N-400 Filers who got stuck or delayed in Background / Name Check.

[cali2017 2]

Since my last post in October 26, no changes to my status still " Case was received"

[M&E2014 4]

I've filed on March 2017 and had my bio metrics appointment on April 18th. and till now not in line for interview and my case is also pending FBI Name Check.

My field office already working on cases after my date now.

I've made two infopasses, calls in every month, following up with the congressman and filed with the ombudsman office. all of this didn't do anything.

I really don't know what else i can do.

Any recommendations ?

[cali2017 2]

2 hours ago, M&E2014 said:

I've filed on March 2017 and had my bio metrics appointment on April 18th. and till now not in line for interview and my case is also pending FBI Name Check.

My field office already working on cases after my date now.

I've made two infopasses, calls in every month, following up with the congressman and filed with the ombudsman office. all of this didn't do anything.

I really don't know what else i can do.

Any recommendations ?

Those are the processing dates for Cleveland OH . Right now they are processing April 22, 2017 files. You are March. Have you ever tried to contact  USCIS online here  

https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/Intro.do      click on  Case outside normal processing time and do Case Inquiry

Field Office Processing Dates for Cleveland OH as of: September 30, 2017

Form	Form Name	Processing Cases As Of Date:
I-485	Application to Register Permanent Residence or to Adjust Status	April 12, 2017
N-400	Application for Naturalization	April 22, 2017
N-600	Application for Certification of Citizenship	April 21, 2017

[M&E2014 4]

6 minutes ago, cali2017 said:

Those are the processing dates for Cleveland OH . Right now they are processing April 22, 2017 files. You are March. Have you ever tried to contact  USCIS online here  

https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/Intro.do      click on  Case outside normal processing time and do Case Inquiry

Field Office Processing Dates for Cleveland OH as of: September 30, 2017

Form	Form Name	Processing Cases As Of Date:
I-485	Application to Register Permanent Residence or to Adjust Status	April 12, 2017
N-400	Application for Naturalization	April 22, 2017
N-600	Application for Certification of Citizenship	April 21, 2017

Yes, i did filed a service request and haven't got an answer on the date that they said they will reply by.

 

[cali2017 2]

32 minutes ago, M&E2014 said:

Yes, i did filed a service request and haven't got an answer on the date that they said they will reply by.

 

The only option left is to file with lawyer  Writ of Mandamus 

[5unny` 0]

Its the same situation with me its been 15months , still background check pending. contacted usics, service requests, info pass, senator office, ombudsman & fbi

they say its in que sometimes, or workload, elis issues, etc etc.

don't know what else can I do besides waiting, because I don't think WOM will help since background/security check not complete

[casualuser 38]

48 minutes ago, 5unny` said:

Its the same situation with me its been 15months , still background check pending. contacted usics, service requests, info pass, senator office, ombudsman & fbi

they say its in que sometimes, or workload, elis issues, etc etc.

don't know what else can I do besides waiting, because I don't think WOM will help since background/security check not complete

It will. WOM almost always helps, no matter what is the internal USCIS reason (unless the applicant has some dirty stuff on his record). The only reason people do not do it routinely is the cost (around $5000). See e.g. here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYl7XBVqc_E

 

[5unny` 0]

I know, but I did read in some attorney website that they cannot have USCIS make a decision through WOM until the background check is completed which is done by FBI on which they do not have control.

[ruby_7 45]

11 hours ago, M&E2014 said:

I've filed on March 2017 and had my bio metrics appointment on April 18th. and till now not in line for interview and my case is also pending FBI Name Check.

My field office already working on cases after my date now.

I've made two infopasses, calls in every month, following up with the congressman and filed with the ombudsman office. all of this didn't do anything.

I really don't know what else i can do.

Any recommendations ?

You're not alone in Cleveland, OH local FO with a delay process.  I filed Jan. 25 and still waiting and hoping for an interview letter to arrive.  I've done few 2 SR online about my case because it's more than 90 days outside the Cleveland FO processing time but nothing's working no response from them.  This delay has been causing me an intense depression seriously.  2 out of 10 around my batch of cases have still FP online status and I'm 1 of the 2, the rest are already in-line for oath this month. It's more than 10 months already on my case and still hoping for an interview letter.

Edited December 6, 2017 by ruby_7

[ruby_7 45]

5 hours ago, 5unny` said:

Its the same situation with me its been 15months , still background check pending. contacted usics, service requests, info pass, senator office, ombudsman & fbi

they say its in que sometimes, or workload, elis issues, etc etc.

don't know what else can I do besides waiting, because I don't think WOM will help since background/security check not complete

If they have these inconsistency of reasons when you inquired from them several times, it seems like they're lying.  This is one thing, I don't like about them they're not very upfront with the real reason of the delay.  It could have been good if they will tell upfront for the real reason so maybe applicant can explain if they find some questions on the record. I feel you, I'm sorry to hear for that 15 months of waiting, to me it seems unjustifiable.

