Huge Backlog on FP--Report from senator office

[canus_immi]

I did first 1 Fp in oct 2002 . My FP expired in FEB . I contacted VSC thru senator. The senator off told me that thay had huge back log in FP . Also He told me currently VSC is processing FEB 2002as per may 19 2004 , when they publish their next dates ,VSC may move from FEB 2002 to APR 2002. The person who told me He spoke with VSC DEpt manager.

So dont worry abt FP expiration , it is their job.

Good luck to all

 

[cinta]

I did first 1 Fp in oct 2002 . My FP expired in FEB . I contacted VSC thru senator. The senator off told me that thay had huge back log in FP . Also He told me currently VSC is processing FEB 2002as per may 19 2004 , when they publish their next dates ,VSC may move from FEB 2002 to APR 2002. The person who told me He spoke with VSC DEpt manager.

So dont worry abt FP expiration , it is their job.

Good luck to all

They have a backlog because they are trying to accomodate different policies and memos, like the concurrent applicants and at the same time the expired FP applicants.
The Processing times have a span of 18 months or more! No wonder.

 

[3LC's NoGC]

You are correct:

They are a bureaucracy. It's about policies and memo's and not about results.

A backlog on fingerprints only exists because of a ridiculous policy of having fingerprints ‘expire’ after 15 months.

I wonder if they know your fingerprints don’t change, even after 15 months. THAT’S WHY THEY USE THEM TO ID YOU.

It’s possible that the applicant has been up to some mischief since the last time that the prints were checked (only because of the backlog). There is no reason to take the prints again. The solution to that is to resend the existing prints to the FBI and see what the results are. Making this simple change would immediately reduce the backlog and provide much needed resources to work on the backlog of other things.

 

[cinta]

They are a bureaucracy. It's about policies and memo's and not about results.

A backlog on fingerprints only exists because of a ridiculous policy of having fingerprints ‘expire’ after 15 months.

I wonder if they know your fingerprints don’t change, even after 15 months. THAT’S WHY THEY USE THEM TO ID YOU.

It’s possible that the applicant has been up to some mischief since the last time that the prints were checked (only because of the backlog). There is no reason to take the prints again. The solution to that is to resend the existing prints to the FBI and see what the results are. Making this simple change would immediately reduce the backlog and provide much needed resources to work on the backlog of other things.

USCIS does not save/store fingerprints as of today. This is in their future plans. FBI comments on the results and thus cannot be used again after 15 months per their rule. STORING does not exist!
There is not integration also between the FBI fingerprint databases (IAFIS - ten fingerprints) and CIS database (IDENT - index fingerprints). This will happen in the future!