happy life
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I am reading here that some people have been stuck in name check? what is that? What else is there?
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What is name check and what else checked?
- Thread starter happy life
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After you submit your application, the USCIS schedules several "checks". One is a fingerprint check - they take your fingerprints and send it to the FBI. Another is a "background check" where they take all of your information and check to see if you have a criminal record, part of this is the dreaded "name check". You name gets parsed and reparsed (all possible combinations of all possible spellings and transliterations). Then it is run through a variety of databases. If there are no "hits", then you pass (typically within a day or five of when the check is submitted). If there are hits (for example, someone with a similar name and birthday is a known bank robber or terrorist) then a more intensive and manual check is done. This can take months or years.
No one has found a way to get the name check process accelerated. It's pretty much a black hole.
No one has found a way to get the name check process accelerated. It's pretty much a black hole.
happy life
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Thanks Flydog. I see you reside in dallas. Where does one go for interview in dallas-ft worth location? What is the address to send your application to? can someone give me a link? thanks
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There is a huge amount of info. re name check out there. None of it will shorten the process for you but I found it interesting and it did help alleviate my frustration at the time involved (circa 8 months in my case, typical times vary from 3 months to 1 year plus).
Rather than give you a whole list of links, look at the relevent "Sticky" posts and then use Google (namecheck naturalization USCIS) to see more stuff if you want to OD on it.
It does bring out two important conclusions: (1) the USCIS is very well aware of the deplorable situation with the delays and (2) the bulk of the delay is not necessarily a USCIS issue; its just as likely to be with the FBI and its paper-trail.
Rather than give you a whole list of links, look at the relevent "Sticky" posts and then use Google (namecheck naturalization USCIS) to see more stuff if you want to OD on it.
It does bring out two important conclusions: (1) the USCIS is very well aware of the deplorable situation with the delays and (2) the bulk of the delay is not necessarily a USCIS issue; its just as likely to be with the FBI and its paper-trail.
You submit your application to the "Texas Service Center" in Mesquite (how to find the address should be in the instructions or the web site - I don't remember it being very hard). That "Service Center" services much of the south.
The interview (at least if you live in Dallas county) is at the Dallas district office on Stemmons at the Empire Central exit. Again, this is easy to find on the USCIS web site.
Almost everything you need to know is in the Guide to Naturalization, the N-400 instructions and the USCIS web site.
The interview (at least if you live in Dallas county) is at the Dallas district office on Stemmons at the Empire Central exit. Again, this is easy to find on the USCIS web site.
Almost everything you need to know is in the Guide to Naturalization, the N-400 instructions and the USCIS web site.
After you submit your application, the USCIS schedules several "checks". One is a fingerprint check - they take your fingerprints and send it to the FBI. Another is a "background check" where they take all of your information and check to see if you have a criminal record, part of this is the dreaded "name check". You name gets parsed and reparsed (all possible combinations of all possible spellings and transliterations). Then it is run through a variety of databases. If there are no "hits", then you pass (typically within a day or five of when the check is submitted). If there are hits (for example, someone with a similar name and birthday is a known bank robber or terrorist) then a more intensive and manual check is done. This can take months or years.
No one has found a way to get the name check process accelerated. It's pretty much a black hole.
Hey Flydog, I want to ask you a couple of things :
1) How long does it "normally" take for a name check to clear assuming no hits? The reason I am asking, so I can figureout how many weeks after FP should i make a infopass to inquire about name check status. What would you suggest?
2) When FBI runs the name through the system do the look for similar name and birthdate? I have fairly common middle name but with birthdate combination the odds of a hit are low.
Thanks.
It's all a mystery. Apparently a "normal" name check happens in a day or three. If there's a "hit" then all bets are off. If you are in Dallas, expect about 5-7 months after your PD before your interview letter unless you are in name check (or something else - my application was significantly delayed because they mis-routed my file).
CO-Sunshine
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You name gets parsed and reparsed (all possible combinations of all possible spellings and transliterations). Then it is run through a variety of databases. If there are no "hits", then you pass (typically within a day or five of when the check is submitted). If there are hits (for example, someone with a similar name and birthday is a known bank robber or terrorist) then a more intensive and manual check is done. This can take months or years.
No one has found a way to get the name check process accelerated. It's pretty much a black hole.
Which is, I imagine, why my name went through so fast (I have a *very* unusual name!) and yet we're still waiting for my hubby's interview date. He has a very common name.... in fact when he applied for his driver's license it was delayed because there was someone with his name, born on the SAME DAY/YEAR, who had some bad background info on file. They had to first make sure my husband was not that person before proceeding.
*Sigh.*