Pending background check clearance USCIS

[vbjohn 14]

Its been almost 200 days (PD Oct 4, 2016) and we are still waiting for approval. Here is the response which we got from Senator when they contacted USCIS

""USCIS records confirms that the case is in pending background check clearance. USCIS is committed to adjudicating these cases in a timely manner while also ensuring public safety and national security. A small percentage of cases have unresolved background check issues that temporarily delay adjudication. Although USCIS makes every effort to resolve such cases promptly, USCIS is unable to speculate when the background check will be completed"" 

I read somehwere in VJ that it can take upto several months just to complete this background check. We are totally devastated to hear this news after waiting already for such a long time. If anybody has gone through similar experience, How long does it took to clear such background check? please share. It would be really helpful!!!

[Amanda Pere 1]

Hi,

 My friend in dallas , she had her Green Card interview yesterday, everything well perfect, at last they said, they'll let you know

in 120 days. Now case is in background check

[Maryland 13]

25 minutes ago, vbjohn said:

Its been almost 200 days (PD Oct 4, 2016) and we are still waiting for approval. Here is the response which we got from Senator when they contacted USCIS

""USCIS records confirms that the case is in pending background check clearance. USCIS is committed to adjudicating these cases in a timely manner while also ensuring public safety and national security. A small percentage of cases have unresolved background check issues that temporarily delay adjudication. Although USCIS makes every effort to resolve such cases promptly, USCIS is unable to speculate when the background check will be completed"" 

I read somehwere in VJ that it can take upto several months just to complete this background check. We are totally devastated to hear this news after waiting already for such a long time. If anybody has gone through similar experience, How long does it took to clear such background check? please share. It would be really helpful!!!

Hi how long did it take the senator to get a reply from uscis? Thanks 

[Amanda Pere 1]

No reply yet, just waiting

[vbjohn 14]

2 minutes ago, Maryland said:

Hi how long did it take the senator to get a reply from uscis? Thanks 

1 day

[Ebunoluwa 6,136]

We have been in AOS background checks for a very long time.
Filed AOS in May 2015

Interview Sept 2016

Multiple service requests and senator inquiry have been useless.

[mallafri76 1,012]

It depends on the petitioner's background. If the petitioner has travelled and/or lived abroad, I assume the background check will take much longer compared to someone who's lived in the US their whole life. The same for name changes, a lot of address changes etc or if the petitioner have several previous foreign spouses and divorces, then I assume that's something that may delay the background checks too. 

 

If you're stuck on background checks then unfortunately, there is nothing the Senator can do. You just have to wait it out.  

[Ryan H 3,834]

Moved from Process & Procedures to Progress Reports.

[KierenHby 899]

22 hours ago, vbjohn said:

Its been almost 200 days (PD Oct 4, 2016) and we are still waiting for approval. Here is the response which we got from Senator when they contacted USCIS

""USCIS records confirms that the case is in pending background check clearance. USCIS is committed to adjudicating these cases in a timely manner while also ensuring public safety and national security. A small percentage of cases have unresolved background check issues that temporarily delay adjudication. Although USCIS makes every effort to resolve such cases promptly, USCIS is unable to speculate when the background check will be completed"" 

I read somehwere in VJ that it can take upto several months just to complete this background check. We are totally devastated to hear this news after waiting already for such a long time. If anybody has gone through similar experience, How long does it took to clear such background check? please share. It would be really helpful!!!

beneficiary in Germany or India? 

[vbjohn 14]

6 hours ago, KierenHby said:

beneficiary in Germany or India? 

Germany

[agripa 100]

On 4/20/2017 at 11:08 AM, vbjohn said:

please share. It would be really helpful!!!

I know this is really hard to absorb, but I don't think there's much you can do. I asked my lawyer about your case today and she basically said that there is no way to learn anything about background checks (i.e., what's being checked? where is it being checked? when did the checks begin? when will the checks end?). Not even a US Senator or Congressperson can learn more about this process or help to expedite it. It seems incredibly unfair, but there's not much that can be done.

 

More over, I don't think knowing much about other people's timelines will be all that useful. Every application is sort of unique when it comes to background checks. My lawyer (who used to work at USCIS) basically told me that each application is subjected to a set of common background checks and then depending on certain factors a whole different set of background checks can come into play. Even worse, if some these background checks reveal anything, the application can then be subject to even more background checks. 

 

I wish I had better news for you!

[vbjohn 14]

5 minutes ago, agripa said:

I know this is really hard to absorb, but I don't think there's much you can do. I asked my lawyer about your case today and she basically said that there is no way to learn anything about background checks (i.e., what's being checked? where is it being checked? when did the checks begin? when will the checks end?). Not even a US Senator or Congressperson can learn more about this process or help to expedite it. It seems incredibly unfair, but there's not much that can be done.

 

More over, I don't think knowing much about other people's timelines will be all that useful. Every application is sort of unique when it comes to background checks. My lawyer (who used to work at USCIS) basically told me that each application is subjected to a set of common background checks and then depending on certain factors a whole different set of background checks can come into play. Even worse, if some these background checks reveal anything, the application can then be subject to even more background checks. 

 

I wish I had better news for you!

Thank you very much for clarifying with your lawyer. I was just wondering if its gonna be a background check for petitioner or beneficiary or both.  Planning not to involve senator further in our case until it gets approved since we somehow feel now that contacting them multiple times might have ended up in this situation. May be just pointless assumptions. Need to have tremendous patience now, which we didn't show earlier.   

[vizthum 9]

On 4/20/2017 at 11:08 AM, vbjohn said:

Its been almost 200 days (PD Oct 4, 2016) and we are still waiting for approval. Here is the response which we got from Senator when they contacted USCIS

""USCIS records confirms that the case is in pending background check clearance. USCIS is committed to adjudicating these cases in a timely manner while also ensuring public safety and national security. A small percentage of cases have unresolved background check issues that temporarily delay adjudication. Although USCIS makes every effort to resolve such cases promptly, USCIS is unable to speculate when the background check will be completed"" 

I read somehwere in VJ that it can take upto several months just to complete this background check. We are totally devastated to hear this news after waiting already for such a long time. If anybody has gone through similar experience, How long does it took to clear such background check? please share. It would be really helpful!!!

I was told the exact same thing. It seems most people get it cleared in 72 hours, but if it isn't cleared quickly, the wait time is random. Sometimes a few weeks, sometimes a few months.

[vizthum 9]

On 4/21/2017 at 4:39 PM, vbjohn said:

Thank you very much for clarifying with your lawyer. I was just wondering if its gonna be a background check for petitioner or beneficiary or both.  Planning not to involve senator further in our case until it gets approved since we somehow feel now that contacting them multiple times might have ended up in this situation. May be just pointless assumptions. Need to have tremendous patience now, which we didn't show earlier.   

I've been curious if my requests for expedite caused us to get into this situation...

[agripa 100]

Just now, vizthum said:

I was told the exact same thing. It seems most people get it cleared in 72 hours, but if it isn't cleared quickly, the wait time is random. Sometimes a few weeks, sometimes a few months.

Seems like this is likely true. My lawyer used to work with USCIS and said both petitioner and beneficiary are subject to background checks. Most pass within ~2-3 days. For unknown reasons (even to USCIS adjudicators), a background check may fail. If this is the case any number of secondary checks come into play (depending on the reason for failure). These additional checks are run through other agencies (e.g., FBI, Department of State, etc) and they each have their own timeline. This process usually delays the petition approval anywhere from 1-6 months.