Consolidated NSC I-485 Tracker

[igor_ch]

My service response says: "The processing of your case has been delayed. A check of our records establishes that your case is not yet ready for decision, as the required investigation into your background remains open".

Speaking about possible resons for delay, DHS says there are four major ones:
1. Pending FBI name checks
2. Open cases referred to ICE for investigation
3. Inconclusive results from checks and referrals
4. Legally inapplicable security check results

You can read more about those in the atttached file (dated November 2005). I hope that your namecheck has completed, though...

igor,

can you please post the content of the letter? is the background check mentioned specifically in it? the response to my service request did not mention any background check (I will post it later, don't have it on me now).

 

[igor_ch]

That friend of mine was not that willing to talk about the work matters (FBI)... and I understand him. Will see when can I ask him again, and even then I highly doubt he has the stats or would obtain any internal documents for me. Sorry, no much help here... I will have to look for someone else, or just wait for my turn to file for WOM.

Could he give us some statistics? How many cases are pending? What's the average turnaround time, how many need manual intervention etc..

 

[antonioa77]

That friend of mine was not that willing to talk about the work matters (FBI)... and I understand him. Will see when can I ask him again, and even then I highly doubt he has the stats or would obtain any internal documents for me. Sorry, no much help here... I will have to look for someone else, or just wait for my turn to file for WOM.

did u start to send letters to senators or fbi in order to ask to expedite ur namecheck? could u add a signature of ur case? it makes things easier for others.

 

[ZLXC2Y]

igor_ch, Could you ask your contact if their name check process includes bank transactions data that exceed $5000 or a speeding ticket data. Because these two alone are sufficient for most people who have been here for a while to have a name match requiring manual review.

That friend of mine was not that willing to talk about the work matters (FBI)... and I understand him. Will see when can I ask him again, and even then I highly doubt he has the stats or would obtain any internal documents for me. Sorry, no much help here... I will have to look for someone else, or just wait for my turn to file for WOM.

 

[mas06]

I got a letter with the exact same wording

My service response says: "The processing of your case has been delayed. A check of our records establishes that your case is not yet ready for decision, as the required investigation into your background remains open".

I got a similar letter from USCIS today in response to the service request that I initiated on 1/25 (13 days back). It has the exact same wording. They also advised to call after 6 months, and there was a reassurance statement saying that they will resume processing on the case once they get the background check cleared, so I may actually still get an RFE 2-3 yrs down the road. I placed it in my black box for potential future use if ever needed.

 

[bcktcnd]

TSC is having an approval festival today. Just check out their tracker.
Nobody reported any good news here in a couple of days ...

 

[igor_ch]

I decided to wait until my I-485 is 1 year old (May, 2007) before bugging senators. In May-June I will start bugging all of them at once.

Signature added.

did u start to send letters to senators or fbi in order to ask to expedite ur namecheck? could u add a signature of ur case? it makes things easier for others.

 

[boobs]

Exact wordings of my reply(from TSC though).
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The processing of your petition/application has been delayed. All petitions/applications received by this Service are required to have routine security checks that are resulting in delays of the adjudications of petitions/applications. We can give no definite indication of when they will be completed. We apologize for the delay.
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I assume yours and mine may the same reason. Just the english is differnet because of different service center?.

Gurus and guys who have been in this forum for a long time, could you comment on the letter to my service request:

The status of your service request is:
Service records show that your case is still pending due to backlog of cases in our system. Because of this, your case has not been assigned to an officer and a decision has not been made yet. Your case is still active and you will be notified when a decision is made.

I have never seen this kind of response in the postings here. Granted, they will tell you anything to get rid of you, but no background check is mentioned. That seems to be consistent with what the officer told me during my infopass, that my background check is completed.

What do you guys think? What do they mean by "the case is still active"? Is this the same as "waiting to be assigned to an officer" that I have seen in previous posts? How long does it take for a decision from the moment his excellency mr. officer bothers to deal with it? Anyone, any thoughts?
Thanks in advance

 

[boobs]

Ignore my post above. I meant to reply to this one,

Exact wordings of my reply(from TSC though).
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The processing of your petition/application has been delayed. All petitions/applications received by this Service are required to have routine security checks that are resulting in delays of the adjudications of petitions/applications. We can give no definite indication of when they will be completed. We apologize for the delay.
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I assume yours and mine may the same reason. Just the english is differnet because of different service center?.

My service response says: "The processing of your case has been delayed. A check of our records establishes that your case is not yet ready for decision, as the required investigation into your background remains open".

Speaking about possible resons for delay, DHS says there are four major ones:
1. Pending FBI name checks
2. Open cases referred to ICE for investigation
3. Inconclusive results from checks and referrals
4. Legally inapplicable security check results

You can read more about those in the atttached file (dated November 2005). I hope that your namecheck has completed, though...

 

[ZLXC2Y]

EB2 Approval Data

Did some quick check of EB2's based on their PD and submit date independent of Processing Center using data at trackitt.com. Many entries do not have PDs or the country they belong to making it difficult to analyze. EB2 for India is current upto Jan.2003. It appears that 2001 PDs and submitted through 2005 have been approved. 2002PDs and submitted in 2005 same. 2001-2002PDs submitted in 2006 are seeing some approvals (after they do their time ). See attached table.

