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GhantaBro

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Name Check - Wish I had a different name!

I have been waiting since Oct 2006 for Namecheck....Do they even consider what we immigrants are going through...

1. Many cannot work or apply for jobs they want
2. Cannot unite with their loved ones for decades
3. Frustrated all the time affecting health badly
4. Cannot concentrate on anything that they are doing
5. Checks the case status 100 times a day
6. Lives in this immigration portal literally
7. Consider themselves as Criminals as they themselves are not sure what FBI
might come up with
8. Hopeless
9. Monetary problems
10. Heavy intake of alcohol and tobacco products
11. Lost lost lost lost
 
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Why would they care ?

GhantaBro said:
I have been waiting since Oct 2006 for Namecheck.... been so frustrated... what if I die waiting for this Name Check? Do they even consider what we immigrants are going through...

1. Many cannot work or apply for jobs they want
2. Cannot unite with their loved ones for decades
3. Frustrated all the time affecting health badly
4. Cannot concentrate on anything that they are doing
5. Checks the case status 100 times a day
6. Lives in this immigration portal literally
7. Consider themselves as Criminals as they themselves are not sure what FBI
might come up with
8. Hopeless
9. Monetary problems
10. Heavy intake of alcohol and tobacco products
11. Lost lost lost lost
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Who is asking you to wait. There is something called "WOM". Go file that. I filed WOM after waiting for 18 months and got my citizenship. Somebody said on this forum and I loved it. Waiting is not the answer. Doing something about it is the solution. So please don't sit hand in hand & complain, get up & do something about it.

or

second scenario:

Go back to your home country. Why do you have to stay in US. Don't forget for USCIS one month for us is like one business day for them.
 
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too late

Too late to go back to home now... invested more than 40% of life till now here...
As per your suggestion, still waiting for that 18 months and then I will take that step....
I also know that after all the hardships and complain if I make it, this is the best place to be...
 
GhantaBro,

Hang in there man. Although I probably have not been through as much trouble as you have for your citizenship, I have had my fair share too, with the INS/BCIS/USCIS.
Going backward in my "historical" dealings with them:
1) Holding on to rent a parallel apartment (in which I didn't live, but paid rent for 6 months), just so that I didn't have to depend on the INS to "correctly" update my new address where they were going to send my physical green card.
2) Waiting for donkey's months for them to send my OPT work authorization for my FIRST job after my graduate studies.
3) Waiting in line for my Student Visa.... My first bad impression of the visa processing in this country when they judge you based on your bank balance and assets in your home country. What a disgrace, in my opinion.

I know how it feels, but hang in there and do what you need to, to get them to MOOVE!

My wife and me just went for our oath ceremony last evening, so we're done with the USCIS for all practical purposes.

When I think back now, I still prefer the (relative) law and order here as compared to my home country, where there are times when the entire future of a state depends on the experience of a politician who's main expertise used to be "milking a cow" (If you know which state I mean). Everything is relative, but that doesn't mean one should not expect the best of one's government.

Wishing you all the best. I would also file suit with the USCIS if my case took too long... I know those frustrations!
 
WOM may be way to go

Hi GB,

I am also stuck in namecheck. I have filed in 04/07, FP-05/07 and still waiting.
LIke atlanta brother said..if your 18 months are up go for WOM.

Consider these facts..those stuck in name check are only 1% of the cases. and I dont think they consider this as a very urgent matter because you can still be here and go about your business on GC. Except for bringing your wife/fiance here which is off course an urgent matter for us but not for them.

So hang in there, like me.(I know easier said than done) or go for WOM.
although you may have to spend money but what choice do we have.

Sorry not very encouraging answer but no point in keeping false hopes.

Regards
 
One more month to go

GhantaBro said:
Too late to go back to home now... invested more than 40% of life till now here...
As per your suggestion, still waiting for that 18 months and then I will take that step....
I also know that after all the hardships and complain if I make it, this is the best place to be...
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GhantBro,

You have another month to go so hang in there. In April you should think about going for WOM. In the meanwhile, make info pass appointments or write letters to N-400 supervisor (certified mail) and gather lot of paperwork/ proof to show it to the judge that you tried everything & there was no outcome so you had no chice but to file WOM. If u need a good attorney, let me know. Good luck.
 
hang in there bro...it's been a long journey for you and in the end it'll pay off..wait a little more and if you still don't hear back from them..i would suggest using the force..start writing letters, and talk to an attorney..also, i would highly recommend to keep record of all your conversation with USCIS, in case you haven't been. That way you can provide dates on which you spoke to them and mention those dates in your letters to congressmen etc..
 
Thanks a lot

Atlanta Brother and everyone thanks a lot for all the support and good suggestions.. I will do everything Atlanta Bro is saying and have been doing that.... let me know about the lawyers and how much it might cost bro. I will take the final step in April.
 
obajaj said:
GhantaBro,

My wife and me just went for our oath ceremony last evening, so we're done with the USCIS for all practical purposes.

When I think back now, I still prefer the (relative) law and order here as compared to my home country, where there are times when the entire future of a state depends on the experience of a politician who's main expertise used to be "milking a cow" (If you know which state I mean). Everything is relative, but that doesn't mean one should not expect the best of one's government.

Wishing you all the best. I would also file suit with the USCIS if my case took too long... I know those frustrations!
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I know what politician you are talking about.. hehehe and Congrats to you and your wife.. have fun guys!
 
when you are desperate or frustrated for a prolonged period you end up doing stupid things.... the problem is really not that it is taking so late, the real problem is we do not know when it will be done... we cannot plan anything based on that anymore.
 
I once had to wait 20 months to find out if I will be allowed to visit the city where my father was born and see the house that my grandfather built. The wait surely did not make me do anything stupid :)
I guess it is all relative!!!

GhantaBro said:
when you are desperate or frustrated for a prolonged period you end up doing stupid things
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Everyone takes stress differantly. So if you want to drink then drink my friend. Smoke...Then Smoke my friend. Good things are on the way.
 
GhantBro,
I was also in your position for several months and can relate to what you are going thru 100%. It feels that for some unknown reason you have been selected for this injustice and almost everybody you know was skipped! Most for your friends and aquantainces look at you and say "Never heard of such a delay, mine breezed thru". I read Dale Carnegies "how to stop worrying and start living" book and decided to live in what he says are "day tight" compartments. What I did to relax my nerves is look at pacer online for the worst case scenarios involving denial of Naturalization because almost all of these file for appeal in federal court so their case history is on pacer. What I found what that it took significant criminal history or two or more instances of provably "wrong" represenation of information to USCIS in all cases. The Denial letters were about 3 pages long explaining each charge that added into the decision. I understood also that the IO has to do significant work to draft the denial and it has to be reviewed by The District Director since it can poetntially go all the way to Supreme Court. Most completed their name check quickly though for some it was around 24 months. In some cases where criminal history was old or disputable AUSA's negotiated and got them oath. What I found was it takes a significant amount of screwups to get a denial and it takes even more for that denial to be upheld by federal court. Even then, there is the appeals court where some finally won. So by reading the worst cases it soothed my nerevs since I was not even remotely close to the best of these and had no criminal history and FBI FOIPA said no information exists for me. Next I started living in Dale Carnegies "day tight" compartments, just think about today and getting thru the day. (read his book). This also helped when I finally decided to file in Federal court and at the end got oath. So relax bro.
 
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