...but knowing my luck, your NC will probably be cleared WAY before mine...
Last year I explained how I got screwed because a relative working for the government put my name on the list of non-US citizen relatives residing in the US for his security clearance documents...guess what???
The letter I got as an answer to my service request dated Jan 17th states that the processing of my case is delayed because there is an "ongoing open investigation of my background". Never heard of that lingo before...
So, like I said, this unfortunate event will probably cost me another 2-4 months as it usually takes 6-8 months to complete these clearance procedures and it was started sometime in August '07...
Let's just hope that once the "check" is complete and clearance issued to my relative, the same "agency" sends my "clearance" to USCIS...
GM