 

[bcktcnd]

Do you think they are looking at PD when picking out next case. I was thinking it was based on i-485 RD but it is obviously not a fast and hard rule. Also, I never figured out if they prioritize EB1 vs EB2 vs EB3. I also looked at trackitt and what surprised me is that there are 2x more EB2 then EB3 and EB1 for Nebrasca.

Did some quick check of EB2's based on their PD and submit date independent of Processing Center using data at trackitt.com. Many entries do not have PDs or the country they belong to making it difficult to analyze. EB2 for India is current upto Jan.2003. It appears that 2001 PDs and submitted through 2005 have been approved. 2002PDs and submitted in 2005 same. 2001-2002PDs submitted in 2006 are seeing some approvals (after they do their time ). See attached table.

 

[ZLXC2Y]

Card issue can happen only if visa number is available and PD is current. And 485 submits are possible only if PD is current. For EB2 India, until Sept.2005 there were no visa # issues (see the back visa bulletins). Meaning many I-485s were submitted upto that irrespective of their PD. Since Oct.2005, for India, the submits are driven by PD. So there are applicants in AOS who are early submits but their PD is not current. Example India EB2, PD is Jan.05 and 485 submit is Sep.05. They cannot issue card to this until the PD moves upto Jan.05. USCIS works/resumes where they left on cases for whom PD is current. Now throw in the namecheck issue with FBI that USCIS does not control. Since huge # of applications are already with FBI for those submits before Oct.2005, the more recent submits of 2006 will have to wait until their time comes. I hope and hope and hope that USCIS reprioritize namecheck list based on PD with FBI so that more people can be put out. Otherwise it is delay for both early PDs and late PDs and we may not even be able to meet the country quota allowed for India this year. That's why the visa bulletin for EB2 India is not forwarding since USCIS is unable to put out people. People with 2001/2002 EB2 PDs were stuck at the Labor stage, making them reach 485 late. Others were lucky who reached 485 early. Now the card issue can happen only for current PD.

 

[Miamivice4u]

Finally Lud 02/08/07

Even when the message did not changed still case received and pending, i saw a lud today 02/08/07 so that means someone touched my case i will posted

 

[bcktcnd]

Bring us some good news here soon ... there has been no new approvals here in a while. You seem ready if your NC has cleared.
Best of luck

Even when the message did not changed still case received and pending, i saw a lud today 02/08/07 so that means someone touched my case i will posted

 

[leoraj]

My service request initiated on 1/19/07 responded on 1/22/07 and received on 2/5/07 states:
In processing applications for immigration benefits,USCIS is making national security top priority.USCIS has added security checks to the processing of all applications to help ensure that those who receive immigration benefits have come to join the American people in building a better society and do not harm them.But whatever short-term impact these additional checks will have on processing will not interfere with the Administration's long term goal of eliminating processing backlogs and meeting a six -month processing standard for all immigration benefit applications.The employees of USCIS are committed to address our nation's security needs while also maintaining openness to those who seek the freedom and opportunity that US has to offer. LINxxxxxxxxxx, LINxxxxxxxxxx ,LINxxxxxxxxxxx and LINxxxxxxxxxx are currently undergoing such checks. Please allow more time.If you have further questions, please call National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283.

 

[green ocean]

words, my lord, words

My service request initiated on 1/19/07 responded on 1/22/07 and received on 2/5/07 states:
In processing applications for immigration benefits,USCIS is making national security top priority.USCIS has added security checks to the processing of all applications to help ensure that those who receive immigration benefits have come to join the American people in building a better society and do not harm them.But whatever short-term impact these additional checks will have on processing will not interfere with the Administration's long term goal of eliminating processing backlogs and meeting a six -month processing standard for all immigration benefit applications.The employees of USCIS are committed to address our nation's security needs while also maintaining openness to those who seek the freedom and opportunity that US has to offer. LINxxxxxxxxxx, LINxxxxxxxxxx ,LINxxxxxxxxxxx and LINxxxxxxxxxx are currently undergoing such checks. Please allow more time.If you have further questions, please call National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283.

...sounds like George Bush sent you a letter in person...

 

[Miamivice4u]

Another Lud Today 02/09/07

Someone is looking at my case already i am nervous 2 consecutive days of luds without message changing omg. God help me on this

 

[birdaz]

Someone is looking at my case already i am nervous 2 consecutive days of luds without message changing omg. God help me on this

I wish your case sees the daylight tomorrow.
Based on my personal experience and the dynamics of the process in recent days, a case ,if it is cleared off Security Checks and no issue involved , should be be approved with just one LUD. Consecutive LUDs with no message changes tend to reflect a preadjudication process means USCIS is completing all the formalities their end and making the case ready for approval once Security Check is cleared.
For your case, i beleive my above statement should come out totally baseless.

 

[Miamivice4u]

God Hear you my friend

I have seen approvals on the weekends so lets hope i am out of the black hole i was in. And i will praying for all of us.

 

[mas06]

Hope you get yours approved soon

Someone is looking at my case already i am nervous 2 consecutive days of luds without message changing omg. God help me on this

The same thing happened to me (LUD 12/29 and 1/3). I called on 1/18. I was told that case has been worked on and put on hold for background check. I assume, it has been pre-adjudicated, but that does not guarantee no further RFE down the road. As you all know, they are becoming so creative in discovering new RFEs. Do you know about your background check? If you are cleared, you will be approved sometime this week or ealry next week, unless of course there is RFE. I would call them next week and ask. There are some anecdotal reports of RFEs issued without message change. Good luck.