USCIS Ombudsman's Annual Report - 2007

[futureuscitizen]

see the attachment for the full report

Some points in it:

PERVASIVE AND SERIOUS PROBLEMS

FBI Name Checks

(Annual Report pp. 37-45)
FBI name checks, one of the security screening tools used by USCIS, may be the single biggest obstacle to the timely and efficient delivery of immigration benefits. The problem of long-pending FBI name check cases worsened during the reporting period.

* As of May 2007, USCIS reported 329,160 FBI name check cases pending;
* Approximately 64% (211,341) of those cases have been pending more than 90 days and approximately 32% (106,738) have been pending more than one year;
* There are now 93,358 more name check cases pending than last year, and 31,144 FBI name check cases pending more than 33 months as compared to 21,570 last year;

 

[aabbcc11]

Good post, thanks. At least someone is following up and doing something about this blackhole.

 

[z350]

Well, the main point he made this year is that FBI Name Check is useless in it's current form. It was surprise to hear. He said USCIS was not able to provide information if anything was discovered with NC at all what cannot be discovered with other checks (fingerprints). He also mentioned that USCIS keeps wasting money for procedure that doesn't work at all.