[cybermax 39]

Let me share with you this. I'm the original poster of this thread. Meaning I had been stuck in background/ name check for a long time just like you. I did research and tried a lot of things to push my case forward too. Unfortunately, nothing worked. It's hard to accept this but if you are stuck, that means you are stuck, you can't do anything until the FBI finish their job. I guarantee with you that no matter what you try, it's not gonna work, so don't waste your time.

 

Here is the truth, there are only 2 scenarios here:

1. If you are stuck, and have not been stuck for a year (count from the date you submitted your application). So you are fine, nothing you can do but wait. Your case is gonna be automatically cleared when it approaches 1 year. This happened to most of cases ( > 90% )

2. If you have been stuck for more than a year. Meaning you are so unlucky and having 2 options:

----- Continue waiting until the case cleared. Nothing guarantees when it occurs, normally 1.5 years to 8 years, or more, this is what a USCIS officer told me when I had my infopass.

----- Take your action: file a lawsuit against USCIS . This works most of the time and really push your case forward by forcing USCIS to pay attention to you. But this does cost money. According to people who recently filed the lawsuit, they spent around 3k upto 7k for a lawyer to do this.

Edited December 8, 2017 by cybermax

[Shumai 6]

14 hours ago, cybermax said:

Let me share with you this. I'm the original poster of this thread. Meaning I had been stuck in background/ name check for a long time just like you. I did research and tried a lot of things to push my case forward too. Unfortunately, nothing worked. It's hard to accept this but if you are stuck, that means you are stuck, you can't do anything until the FBI finish their job. I guarantee with you that no matter what you try, it's not gonna work, so don't waste your time.

 

Here is the truth, there are only 2 scenarios here:

1. If you are stuck, and have not been stuck for a year (count from the date you submitted your application). So you are fine, nothing you can do but wait. Your case is gonna be automatically cleared when it approaches 1 year. This happened to most of cases ( > 90% )

2. If you have been stuck for more than a year. Meaning you are so unlucky and having 2 options:

----- Continue waiting until the case cleared. Nothing guarantees when it occurs, normally 1.5 years to 8 years, or more, this is what a USCIS officer told me when I had my infopass.

----- Take your action: file a lawsuit against USCIS . This works most of the time and really push your case forward by forcing USCIS to pay attention to you. But this does cost money. According to people who recently filed the lawsuit, they spent around 3k upto 7k for a lawyer to do this.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I've been stuck in the background check for 8 months and very much agree what you said. We have got congressman/US representative/military to intervene and nothing works. What makes it worse is that I have I-751 pending as well. I really hope we will hear something by the end of the 1-year mark.

Edited December 8, 2017 by Shumai

[ruby_7 45]

14 hours ago, cybermax said:

Let me share with you this. I'm the original poster of this thread. Meaning I had been stuck in background/ name check for a long time just like you. I did research and tried a lot of things to push my case forward too. Unfortunately, nothing worked. It's hard to accept this but if you are stuck, that means you are stuck, you can't do anything until the FBI finish their job. I guarantee with you that no matter what you try, it's not gonna work, so don't waste your time.

 

Here is the truth, there are only 2 scenarios here:

1. If you are stuck, and have not been stuck for a year (count from the date you submitted your application). So you are fine, nothing you can do but wait. Your case is gonna be automatically cleared when it approaches 1 year. This happened to most of cases ( > 90% )

2. If you have been stuck for more than a year. Meaning you are so unlucky and having 2 options:

----- Continue waiting until the case cleared. Nothing guarantees when it occurs, normally 1.5 years to 8 years, or more, this is what a USCIS officer told me when I had my infopass.

----- Take your action: file a lawsuit against USCIS . This works most of the time and really push your case forward by forcing USCIS to pay attention to you. But this does cost money. According to people who recently filed the lawsuit, they spent around 3k upto 7k for a lawyer to do this.

I'd agree on this.  I know this is a serious issue on their system's end, but for a laugh we can only blame our parents/spouses for us having common names   because this is basically what's causing the delay when there's no questionnable records...My relative got her bc done quick and naturalization in 4 months...LOng time ago she's bitching about her name because it doesn't sound attractive, but I told her "you know what, it may sound so old unfamiliar unattractive but give thanks to your parents because it's very uncommon and any USCIS petition you've submitted it's just fly quickly like a skyrocket within 3-4 months and it's done.  Uncommon names make it pass through quickly because no hits on it in BC unless you have questionnable records".

Edited December 8, 2017 by ruby_7

[ruby_7 45]

On 12/5/2017 at 12:10 PM, M&E2014 said:

I've filed on March 2017 and had my bio metrics appointment on April 18th. and till now not in line for interview and my case is also pending FBI Name Check.

My field office already working on cases after my date now.

I've made two infopasses, calls in every month, following up with the congressman and filed with the ombudsman office. all of this didn't do anything.

I really don't know what else i can do.

Any recommendations ?

When you went to Cleveland for your infopass case-follow up, what did the officer tell you?  I'm curious, since my local office is Cleveland as well. I'm a January filer and after FP in February it's complete silence.

[janadark 2]

I filed end of November 2016, my background finally cleared in September 2017 but since then nothing. Had infopass, they just said I had to wait. More than a year now.