doen "in line" status mean background check is done?

[hampier 2]

Hi all,

i am new to this forum and thanks everyone for your inputs.

just wondering, does " in line for interview" status mean that your background check is done? in my case, I did my biometrics on Aug 7th and have not heard back from USCIS as of today. some folks say their applications are in line for interview a couple of days after their bio appointment. but it has been 6 weeks for my case! i check the status every morning but it still says case received. should i be concerned about it? my case is not complex at all. i don't have any criminal records, not even a traffic ticket. the waiting is really frustrating to me.

[almost_umrican 54]

patience my friend

[TBoneTX 45,841]

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[GOLFER 4]

Hi all,

i am new to this forum and thanks everyone for your inputs.

just wondering, does " in line for interview" status mean that your background check is done?

YES ! I did my biometrics on July 4th and still waiting for "Inline" Status. There are people still waiting pending (name check) who done there biometrics in Jan / Feb this year. Relax you are not alone, give them at least 90 days from Biometrics date.

Edited September 24, 2015 by GOLFER

[kovacs 20]

Golfer, what is your plan once you hit 90 days? I feel so bad for you. I remember when you did your prints 3 days after me.

[mananto 36]

Hi all,

i am new to this forum and thanks everyone for your inputs.

just wondering, does " in line for interview" status mean that your background check is done? in my case, I did my biometrics on Aug 7th and have not heard back from USCIS as of today. some folks say their applications are in line for interview a couple of days after their bio appointment. but it has been 6 weeks for my case! i check the status every morning but it still says case received. should i be concerned about it? my case is not complex at all. i don't have any criminal records, not even a traffic ticket. the waiting is really frustrating to me.

You may not have reached the three year anniversary or the five year anniversary. When did you get your original greencard? If you apply before the three or five year anniversary whichever you are filing under, expect to be in line exactly one month before your anniversary date.

[hampier 2]

You may not have reached the three year anniversary or the five year anniversary. When did you get your original greencard? If you apply before the three or five year anniversary whichever you are filing under, expect to be in line exactly one month before your anniversary date.

I am filing under 5 years rule and my anniversary date is Oct.7. i guess i will just keep waiting.

[hampier 2]

YES ! I did my biometrics on July 4th and still waiting for "Inline" Status. There are people still waiting pending (name check) who done there biometrics in Jan / Feb this year. Relax you are not alone, give them at least 90 days from Biometrics date.

i hope it will not take 90 days lol. fingers crossed.

[GOLFER 4]

Golfer, what is your plan once you hit 90 days? I feel so bad for you. I remember when you did your prints 3 days after me.

Cheers! I'm not in a big rush let them do their thing. If they start taking the piss plan is to take these knob heads on a stag night in Federal Court. Hope we'll not get to that point. I opened official service request last week I suppose to get their response in the mail today. I'm sure it will be some generic rubbish. As long you are within processing times you are at their mercy. Chicago still reporting Feb 23 that is 7 to 8 months for average case from the time of filing.

[FSI 4]

I am from the same field office as yours. My case took 7 months after fingerprinting to get the status to In Line for Interview scheduling I also do not have any criminal record but I believe if your name matches with someone (usually happens with the common name) then your case takes a lot longer than expected.

Now I am waiting for the interview to be scheduled and I hope I do not have to wait forever again. Also, keep it in mind, LA field office is on backlog so the dates you are seeing on USCIS website for average processing times are definitely not correct. I could not even create the service request until after 7 months were passed and online processing time showed 5 months. Wish you all the best.

i hope it will not take 90 days lol. fingers crossed.

[hampier 2]

I am from the same field office as yours. My case took 7 months after fingerprinting to get the status to In Line for Interview scheduling I also do not have any criminal record but I believe if your name matches with someone (usually happens with the common name) then your case takes a lot longer than expected.

