Hi all,
I did some research and came across a N400 flow chart in the USGAO's (or U.S. Government Accountability Office) November 2005 report on USCIS's backlog reduction attempt. Although the flow chart is over 2 years old, it does confirm what some of us have been saying about when name check or FBI background check is initiated.
If you look at the chart, you will see that the FBI fingerprint request, the IBIS name check, and the FBI background (or name check) are done/initiated in sequence. So we all now know that our name check was initiated when we got our finger print requests. Not after our finger print results are received as some have indicated on here. Hope this helps.
We are basically playing the waiting game now, as they are just beginning to schedule folks for interviews this month. I have noticed that all new Interview letters have a either a Jan 2 or Jan 3 date on them... All DOs that were fast in processing show May 19, 2007 as their new date (no longer '7 months' tag), and I am assuming this is because Service Centers have been busy with entering applications and submitting IBIS/FBI name checks due to the massive backlog. We are now just starting to see people who applied June 2007 and after get interview notices.
Good luck to everyone. I hope we all hear some good news soon.
I did some research and came across a N400 flow chart in the USGAO's (or U.S. Government Accountability Office) November 2005 report on USCIS's backlog reduction attempt. Although the flow chart is over 2 years old, it does confirm what some of us have been saying about when name check or FBI background check is initiated.
If you look at the chart, you will see that the FBI fingerprint request, the IBIS name check, and the FBI background (or name check) are done/initiated in sequence. So we all now know that our name check was initiated when we got our finger print requests. Not after our finger print results are received as some have indicated on here. Hope this helps.
We are basically playing the waiting game now, as they are just beginning to schedule folks for interviews this month. I have noticed that all new Interview letters have a either a Jan 2 or Jan 3 date on them... All DOs that were fast in processing show May 19, 2007 as their new date (no longer '7 months' tag), and I am assuming this is because Service Centers have been busy with entering applications and submitting IBIS/FBI name checks due to the massive backlog. We are now just starting to see people who applied June 2007 and after get interview notices.
Good luck to everyone. I hope we all hear some good news soon.