

Docaj,
Did you get an email from NNCP about same, If yes please post the Name check initiation date.

Here is what we have till now for tracking purposes:

Name.................... Date NC Initiated

MD_Rockville................Jul 2003
Compass ....................Oct 2003
Hidden_Man ................21 March 2004



Thanks

[stinger]

Name............................. Date NC Initiated

MD_Rockville.....................Jul 2003
Compass .........................Oct 2003
Hidden_Man .....................21 March 2004
stinger.............................APR 2005

PS:
Not sure how I can find when USCIS initiated name check.
Above date is when I enquired FBI (emal/faxes) on my name check status.

[RAK67]

I would also like to know: how I can find when USCIS initiated name check.

Thanks

[compass]

Compass

Is this your first interview?
when did you find out that your name check was pending?

yes it is my first interview, never heard about more than one interview...

I wrote e-mail to FBI on Oct 22, 2004, asking about my (and family) name check status, received response (i think on Jan 29,2005) that it is pending since oct 2003,
so I found it out in end of Jan, 2005...

[stinger]

Compass

You should get approved during the interview. Good luck!
(I was wondering how you came to know about Name Check, basically I found out only during my interview so. If I knew when they initiated name-check, presumably well before the inyterview date, I would have got some months slag to contact FBI and enquire on my name check.)

[MD_Rockville]

Name check mail to NNCP - Dec 2003
Response in April - Name Check Pending - USCIS mailed 'em in July 2003
Called up NNCP #'s - no luck
Mailed FOIPA - waiting !

Filled 3rd AP and EAD in April - all approved in 2 weeks

[compass]

Compass

You should get approved during the interview. Good luck!
(I was wondering how you came to know about Name Check, basically I found out only during my interview so. If I knew when they initiated name-check, presumably well before the inyterview date, I would have got some months slag to contact FBI and enquire on my name check.)

stinger,
thanks for your wishes! however, i know for sure i will not be approved on interview (in Baltimore, they do not do it since 2005...), in best case, they will recommend me for approval and i may get it in a week or 2 weeks, if name check is clear.
i also know they call (in Baltimore) for interview people even if name check is not cleared...then you just wait after interview until it happens, they say up to one more year (i heard even 3 years )
one of my friends had interview around Christmas 2004, and she is still waiting for approval because namecheck is pending...

[Hidden_man]

Rak67,
Look into this FAQ thread for all this information:

http://immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=93273

Thanks

I would also like to know: how I can find when USCIS initiated name check.

Thanks

[Hidden_man]

Folks,
Just an update:
I have sent a letter to Mr. Hooton with request to expedite the Name Check yesterday. The Congressman and Senator did not agree to help on this one.

Thanks

[sunjoshi]

Name............................. Date NC Initiated

MD_Rockville.....................Jul 2003
Compass .........................Oct 2003
Hidden_Man .....................21 March 2004
stinger.............................APR 2005
sunjoshi...........................APR 2005(email)/FOIPA on 04/15,response in 2 weeks, snail mail (05/10)
PS:
Not sure how I can find when USCIS initiated name check.
Above date is when I enquired FBI (emal/faxes) on my name check status.

[tangohi]

I was interviewed on May 17, 05 for AOS family based. Filed in Feb 2005. How do I find out when was the Name check etc initiated. FP results were back the same day. Sent email to NNCP sometime in April. No response do farI know I have not been waiting for a long time but the way this is going in no time I will become another long term sufferer, so want to be proactive.
Will send FOIA today.Thanks

[Hidden_man]

Tangohi,
You can only find out Name Check Initiation date from FBI email. It is taking them about 5-6 months for them to get back on this.
FOIA results should be in your hands in about 2 weeks.

