Name Check Backlog-You can beat it!

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Quick way to solve name check problem

Congress has a bill pending for name check backlogs. This bill requires FBI to end all the name check cases pending longer than 6 months in 18 months. PLEASE write your congressman immediately and let all people you know to write to congressmen to support this bill or it cannot be passed. You should give people you know a letter and a stamped envelope and ask them to write to their congressmen. The link of the pending bill is listed below. I

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/bills/?billtype=H.R.&billnumb=3828&congress=110

I have listed the letter I wrote for your reference.

Dear Honorable XXXX

I am writing to seek your support for Bill H.R. 3828.

H.R. 3828 aims to reduce the backlog in processing requests made by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to the National Name Check Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Name Check is conducted by FBI on every applicant of US permanent residency and citizenship. As of May 2007, there were approximately 330,000 Name Check cases pending at the FBI, including 107,000 cases pending over 12 months, and 31,000 cases pending over 33 months (USCIS Ombudsman Annual Report of 2007). As the USCIS Ombudsman Report states,

"FBI name checks, one of the security screening tools used by USCIS, continue to significantly delay adjudication of immigration benefits for many customers, hinder backlog reduction efforts, and may not achieve their intended national security objectives".

The current delays in the Name Check program not only pose burdens on people seeking immigration benefits, but also lead to serious national security risks. Delays in the name check process actually prolong an individual's presence in the United States while the check is pending. In this sense, the current name check program may increase the risk to national security by extending the time a potential criminal or terrorist remains in the country.

Please support H.R. 3828 to support immigrant rights and strengthen national security. Thank you for your considerations.

Sincerely

XXXX
 
FBI Name check

I hope I can beat my name check, can anybody guide in my journey?

Case filed in May 2000.
Converted to RIR in April 2001.
Labor approval in Feb 2006.
I-140 and I-485 filed in June 2006.
I-140 approved in March 2007.
RFE in April 2007.
Now, as per my lawyer they are waiting for FBI security clearance.

Should I call FBI directly or through a congressman?
Pallavi.
 
I am waiting from Sep 2006 after filling and dec 2006 interview, no one is anwerable, i am banging my head, from info pass to 1800, uscis has given me no anwer on final decision for AOS. wait for 30/60/6months standard uscis format
 
I am waiting from Sep 2006 after filling and dec 2006 interview, no one is anwerable, i am banging my head, from info pass to 1800, uscis has given me no anwer on final decision for AOS. wait for 30/60/6months standard uscis format


same delays for me: filed in october 06, interview in dec 06..name check still pending..
 
Came on a K-1, filed in time, never an RFE, I-485 filed november 26, 2004, never an interview, many visits to service center at 26 federal plaza, manhattan, ny. Last time wife went to federal plaza the counselor officer told her she would wait 75 years before her FBI namecheck was complete. Never a crime in my life or my wife's. What gives? Three congressional inquiries - "nothing we can do about FBI namecheck." Letter in to Hilliary Clinton. Contemplating mandamus lawsuit. Does anyone know any decent lawyers in Brooklyn, New York and how long it will take the mandamus to work and how much we can expect to pay the lawyer to get this done?
 
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does somebody have any information how long is take to get GC after name clear and FP done? Thanks.

Fingerprints 'expire' every year or so, so you will likely have to be re-finger-printed every year. Also, the GC processing time depends on the priority date and the date your filed your petition with the USCIS. You can check the current processing dates on www.travel.state.gov and on www.uscis.gov to estimate your own case details.
 
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