April 2003

Rd 04/10/2003

I have a very similar situation as you guys

RD 04/10/2003

FP1 06/2003
FP2 09/22/2004

LUD has never changed since FP1 in June 2003
Inquiry By attorney on Nov 3, 2004. No response yet. Called USCIS and initiated another inquiry myself on Dec 3 .

Good luck, guys!
 
pibo said:
I think we are extremely unlucky and few people are left without approval because our files are lost/hidden under the table. :mad:
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Common you guys - no girlie men allowed here ;)

I checked all your details, and except from a few, most of us April filers have had one or more LUD changes in November. I don't think that would happen if our files were lost.

Our aprovals are probably just arround the corner for most of us. :)
 
Apr 1 2003 cases

Here are some statistics that I gathered recently (yesterday) on 290 I485 cases with ND 1 Apr 2003:

Initial message: 93
Finger print received: 76
Responded to applicant request: 13
Outstanding RFE requests: 13
RFE responses: 3
Reopened: 2
Transferred: 81
Miscellaneous: 3 (insufficient payment, etc.)
Approved: 0
Card ordered: 6 (2 in 2003, 3 in Jan 2004, 1 in Nov 2004)

My own details:

ND: 1 Apr 2003
FP scheduled: 16 Nov 2004
FP received (online status updated): 23 Nov 2004
No updates after FP received.
 
serendip said:
Galto2000,

I obtained the statistics by scanning the online USCIS Case Status page.
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Hi Serendip

I am not sure what you mean by "scanning". Is there a webpage at the USCIS that offers all this information (what url?) or do you manually go through a sequence of case numbers? Can you please explain your procedure?



thanks :)
 
The fact that nobody from April filers received a reply from FBI regarding their name check status can very well mean that INS never asked for it to begin with - that is why all our cases are pending and have just recent LUDs. So that means there will be additional >3 months of wait time till name checks are complete.

RD: 03-26-2003
ND: 04-02-2003
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I-140 AD:??? - case can not be found from the day of submission
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FP2: 09-30-2004
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I-485 AD: ???
LUDs: 11/10/2004, 11/11/2004 - no message change - "FP1 received"
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rajudm said:
It appears that filers in April 2003 month are cursed. If you guys still remember what happened during the period 'last of week of April 2003 and last week of May 2003', it explains our problems.

while sending out finger print notices for April filers, VSC had problems sending out duplicate notices. They tried to correct it, and finally stopped sending out notices. That's why many April filers got their first FP in Jan 2004. In this confusion VSC forgot to ask for name checks for some unfortunate April filers.

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Concurrent filing I131/I765/I140/I485
EB2 changed to EB3 ~ EAC03-148-XXXXXX
RD -- 04/11/2003; ND -- 04/16/2003
EAD -- 2nd ND 01/07/2004; AD 04/12/2004
AP -- 2nd ND 01/07/2004; AD 04/15/2004
FP ---> 02/13/2004, Received 02/18/2004
I140--> AD -->07/07/2004 after RFE;
I485 LUD-> 07/08/2004; 11/10; 11/11AD-->??/??/????
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FBI Name check

Hi Guys,

Sorry if I am asking a stupid question. What is FBI name check? Is this something we need to do right after Finger Print? How do we do this? I appreciate if any of you could give me the details on this.

My Details

ND 4/1/2003
FP1 10/6/2004
I-485 AD ???
 
Here is some info about FBI Name Check. I copied it from somebodies post a long time ago - so I do not claim the authorship. Sorry for not being able to refer to a proper person who composed it.

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"Whole security check includes two portions: FBI name check (outside CIS - FBI) and IBIS check (CIS internal). (exclude fp check, as it's so smooth, rarely does anyone have issue with it)

IBIS check has validity of 35 days, FBI name check is one time deal (or valid for a long time).

IBIS takes minutes to finish, FBI name check takes days if you are clean, take couple monthes if there are someone in their database has similar name/background, take years if FBI forget about your case

Before 2002 Oct, CIS officer could go ahead with the adjudication of I485 after waiting FBI for 120 days. After 2002 Oct, case cannot be processed without feedback from FBI.