Thanks

I was interviewed on May 17, 05 for AOS family based. Filed in Feb 2005. How do I find out when was the Name check etc initiated. FP results were back the same day. Sent email to NNCP sometime in April. No response do farI know I have not been waiting for a long time but the way this is going in no time I will become another long term sufferer, so want to be proactive.
Will send FOIA today.Thanks

[NJNJ]

I have received an email from FBI in response to my inqurey made in Dec 04. It's for my daughter who is 15. she did FP in July 04 and that's when my 485 was approved. Here is what the mail says:

The FBI completed a name check for ****** on March 31, 2005, and the
results were forwarded to the United Sates Citizenship and Immigration
Services Headquarters, Washington, DC.

Questions:
1. It only says "results", does it mean cleared?
2. why it's sent to Wahshington DC instead of Vermont where our cases were processed?

Thanks!

[stinger]

MJMJ

That response means your daughters name check is done and result sent to USCIS (they usually do not say the actual result though that wording means result was successful and aname check cleared.)

They do not send results to individual USCIS centers, just to DC HQ, it's in USCIS plate to send those results to proper center.

All in all looks like your daughter will be approved soon. Good Luck!

[contact00007]

Name............................. Date NC Initiated

MD_Rockville.....................Jul 2003
Compass .........................Oct 2003
Hidden_Man .....................21 March 2004
Contact00007...................18 Feb 2005
stinger.............................APR 2005
sunjoshi...........................APR 2005(email)/FOIPA on 04/15,response in 2 weeks, snail mail (05/10)

[tangohi]

They are still answering e mails from December. I had called in yesterday and that is what the lady told me. So the wait continues. I believe FOIA is faster but that does not tell if the results were sent to the USCIS or not.

[yzou2001]

Hi,

My first name check was completed on Jule 23, 2003 after 6 months of request by USCIS. The second time name check was performed on August 24, 2004 because I did second FP. Now FP was cleared after one week, but my second-time-name check was pending on FBI.
Recently I got the interview in local USCIS, but I did not got the approval because of the name clearance.

How long does Name Check validate ?

Yzou

[rohit_bha]

I received the following response from VSC today on opening up 2nd Inquiry for my 485 application files with RD 09/26/03.
----------------------
The processing of your petition/application has been delayed. All
petition/applications received by this Service are required to have routine
security checks that are resulting in delays. As a result of the lack of
manpower to complete the checks in a timely manner, we have no control over how long these checks will take. We can give no definite indication of
when they will be completed. We apologize for the delay.
----------------------

I had sent an e-mail to FBI on Dec 16, 2004. No reply yet. Called the FBI no. and was told by the lady that they are replying to mails in December and asked me to wait for another 2 weeks before giving a call back.
What to do next ? Any suggestions.. Would local Congressman help here ?

[dima66a]

Name............................. Date NC Initiated

MD_Rockville.....................Jul 2003
Compass .........................Oct 2003
Hidden_Man .....................21 March 2004
Contact00007...................18 Feb 2005
stinger.............................APR 2005
sunjoshi...........................APR 2005(email)/FOIPA on 04/15,response in 2 weeks, snail mail (05/10)
dima66a...........................29 Dec 2002

[belle]

Name............................. Date NC Initiated

MD_Rockville.....................Jul 2003
Compass .........................Oct 2003
Hidden_Man .....................21 March 2004
Contact00007...................18 Feb 2005
stinger.............................APR 2005
sunjoshi...........................APR 2005(email)/FOIPA on 04/15,response in 2 weeks, snail mail (05/10)
dima66a...........................29 Dec 2002
Belle................................2? Nov 2003

[mgzh]

I am responding to your email dated **,** 2004, concerning your name check status for immigration purposes.

A review of the FBI's Name Check Program database revealed that a request from the US. Citizenship and Immigration Services for you was received on January **, 2004, and is currently in a pending status. You may be assured that the immigration authorities will be notified at the earliest possible date upon completion of your case.

[walt1891]

Name Check Pending For 20 Plus Months/ Contacted Congress Person.../still Waiting