EternalHope,
my name is NOT John Brown, Jack smith, and not middle eastern name either.
But still maybe there is a criminal with same name as me...and they are investigating this right now...
Who is in charge of the name check? is it the FBI, department of justice, USCIS itself?
Do you think they start with the name check when they receive the app since they get your name ? or do the only start it after the BIO?
You know the phone number that you can call after the BIO, 304-625-5590 to check?
I found the following piece from Capeolive, a great member of the AOS2010 forum of last year. As he suggests, this is to check the "name check"?
I did that 1 week after my BIO, and i was told it was return to USCIS next day with no record...
What do you think?
The piece is below:
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Those wanting to know if their name check cleared:
1. Call FBI National Name Check Customer Service @ 304-625-5590.
2. Select option 2 (for individual), then option 2 (Name Check for Immigration Status), then it will give you brief internet details and then it will provide you with the option to repeat the options, go back to main menu or speak with a rep., select speak with a rep. and wait to be connected.
3. NOTE: THEY ARE NOT UNDER ANY OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE YOU WITH YOUR NAME CHECK STATUS, THEY WILL ONLY TELL YOU WHEN IT WAS RECEIVED FROM USCIS AND WHEN (IF) IT WAS RETURNED TO USCIS.
4. Be very polite, don't push if you can't get an answer and try another time. Give your name (as a courtesy) and say you want to check the status of your finger print. They will ask you when you submitted the request. Tell them that it is for Green Card. They will then ask you for your A# (the one on your NOAs). They will only tell you when it was received and when it was returned (possibly cleared as any issues with name check can take weeks/months before it is returned to USCIS with "No Record" result).
This info is only to help those who are curious to know if their name check cleared. Good Luck!
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OK guys, so I've been doing some researching online and reading the threads. Here is what i think how the processing works, we sent the I-485 to Chicago, regardless of 245i or whatever, if there is nothing missing it goes straight to NBC for processing in order of submission, from there it goes straight to the local FO, this is where the processing time starts to differ, the FO requests your DV files from KCC for the interview.
Now for the reasons of delays for some of you from what i believe are FBI name checks, fingerprints are done in less than two days, but name checks can take at most in some cases 90 days, so possibly for those with common names like John Brown or Vladimir Ivanov, there could be matches in the database which leads to more investigations to find out if that is you or not, that is the only theory i can come up with.
That is the only obstacle where the USCIS have no control over nor anyone else. But if the name check went through, USCIS have no excuses so you have to keep hassling them with INFOPASS appointments. But the good thing from all this is reading the 09 and 10 AOS threads there was no one at the end of the fiscal period that complained about not getting their GC. So i guess we can all take solace in that, but there is a first time for everything. So good luck guys.