I-485 is adjudication-ready ONLY after the name check is cleared. (fp check as well, but again it's easy)

Based on FBI testimony, 85% case is done in 72 hours, 99% is done in 120 days.

FBI name check is handled by name check department; it’s not the same department for finger print check. Unlike fingerprint check department, which is smooth and easy, name check department seems to be not as efficient and have issues on the order how they process name checks. Sometimes they simply forget to pick up the request for a long time.

it looks like if CIS doesn’t get name check feedback from FBI after certain amount of time, they will send the request again.


If your local office doesn’t have long line, you could try stop by and ask if your name check is cleared. They have this information. (That’s where I found out my name check was the issue)

If your case is stopped at name check, congressman/senator/AILA can do nothing.

FBI Name Check answer machine: 202-324-2399
FBI Name Check fax number: 202-324-3367
fbinncp@ic.fbi.gov
Put the following in your fax:
---- A #
---- Full Name
---- Date of Birth
---- your email"
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Galto2000 said:
Hi Serendip

I am not sure what you mean by "scanning". Is there a webpage at the USCIS that offers all this information (what url?) or do you manually go through a sequence of case numbers? Can you please explain your procedure?
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There is no webpage with this information. I wrote a script to automatically gather statistics from a sequence of case numbers.
 
serendip said:
There is no webpage with this information. I wrote a script to automatically gather statistics from a sequence of case numbers.
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Ah ok. That is cool :cool:

Can you please give an update if you see some trends worth mentioning.

Thanks Serendip :)
 
Asked for an Status Inquiry (1-800-375-5283) today. (12/09/2004)

The person on the phone, asked for

EAC# number
A# number
Date of filing
Address
Tel number
DOB
Email address

I was informed that I will hear from them in 30 days via postal mail.
 
Updated statistics for 1 Apr 2003 cases

Here are the updated statistics (as of 11 Dec 2004) for 289 I485 applications with ND 1 Apr 2003. The changes from my previous scan on 6 Dec 2004 are indicated within paranthesis.

Initial message: 88 (-5)
Finger print received: 73 (-2)
Responded to applicant request: 16 (+3)
Outstanding RFE requests: 14 (+1)
RFE responses: 3 (+0)
Reopened: 2 (+0)
Transferred: 85 (+4)
Miscellaneous: 3 (insufficient payment, etc.) (+0)
Approved: 0 (+0)
Card ordered: 6 (2 in 2003, 3 in Jan 2004, 1 in Nov 2004) (+0)

I did notice an approval posted in this forum for ND 1 Apr 2003, but I guess that case was not included in my scan.
 
serendip said:
Here are the updated statistics (as of 11 Dec 2004) for 289 I485 applications with ND 1 Apr 2003. The changes from my previous scan on 6 Dec 2004 are indicated within paranthesis.

Initial message: 88 (-5)
Finger print received: 73 (-2)
Responded to applicant request: 16 (+3)
Outstanding RFE requests: 14 (+1)
RFE responses: 3 (+0)
Reopened: 2 (+0)
Transferred: 85 (+4)
Miscellaneous: 3 (insufficient payment, etc.) (+0)
Approved: 0 (+0)
Card ordered: 6 (2 in 2003, 3 in Jan 2004, 1 in Nov 2004) (+0)

I did notice an approval posted in this forum for ND 1 Apr 2003, but I guess that case was not included in my scan.
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85 transfers and 6 approvals / card ordered!?... Ouch...

ETA
 
ETA-GC said:
85 transfers and 6 approvals / card ordered!?... Ouch...

ETA
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Yes, the transfer rate is unusually high and the approval rate is unusually low. Regarding the low approval rate, I wonder whether USCIS delayed requesting the FBI name check for these cases, and is now waiting for the results.

Has anyone with ND 1 Apr 2003 received a response for a status enquiry? If so, can you please post the contents of the response.

Thanks!
 
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