question about the FBI namecheck

[nane1104 146]

What name exactly will be checked? The maiden name or the new married name? My maiden name is fairly uncommon, but my new (husbands) last nae is very very common....could that be a reason why nothing at all is happening with my case right now?

[LaL 418]

they will check all forms of your name, backwards, forwards, including transliteration if you are from a country that does not use roman letters.

[nane1104 146]

Holy #######!

[Tom_Jim 40]

From the horse's mouth: FBI Name Check

The names are searched in a multitude of combinations, switching the order of first, last, middle names, as well as combinations with just the first and last, first and middle, and so on. It also searches different phonetic spelling variations of the names, especially important considering that many names in our indices have been transliterated from a language other than English.

If there is a match with a name in a FBI record, it is designated as a "Hit", meaning that the system has stopped on a possible match with the name being checked, but now a human being must review the file or indices entry to further refine the names "Hit" on. If the search comes up with a name and birth date match, it is designated an "Ident." An "Ident" is usually easier to resolve.

Here's to you hoping for a short wait.

[ladyinny 0]

What name exactly will be checked? The maiden name or the new married name? My maiden name is fairly uncommon, but my new (husbands) last nae is very very common....could that be a reason why nothing at all is happening with my case right now?

Dont worry about FBI background check , The only one things is that as long as your name is not "HIT" . That is the only reason why some people take a year untill name check is Done .

[bailey28 0]

What name exactly will be checked? The maiden name or the new married name? My maiden name is fairly uncommon, but my new (husbands) last nae is very very common....could that be a reason why nothing at all is happening with my case right now?

Dont worry about FBI background check , The only one things is that as long as your name is not "HIT" . That is the only reason why some people take a year untill name check is Done .

my name is so ugly and un common, it might be the 1st time in my life i will love my name

[bailey28 0]

What name exactly will be checked? The maiden name or the new married name? My maiden name is fairly uncommon, but my new (husbands) last nae is very very common....could that be a reason why nothing at all is happening with my case right now?

Dont worry about FBI background check , The only one things is that as long as your name is not "HIT" . That is the only reason why some people take a year untill name check is Done .

my name is so ugly and un common, it might be the 1st time in my life i will love my name

and to think of it , it makes no diffrence if the name is common, my friend has a VERY common name and her's came back quick

[mallett_sj 0]

Very true, my wife has a name that is very uncommon name and it's taking more time than the DORA process is suggested. So an uncommon name doesn't make a difference, I beleive it's more to do with the person who is performing the checks on the FBI side.

[Krikit 1,164]

I have a very uncommon name. I also do not have any middle names. I am still not out of namecheck.

My thoughts are that my namecheck may be hindered by:

• The fact that I have dual nationality in Canada and the UK.
  
• My husband works for the US Dept of Justice. (He was carefully scrutinized prior to his employment so it may be that I am being scrutinized also.)
  
• They can't locate the file they need to cross-check my name against.
  
• They have misplaced my file.
  

I can't, for the life of me, figure out the difference between the FBI namecheck required for visa issuance (and to which the link provided by 'tatoslatos' refers to) and the FBI namecheck required for AOS. If they go to that much trouble to issue a visa, how is it any different for AOS? My only conclusion is that they DON'T go to that much trouble for family- and marriage-related visas, since those are not specifically referenced in that article. They must hold the in-depth searches for the AOS process. Which, clearly, makes absolutely no sense whatsoever if the aim of the namecheck is to weed out the threats to national security.

As someone once said..... "Well.... it's a mystery."

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[Jashley820 0]

You'd think they'd want them cleared PRIOR to letting them in the country, not after!!

Edited June 27, 2007 by Jashley820

[KarenCee 3]

You'd think they'd want them cleared PRIOR to letting them in the country, not after!!

THAT would make more sense. But...

[Mephys 2]

I have a very uncommon name. I also do not have any middle names. I am still not out of namecheck.

My thoughts are that my namecheck may be hindered by:

• The fact that I have dual nationality in Canada and the UK.
  
• My husband works for the US Dept of Justice. (He was carefully scrutinized prior to his employment so it may be that I am being scrutinized also.)
  
• They can't locate the file they need to cross-check my name against.
  
• They have misplaced my file.
  

I can't, for the life of me, figure out the difference between the FBI namecheck required for visa issuance (and to which the link provided by 'tatoslatos' refers to) and the FBI namecheck required for AOS. If they go to that much trouble to issue a visa, how is it any different for AOS? My only conclusion is that they DON'T go to that much trouble for family- and marriage-related visas, since those are not specifically referenced in that article. They must hold the in-depth searches for the AOS process. Which, clearly, makes absolutely no sense whatsoever if the aim of the namecheck is to weed out the threats to national security.

As someone once said..... "Well.... it's a mystery."

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well I wouldnt want to be stuck 2 more years away from my love because im stuck in FBI name check, rather be waiting at home and be in his arms everyday

[globetrotter 0]

well I wouldnt want to be stuck 2 more years away from my love because im stuck in FBI name check, rather be waiting at home and be in his arms everyday

my thoughts precisely!!!

[LaL 418]

I can't, for the life of me, figure out the difference between the FBI namecheck required for visa issuance (and to which the link provided by 'tatoslatos' refers to) and the FBI namecheck required for AOS. If they go to that much trouble to issue a visa, how is it any different for AOS? My only conclusion is that they DON'T go to that much trouble for family- and marriage-related visas, since those are not specifically referenced in that article. They must hold the in-depth searches for the AOS process. Which, clearly, makes absolutely no sense whatsoever if the aim of the namecheck is to weed out the threats to national security.

In most instances fingerprint checks and police reports satisfy the requirement to get a visa. It is a different procedure stateside in that *everyone* goes through namecheck. Those of us who were checked prior to and after entry are getting a hefty double dose .