AOS interview successful, but waiting for FBI name check

[rebeccajo 14]

Well.....

USCIS may actually be doing something different than what they've done in the past.

I'm going to completely conjecture here. None of this will be factual - just based on what we know of how the system works.

Normally, they didn't order a new set of prints until the namecheck was done. Even if the prints were beyond 15 months old, they just let them languish until they were ready to produce a card.

They may now simply be 'cleaning house'. OR - they may be ordering new prints again and sending them to the FBI in order to move these old cases off the dime. My understanding is USCIS is really none too happy with the service they have received from the FBI. And allowing 'potential evildoers' to remain in the country while DHS idly sits by and allows months and years to pass doesn't look good on them. The issue with the 9/11 bombers was DHS had admitted them. The problem USCIS has now is people are admitted but they aren't cleared. Therefore they may be doing a housecleaning in order to shift blame to the FBI in the event one of you people turns out to be a terrorist (as my husband used to be one of you - I hope you catch my sarcasm).

Local offices may be doing something similar, but their chagrin is the case file lying in their office and making their stats look bad. Some offices may be ordering prints again hoping to get the case to move.

Third possibility - and this is not conjecture but anecdotally factual - some cases may be namecheck cleared but the local office is allowing card production to languish. When a case is completed, the AO who originally interviewed has to sign off on the file, and send it on to his/her supervisor for approval. They can't do that until another set of biometrics has been captured, so in that case they (the local office) will send notification to the petitioner that they need to collect another set of prints. After prints are captured and the AO signs off on the case, it moves to the supervisor's desk. After the supervisor approves it, it goes to another clerical section for data input that starts card production. If the office is backlogged, sometimes an approved file can take longer than necessary to move through the system.

Soooooooo....for those of you who received the 'white paper' from the local office - I would suggest you stay after them about your case status. You may be cleared. If you aren't, they should be able to tell you. My husband's 'white paper' notice that another set of prints were needed actually had a post-it note stuck on it telling him his namecheck was done. But the Pittsburgh office isn't very busy and we had been bugging them - they probably wanted us to know there was daylight at the end of our tunnel. Plus they had time to scribble out the post-it message.

Edited January 6, 2008 by rebeccajo

[Empress of Groovy 373]

I'm glag your husband got everything done in one visit Julie.

By the way, your "dear Joyce" column is hilarious!

Thanks! Come on by for advice about everything ranging from synthetic fabrics to Cool Whip to Alan Alda's wardrobe! (and, truth be told, not much else!)

[Shami 0]

So would anyone care to make an educated guess what the percentage of name checks that are finished by the time of the interview?

Thanks,

reach449

According to a report released in June 2007 by the ombudsman for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services , 64 percent of the 329,160 FBI name check cases pending from USCIS have been waiting more than 90 days, and 32 percent are more than one year old. There are more than 31,000 cases that have been pending longer than 33 months.

Hear is the link:

http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=37281

[rebeccajo 14]

Thanks for the link, Shami!

[huskerfan 0]

I hoe you're right Rebeca. Its almost been a month so we'll see. I look forward to bugging them!

[tierdmonica 0]

interesting enough, I received a letter from the senator's office saying that after 3.5 years, my name has been cleared and card production has been ordered... they sent a copy of USCIS letter as well which says the same thing. Sounds fascinating, yet when I called USCIS to confirm the news, they guy on the phone said that he had no idea what I am talking about and my case is in fact still pending!

Go figure:(

bunch of retards

I hoe you're right Rebeca. Its almost been a month so we'll see. I look forward to bugging them!

[helinna 0]

I'm glag your husband got everything done in one visit Julie.

By the way, your "dear Joyce" column is hilarious!

Thanks! Come on by for advice about everything ranging from synthetic fabrics to Cool Whip to Alan Alda's wardrobe! (and, truth be told, not much else!)

Wowwwwwwwwww OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG recieved email this morning Welcome new permanent resident 788 days later i had to read email three times

[ca-girl 0]

Congratulations Helinna! That's wonderful news!

[slavrina 0]

Congratulations!!!Really happy for you!

[Muuuuah 0]

I'm glag your husband got everything done in one visit Julie.

By the way, your "dear Joyce" column is hilarious!

Thanks! Come on by for advice about everything ranging from synthetic fabrics to Cool Whip to Alan Alda's wardrobe! (and, truth be told, not much else!)

Wowwwwwwwwww OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG recieved email this morning Welcome new permanent resident 788 days later i had to read email three times

That is absoultly fantastic news...a very big CONGRATULATIONS

[LaL 418]

score for the patient ones!!!!!

[Empress of Groovy 373]

Woo hoo! What excellent news!

And I'll say it for you:

!!!!!FINALLY!!!!!

I think that the dancing sunglasses icon thingy is overused generally, but it definitely applies in this case!

:dance:

Congratulations!

[helinna 0]

Woo hoo! What excellent news!

And I'll say it for you:

!!!!!FINALLY!!!!!

I think that the dancing sunglasses icon thingy is overused generally, but it definitely applies in this case!

:dance:

Congratulations!

Thanks Everyone the GC should be a 10 yr i hope. Please Ca-girl, Slavrina, Aos despair, Donna and most of all LaL! Never Never give up make them stay on there toes thats what we did and i hope the fingerprints we did in early Nov created this .

[huskerfan 0]

Congrats Helina!!!YAYYYYY

:dance: :dance: :dance:

[KogI 0]

Hi everybody! May I join your club?

We had AOS interview yesterday. And guess what? Yes, the FBI name check is pending...