Stuck in name check with new rules after May '06

How can we get this FBI Name Check Initiated information

Hi
I was going through this website and through this tread and noticed that some of you posted the FBI Name Check Initiated date. How can we get this FBI Name Check Initiated information where can I find when the FBI Name Check is initiated . Please clarify

Thanks
 
Any updates?

I called 800 number and they told me I need to wait at least until 180 days from application date before they can issue an inquiry regarding my case. I was also told current processing time for my DO was Aug 12, 2006 and case was within timeframe.
 
How can you get case status at infopass?

To all,
From this thread, it seems some people got their case status at infopass appointment that their case is on name checking pending. I went to Philadelphia DO several times. The officers there all said they couldn't find any information for me except my case is still in VSC. They said they could know the information only if the case is transferred to their DO. Is that true? Why other local DO know your case status? Did my DO office lie to me?

http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=243012

N-400 filed on 5/25/06 to VSC
Fingerprint on 6/10/06
IL: ?????????
 
Does anyone know if they are for a fact conducting interviews only after FBI sec. checks have been completed (especially if the appl. is filed after 5/2006)?

The reason I ask is when I called the 800# I was told by the IO (on 3 different occasions) that my wife's and my applications are "in line to get scheduled for oath" but not scheduled yet because of pending background checks! I find this stange because my wife and I were both Congratulated and recommended for approval at our interviews! I was also told by the IO that there are 2 databases they can look at and in 1 db it's showing "scheduled for oath" and in the other it's showing "pending background investiagation"

More here: http://immigrationportal.com/showpost.php?p=1634917&postcount=12
 
kenttina said:
To all,
From this thread, it seems some people got their case status at infopass appointment that their case is on name checking pending. I went to Philadelphia DO several times. The officers there all said they couldn't find any information for me except my case is still in VSC. They said they could know the information only if the case is transferred to their DO. Is that true? Why other local DO know your case status? Did my DO office lie to me?

http://boards.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?t=243012

N-400 filed on 5/25/06 to VSC
Fingerprint on 6/10/06
IL: ?????????
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I think you talked to an officer who is not experienced and doesn't know how to read the screen. He/she should be able to tell you if the name check is pending. Schedule another infopass and hope to talk to somebody different.
Good luck.
 
Lowering expectations

mario123 said:
Does anyone know if they are for a fact conducting interviews only after FBI sec. checks have been completed (especially if the appl. is filed after 5/2006)?

The reason I ask is when I called the 800# I was told by the IO (on 3 different occasions) that my wife's and my applications are "in line to get scheduled for oath" but not scheduled yet because of pending background checks! I find this stange because my wife and I were both Congratulated and recommended for approval at our interviews! I was also told by the IO that there are 2 databases they can look at and in 1 db it's showing "scheduled for oath" and in the other it's showing "pending background investiagation"

More here: http://immigrationportal.com/showpost.php?p=1634917&postcount=12
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After May/06, USCIS is not conducting interviews but there have been several occasions we witnessed on this forum that applicants did get interviewed without background check clearence. so there is no consistency.

Answers that you are getting are confusing. You can go to infopass ask a live person face to face.
Good luck.
 
springbranch said:
I think you talked to an officer who is not experienced and doesn't know how to read the screen. He/she should be able to tell you if the name check is pending. Schedule another infopass and hope to talk to somebody different.
Good luck.
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I talked to three different officers in Philadelphia DO. They all said the same things that my case is in Vermont and there is no way for them to know the case status unless the case is transferred to them. I wonder what is infopass useful for if their officer only can see the same info as I see online myself. Or it is may be Philadephia DO officers all lazy. They all are not friendly at all.
 
Houston DO is different

kenttina said:
I talked to three different officers in Philadelphia DO. They all said the same things that my case is in Vermont and there is no way for them to know the case status unless the case is transferred to them. I wonder what is infopass useful for if their officer only can see the same info as I see online myself. Or it is may be Philadephia DO officers all lazy. They all are not friendly at all.
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For what it is worth, everytime I go to infopass, officers look at the screen and tell me "name check pending" and hand me a note signed by Director of Houston DO stating not to contact USCIS next 6 months for this matter.
 
springbranch said:
After May/06, USCIS is not conducting interviews but there have been several occasions we witnessed on this forum that applicants did get interviewed without background check clearence. so there is no consistency.

