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    FBI name check

    Jwdkhan, If your case was approved in early 2009 after a long wait, it is possible it was approved on the name check waiver too. The waiver was active only for 6-8 months in 2008-2009. Were you interviewed in 2009? Based on the lawsuits the name check delays affect disproportionately males...
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    FBI name check

    I agree about 1447(b) being the only option, but I think waiting more and allowing Ombudsman's review to complete is the right approach here, because once the first 1447(b) is dismissed you can't re-file it - sort of a double-jeopardy case - unless there is new information on the case. Also I...
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    FBI name check

    More information from my lawyer.... Apparently 1447(b) isn't as easy as you describe it and by no means guarantees an approval or an expedited FBI name check. The statute is very specific in identifying precisely when a naturalization applicant can ask the district court to intervene due to...
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    FBI name check

    Thank you for your comments. I had another e-mail conversation with our lawyer this morning. Here are some of the things that were said that caught my attention. I would appreciate your feedback on this. 1) During the time when the name check waiver was active there were fewer than 100 cases...
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    FBI name check

    We filed WOM after our FBI lawsuit failed. Before that we tried everything, including Barack Obama who was our senator in 2006-2008. Two separate inquiries from his office. WOM didn't go to court and was dismissed too because USCIS Ombudsman created this waiver at around the same time and his...
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    FBI name check

    According to an e-mail we received from our lawyer, the name check expedite process can be requested only in four cases: military deployment, age-out cases with kids, medical conditions and loss of social security benefits. We don't qualify for any such conditions or any other general hardship...
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    FBI name check

    No criminal history whatsoever. By history I meant our numerous unsuccessful attempts to expedite his name check in 2004-2008 through AILA, USCIS liasons and direct FBI lawsuit that was dismissed. His case was a poster case for the waiver within the USCIS, according to the liason, and was one of...
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    FBI name check

    My husband's case is pending in Chicago. It is been 16 months after filing and 7 months after the interview (more than 120 days). Does it make sense to file 1447(b) if we know for a fact that his name check isn't completed? What decision can USCIS make if the decision isn't really theirs? What...
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    I-130 for my brother

    Thanks! I appreciate your answers, specially on 4).
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    I-130 for my brother

    Hi, I filed I-130 for my brother and it is currently pending (initial review). I don't expect any issues with approval as it is a fairly simple case. My brother is in Russia and usually comes here every few months for work or a visit with us. 1) what additional documents does he need when he...
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    I-130 for my brother

    I appreciate your feedback. No, no overstaying. He is here only for 10-14 days a year, because he is employed and doesn't have unlimited vacation days. Great. He is the only relative I have and would hate to do anything to affect his ability to come and visit us. One last question.... His...
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    2013 June N-400 Tracker

    Congratulations! You should get an oath letter within week. Chicago is pretty quick when it comes to that.
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    Name change document error

    I had a similar problem. My home country changed the way they transliterate my name into English (from a different non-Latin alphabet) in 2000 so the name on the first passport I used to enter US is different from any other passport issued by the same country. That old name was used for the very...
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    I-130 for my brother

    I recently became a US citizen and would like to file I-130 for my brother and his family. The big question is, of course, the immigrant intent that comes with I-130 and what to do with B1/B2 visas for the next 10 years. He comes here often (once a year for as long as I've lived here - 10...
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    US Government is going to shutdown if today Congress fails to pass a budget tonight

    If the federal courts shut down all oath ceremonies requiring name changes will stop as well. For example Chicago only does oath ceremonies with name changes in the federal courthouse.
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    US Government is going to shutdown if today Congress fails to pass a budget tonight

    Just came back from my oath in Chicago - everything is open and goes on as scheduled!!!
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    2013 June N-400 Tracker

    Oath on 10/1/13 in Chicago! Got two letters instead of one, just yesterday. Strange that they sent oath letters just two days before the event. The address is different from the interview place. Did anyone else in Chicago experience that? Sent application - 6/25/13 (Chicago) NOA - 7/9/13 FP...
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    any suggestion?

    You can do InfoPass but from our experience when FBI name check is pending the only thing USCIS is going to tell you is that you have to wait. Previously you could threaten them with WOM and they would expedite it. Not anymore. Our AILA lawyer has an N-400 case that has been pending for two...
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    any suggestion?

    winthan, My husband is in a similar situation. His status still has fingerprints on it (July 9th) but he received his yellow letter in early August. Our AILA lawyer says that the yellow letter is sent when USCIS completes preliminary review of your case. The interview date is unrelated to that...
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    2013 July N-400 Tracker

    Chicago doesn't have same-day oath. My interview was on 9/19 in Chicago and I am currently in line for the oath (four days already), but I've seen some people on this forum get their oath letter and oath within a week from the interview.
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