FBI Name Check

Many questions, unknowns or risks regarding GC based on
February Namecheck memo:

Now the Feb Namecheck-memo based GCs are starting to get approved,
I believe there are many unknowns in this area:

USCIS sends approval notice when namecheck process eventually
(whenver it be) gets approved.

Based on this memo - it is likely that USCIS may ask future RFEs
(query) requesting evidence to support our case. These RFEs
may or may not be directly related to FBI Namecheck. Just because
the GC process is not fully complete, they could issue RFE on
just about anything related to the case. Since there is Question-mark
left on GC (Namecheck still needs eventual approval), my understanding
is USCIS can issue RFEs. Whether or not they issue RFEs based on
Namecheck or anything else related to case, what happens if
people need to CHANGE/MOVE address ? (possibly crossing Districts?)

Say we've moved from one city to other state (different District).
Upon such change in residence address, I am hoping we need to update
AR-11, Call USCIS Customer-Support and inform them of our latest
address, and (me thinking) send a certified mail to Chicago Lockbox
with our change of address.

If an RFE need to arise would the file need to be physically moved
to the other district? (everybody knows this could add LOTS of delays
and un-knowns into the process. Just somebody agree here :)

There is some likelyhood either an RFE or Namecheck-cleared-Approval
notice may still be sent to wrong/older address (forget USPS
mail-forwarding guys, many of USCIS mails won't forward properly.,
unlike our favorite Junk-mail and bills !!).

If its approval notice sent to wrong address - not that much harm
(except we don't know if/when the Question-Mark is removed
from our GC). But, if an RFE is send to old/incorrect address,
and obviously, we won't be able to respond to it. Would that mean
they can pull our GC amidst this (very feasible potential) scenario ?

Worse yet, what if you are on a trip away from US, and attempting
to use that GC (which has now been pulled !!) for re-entry !!

Any remedies or better idears to figure this .. ?

(By the way, LUD dates checking on the case won't necessarily work
in a timely manner for RFEs or some recent approval/update notices.
If you rely on LUD dates alone for case updates, you be in bigger trouble !!)
 
went to infopass

We went to Infopass this morning. The IO said:

1) My file has moved to dallas (Our new DO)

2) My FBI name check is complete

3) An officer is reviewing my case and he/she has 90 to 120 days to make the decision. My case was assigned to an office on 17th April. So he said I should wait 4 months from 17th April before inquiring again.

What should we do now? Should we just sit and wait or write someone?

Please help.
 
amishah said:
We went to Infopass this morning. The IO said:

1) My file has moved to dallas (Our new DO)

2) My FBI name check is complete

3) An officer is reviewing my case and he/she has 90 to 120 days to make the decision. My case was assigned to an office on 17th April. So he said I should wait 4 months from 17th April before inquiring again.

What should we do now? Should we just sit and wait or write someone?

Please help.
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Amishah,
These infopass people are trained to say just that, wait!. IMO, dont wait write a polite letter to the District Director of your new DO, if possible find the name of the officer reviewing your file and write to him/her. If you're lucky, they might see your letter and make your file move forward. Good luck.
 
went on Infoass yesterday, the officer said " some one is working on the case from today " and she showed me a printout with todays date and some other info...

it is becomeing hard to beleive their words, am being told that my case is waiting for final decision for almost 2 and half months now and everytime they say officer is working on your case!!
 
have you tried writing?

prakashtirupati said:
went on Infoass yesterday, the officer said " some one is working on the case from today " and she showed me a printout with todays date and some other info...

it is becomeing hard to beleive their words, am being told that my case is waiting for final decision for almost 2 and half months now and everytime they say officer is working on your case!!
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Have you tried writing?
I am writing to District Director, to CIS Ombudsman's office and to First Lady. My letters will go out on Friday.
I will keep you updated. Please do the same.
 
amishah said:
Have you tried writing?
I am writing to District Director, to CIS Ombudsman's office and to First Lady. My letters will go out on Friday.
I will keep you updated. Please do the same.
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I did write to District Director, all the mail came back with the letter sayig they do not accept mail or fax.think this depends on district office, mine is Houston,Tx.

i did mail to Ombudsman office almsot a month back , no reply yet!!

I did not write to first lady, am in touch with congressman office, no reply from them yet though


good luck...
 
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prakashtirupati said:
I did write to District Director, all the mail came back with the letter sayig they do not accept mail or fax.think this depends on district office, mine is Houston,Tx.

i did mail to Ombudsman office almsot a month back , no reply yet!!

