I made an enquiry yesterday and was told that name check is still pending. The person I spoke to seemed to be helpful and upon my request mentioned that the request for name check was initiated in September 2005, which means it's been pending with the name check agency for about 7 months now.
What I don't understand is how come the request for name check was initiated more than a year later when 140/485 etc. were filed back in 2004 (and the dates were current at the time)? Pardon me for my lack of knowledge of the process followed by USCIS, if any, but I thought as soon as they receive all the paperwork one of the things they do is initiate the name check process. Isn't this true?
What I also don't understand is that I had made an enquiry in June 2005 and was told even then that name check is still pending!! So, is it possible that they actually initiated the name check process 3 months after I enquired about it? Any ideas/explanations/experiences/suggestions will be appreciated.
Thanks