Now I am waiting for the interview to be scheduled and I hope I do not have to wait forever again. Also, keep it in mind, LA field office is on backlog so the dates you are seeing on USCIS website for average processing times are definitely not correct. I could not even create the service request until after 7 months were passed and online processing time showed 5 months. Wish you all the best.

thank you for sharing your story. 7 months!!! man. that's a long time!!! i called USCIS customer service the other day and they just simply told me that my case is in in the normal processing time, but they were not able to tell why my case status is not "in line".... they said i could submit an inquiry if 5 months has passed since my application was filed.

it's kind weird because i see many other folks who also from LA area and filed their cases pretty much the same time as mine have got their letters for interview but im still waiting for my background check to be done. but i do have a common first name and last name, so i guess all i can do is waiting and waiting.

Good luck with your interviewing and everything, my friend.

[FSI 4]

this is true that they cannot create an inquiry until the average processing time for the case is over. Just to let you know that even after 5 months, I tried to create an inquiry and the system did not allow it if you select the reason "case beyond processing time". Then I called in the customer service and found out that 5 months is not true for LA and actual processing time is over 7 months (which is not showing on the website). I would say hang in there and you will be getting some updates soon. Good Luck.

thank you for sharing your story. 7 months!!! man. that's a long time!!! i called USCIS customer service the other day and they just simply told me that my case is in in the normal processing time, but they were not able to tell why my case status is not "in line".... they said i could submit an inquiry if 5 months has passed since my application was filed.

it's kind weird because i see many other folks who also from LA area and filed their cases pretty much the same time as mine have got their letters for interview but im still waiting for my background check to be done. but i do have a common first name and last name, so i guess all i can do is waiting and waiting.

Good luck with your interviewing and everything, my friend.

[mohdirfan08787 16]

FSI , and me waited almost 7 months to get inline for interview. There is no way you can do anything. Going to Info pass is useless, creating inquiry is useless. There is absolutely nothing you can do.

No one knows whats going on behind the close door. But one thing i know FBI primary take longer to clean certain origins. You might have done nothing wrong in your life but still its not your fault .

You will hear something soon, please be paitant .

Dont do anything for now, save your self time and stop worrying. Chill out and forget you ever applied for N400 and remember when you receive your interview letter:)

[FSI 4]

I completely agree with mohdirfan. Don't waste your time worrying about it and following up (I know it is hard but try to divert your mind to other useful things). I am pretty sure your turn will come soon.

FSI , and me waited almost 7 months to get inline for interview. There is no way you can do anything. Going to Info pass is useless, creating inquiry is useless. There is absolutely nothing you can do.

No one knows whats going on behind the close door. But one thing i know FBI primary take longer to clean certain origins. You might have done nothing wrong in your life but still its not your fault .

You will hear something soon, please be paitant .

Dont do anything for now, save your self time and stop worrying. Chill out and forget you ever applied for N400 and remember when you receive your interview letter:)

[N400applicant 7]

I am one of those who can set my mind off N-400 and think of other things I can do. I am even one of a kind a person, I can bet, who is capable of withdrawing an N-400 application to protest against USCIS. To most of you this will sound silly, but to me it would be a way of taking control out of hands of USCIS.

Not that I am planning to do so, but I am a person capable of doing it. What are they going to accomplish if I don't ask them what they get a pleasure of not giving me? If not for my spouse, who travels a lot with her work and doesn't want me to get stuck at ICE every time we return from overseas, I probably wouldn't even send my N-400. Not because I don't care about US Citizenship or because I don't want to be a Citizen. In fact, BECAUSE I FEEL like a US CITIZEN, it's an abhorring thing to me to have some knob head bureacrat exersise so much of an arbitrary and unchecked power over me, and decide how long I must wait before they please to call me for an interview. And I have zero options to bring them to Court unless they keep my case on hold for over a year.

That's plain Orwellian, and it disgusts me soooooo much that unlike majority of N-400 applicants I didn't take advantage of 90 days rule, and did not send my app in until I hit the statutory time (even then I sent it mainly because of my spouse pressuring me to do so).

What many of you do not understand is that this is not about "wasting time", "worrying" (in my case at least it's not), as it is about deliberately being made to feel like a second rate subject at the whim of an arbitrary and totally out of control bureaucrat. As if you were some peasant in France of Louise XV.

If we could all get together, not like physically, but at least in media, in social blogosphere, if we could collectively generate very bad publicity for USCIS and bring some deserved public attention to how badly they do their jobs, then millions of immigrants after us wouldn't go through this.

Edited October 14, 2015 by N400applicant