I did not write to first lady, am in touch with congressman office, no reply from them yet though


good luck...
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This is ridiculous if they dont accept mail and fax then what the hell do they accept , I think Sharon Hudson is the houston office district director , but please confirm , if she is the one then send her an email at sharon.hudson@dhs.gov , but make sure you confirm that she is currently the district director
 
franticsky said:
This is ridiculous if they dont accept mail and fax then what the hell do they accept , I think Sharon Hudson is the houston office district director , but please confirm , if she is the one then send her an email at sharon.hudson@dhs.gov , but make sure you confirm that she is currently the district director
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i mailed 3 letters to the district director, one to the IO handling my case , all came back. may i know, where did you get the District Directors to e-mail, i will mail her for sure. thank You.

i went on InFopass early monrning today , "file under review", its almsot 2 months after being told that "final decision is pending "
 
prakashtirupati said:
i mailed 3 letters to the district director, one to the IO handling my case , all came back. may i know, where did you get the District Directors to e-mail, i will mail her for sure. thank You.

i went on InFopass early monrning today , "file under review", its almsot 2 months after being told that "final decision is pending "
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First of all you have to confirm if she is presently the district director , and then send the email , you do not want to send an email to the wrong person

Getting the email is quite easy firstname.lastname@dhs.gov , this is how their emails are
 
Lately Ombudsman has been backlogged as well. I sent second letter 60 days after receiving the 45-day-response-promise-from-USCIS letter.
prakashtirupati said:
got response from "ombudsman" saying , USCIS should respond with in next 45 days , if they dont then contact Ombudsman office again!!
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I applied for I-485 in November 2006 - family based through marriage to a U.S. Citizen. Since then my case has been pending a back ground check investigation to clear. I also submitted an I-765 application with the 485, and did not receive my EAD until NINE MONTHS later. When I finally received my EAD card, my name was misspelled and I had to send it back and wait another month for them to correct it. And now I am still awaiting the back ground check and have not even been scheduled for an interview after A YEAR AND A HALF of applying. I also just figured out recently that my DOB is incorrect in my 485 file. I contacted my congressman, submitted over 9 service requests through the customer service number, 4 info-pass appointments, and no one can answer as to why the USCIS has not sent for my interview yet.

Has this happened with anyone? - failure to interview? ...... is my case approvable under the new February memo even though I did not complete an interview - as my case has been pending a background check for over a year. I am desperate for any kind of answer or explanation. PLEASE HELP!!
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aswresm said:
I applied for I-485 in November 2006 - family based through marriage to a U.S. Citizen. Since then my case has been pending a back ground check investigation to clear. I also submitted an I-765 application with the 485, and did not receive my EAD until NINE MONTHS later. When I finally received my EAD card, my name was misspelled and I had to send it back and wait another month for them to correct it. And now I am still awaiting the back ground check and have not even been scheduled for an interview after A YEAR AND A HALF of applying. I also just figured out recently that my DOB is incorrect in my 485 file. I contacted my congressman, submitted over 9 service requests through the customer service number, 4 info-pass appointments, and no one can answer as to why the USCIS has not sent for my interview yet.

Has this happened with anyone? - failure to interview? ...... is my case approvable under the new February memo even though I did not complete an interview - as my case has been pending a background check for over a year. I am desperate for any kind of answer or explanation. PLEASE HELP!!
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Write to the UCIS district director and the Ombudsman cisombudsman@dhs.gov regarding your case , also contact a lawyer , what did the congressman's office say about ur case ? Your case will not be approved without an interview , what is your district office ??
 
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I see light

It seems like my journey is over. I just received email regarding "Card Production". I did not received anything regarding Welcome Letter. I will celebrate when card will be in my hand.
I was going to mail those letters to District Director, First Lady and to Ombudsman just today. Now I won't.
Thanks a lot.
 
congrats Amishah , you will receive emails about welcome notice either later in the day today or tomorrow normally it goes like this

card prod email
welcome letter email
card prod email again
approval notice sent email
 
amishah said:
It seems like my journey is over. I just received email regarding "Card Production". I did not received anything regarding Welcome Letter. I will celebrate when card will be in my hand.
I was going to mail those letters to District Director, First Lady and to Ombudsman just today. Now I won't.
Thanks a lot.
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that is good news:) congratualtions!! my case was assigned to an officer on april 29th for review, hope i dont need to wiat too long !!
 
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