Answers that you are getting are confusing. You can go to infopass ask a live person face to face.
Good luck.
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Getting interviewed without a completed BC and being told that a "decision cannot be made" (on the N-652) is one thing.......getting interviewed without a completed BC and being told "congratulations! You have been recommended for approval..." (on the N-652) is quite another. The latter is the situation that my wife and I are in:confused:

I wish more people would post about this scenario (stuck in name check AFTER interview). I think most here don't think that this situation might happen to them and simply assume that being congratulated means you are done. While that might be true for a lot of cases, there are also quite a few cases that don't fit the norm.
 
KentTina ... The IO at the Infopass Place can tell you more then what you can see online under your Sign-In Name that you have Setup on the USCIS Website.
The reason how I know is 2 days ago I had a Infopass Appointment for 2 reasons.
#1 - I wanted to see where my case was ..
#2 - I wanted to see if they have updated my new address in the computer

The IO was pushing a few F-1 and F-2 and so on keys on his keyboard and read the address in the computer to me so obviously .. they can see more. It was not that I said I live on this address do you have it and he said yes. No, he read my right address to me.
 
Can they tell if I am stuck on name check or not?

Ladybuggy,

Why did they tell me that they only know my case is till in VSC? They don't why my case is delayed or what step I am even I showed them the letter from VSC. They all tell me my case is not delayed, and my case is still in normal process time, and there is no updated info. I have to wait.

PD: 5/25/06
FP: 6/10/06
IL: ????????????
 
I don't have the answer to that and believe me I wish I would have an answer for you.
After being a member on here for several month now I have seen my share of "lies". People were told one thing one day and then another thing the next day.
I personally come to a conclusion. Calling the 1-800 # or even going to an Infopass when you live hours and hours away from that place is useless. I will wait it out and when I hit the 1 year mark for some reason I will do something or start doing something.
 
Hi, I am new on this thread. I have been waiting for over 8 months for my interview letter. I send a request to the local office and recieved a reply that the required investigation into my background remains open. Until it's complete they can't move forward.

Is background check same as name check or is it something different?

PD June 12, 2006
FP July 01, 2006
Interview ????
 
Ron7777 said:
Hi, I am new on this thread. I have been waiting for over 8 months for my interview letter. I send a request to the local office and recieved a reply that the required investigation into my background remains open. Until it's complete they can't move forward.

Is background check same as name check or is it something different?

PD June 12, 2006
FP July 01, 2006
Interview ????
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http://www.mshale.com/article.cfm?articleID=1258
 
People with PD in Aug-Oct 06 getting interviews?

Reviewing some posts in specific DO's such as Washington D.C. and San Jose, it seems like a lot of people stuck in name check are getting interviews in their PD's were around the Aug-Oct 2006 timeframe.

Any updates from people on this thread?
 
ap74mo said:
Reviewing some posts in specific DO's such as Washington D.C. and San Jose, it seems like a lot of people stuck in name check are getting interviews in their PD's were around the Aug-Oct 2006 timeframe.

Any updates from people on this thread?
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Dude,

I think your are worrying prematurely. Average processing time is 7-9 months now and typically you should get your interview within 6 months. If you don't get your int. within 6 months you should start worrying.

http://www.immigrationportal.com/showthread.php?p=1641691#post1641691
 
here is my updated timeline. A decision cannot be made because the officer wants to check my passports' stamps with my application.
 
No update yet

No update yet for me.
I am still Stuck in Name Check.
My wife is going for her Oath tomorrow in Garland, TX.
 
Called Customer Service today

I called customer service number today since today marks the completion of 6months since my N-400 was filed. I requested the rep to put in a service request so my case could be traced in case it is lying at the bottom of some pile. The rep told me that the system was not allowing her to put in a service request before 7 months from PD. Earlier this used to be 6 months.:confused:

I then got transferred to an IO who confirmed that my background check is still pending with FBI and my file is still at the Service Center. She told me that N-400 applications are seeing significant delays at this point in time due to FBI namechecks but there is not much that USCIS can do as FBI has limited manpower in the name check program.

Btw, my wife became a citizen on March 30 at a simple ceremony at a Kansas City courthouse. I met another woman whose husband was getting naturalized. They had applied together in Aug 2006 and the woman was still waiting for her Interview Letter.:(

Looks like I'm in this for the long haul...:mad:
 
Called USCIS about Name Check

I also called the USCIS today; spoke to IO; He was very nice and very helpful.

He informed me that my name check is still "Pending".
He told me that the NC was initiated on 11/02/06 even though when I went for my Infopass back in January, they told me that name check was initated on 10/25/06; Anyway, no big deal.
 
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