new_us_citizen2
New Member
Dear all,
I have received the USCIS response to my FOIA request for the entire contents of my "A-file". It all looks good, except the results of the IBIS checks, those performed during the greecard process as well as during my naturalization process, have been covered by a white sheet that prevents me from seeing the actual results. I can see what requests were made but not what came back. The response cover letter warns me that a few pages were released to me in part, and gives explanations that refer to hiding from me private information from a third party. It seems to me that those pages released in part are the IBIS checks. I have the complete FBI fingerprint and name check results, both of which were negative as I expected.
It's true that I have a very common name in the country where I was born, so I am not surprised that in the IBIS database there is somebody with the same combination of First Name / Last Name as mine. Since the IBIS form has a DNR reponse ("Match exists but not related to queried subject"), I assume that the IBIS check returned results concerning somebody else. Out of curiosity, I just want to ask other forum members who also received their FOIA responses if they encountered a similar situation.
Thanks.
I have received the USCIS response to my FOIA request for the entire contents of my "A-file". It all looks good, except the results of the IBIS checks, those performed during the greecard process as well as during my naturalization process, have been covered by a white sheet that prevents me from seeing the actual results. I can see what requests were made but not what came back. The response cover letter warns me that a few pages were released to me in part, and gives explanations that refer to hiding from me private information from a third party. It seems to me that those pages released in part are the IBIS checks. I have the complete FBI fingerprint and name check results, both of which were negative as I expected.
It's true that I have a very common name in the country where I was born, so I am not surprised that in the IBIS database there is somebody with the same combination of First Name / Last Name as mine. Since the IBIS form has a DNR reponse ("Match exists but not related to queried subject"), I assume that the IBIS check returned results concerning somebody else. Out of curiosity, I just want to ask other forum members who also received their FOIA responses if they encountered a similar situation.
Thanks.
. As I expected, both FBI FP and FBI Name Check came negative for the I-485 as well as for the N-400. I just don´t know what is so specific about the IBIS database that makes them hide the results. As an annecdote, I saw that they run IBIS Name Checks three times (I-140, I-485, N-400) while they only run FBI FP/NC twice (I-485, N-400).