Federal Record Center

[iacrossnation 4]

received this from senator office. 

 

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The law firm Mintz Levin is interested in talking with constituents about their naturalization applications that are not moving forward because the files are sitting at the Federal Records Center. If this is of interest to you, please reach out to Susan Cohen at SJCohen@mintz.com and title the subject line "Federal Record Center" in your email. 

Please know that this outreach will be at no cost to you and they will not provide legal advice. They are exploring how large an issue this is nationally so that they can address the situation head-on. 

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[Mike E 11,742]

I learned in the past couple months about this federal records center and the excuse USCIS is using to not move N-400 cases forward. Very interested but but currently affected.  

[iacrossnation 4]

1 hour ago, iacrossnation said:

received this from senator office. 

 

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The law firm Mintz Levin is interested in talking with constituents about their naturalization applications that are not moving forward because the files are sitting at the Federal Records Center. If this is of interest to you, please reach out to Susan Cohen at SJCohen@mintz.com and title the subject line "Federal Record Center" in your email. 

Please know that this outreach will be at no cost to you and they will not provide legal advice. They are exploring how large an issue this is nationally so that they can address the situation head-on. 

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Sorry to mention, this is for N400 application.

Edited December 1, 2021 by iacrossnation

[Coco&Kitten 42]

1 hour ago, iacrossnation said:

received this from senator office. 

 

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The law firm Mintz Levin is interested in talking with constituents about their naturalization applications that are not moving forward because the files are sitting at the Federal Records Center. If this is of interest to you, please reach out to Susan Cohen at SJCohen@mintz.com and title the subject line "Federal Record Center" in your email. 

Please know that this outreach will be at no cost to you and they will not provide legal advice. They are exploring how large an issue this is nationally so that they can address the situation head-on. 

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Thanks for posting.  I also received this answer from my Senator.  I will contact her, at least the minimum we can do for now till they decide to go back to work!

[Coco&Kitten 42]

And I want to post this link here, because I think it is important to know that some representatives have already taken action:

 

https://budd.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1310

 

 

[iacrossnation 4]

12 minutes ago, Coco&Kitten said:

And I want to post this link here, because I think it is important to know that some representatives have already taken action:

 

https://budd.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1310

 

 

Thanks, that's great. 

[AH2020 30]

3 hours ago, iacrossnation said:

received this from senator office. 

 

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The law firm Mintz Levin is interested in talking with constituents about their naturalization applications that are not moving forward because the files are sitting at the Federal Records Center. If this is of interest to you, please reach out to Susan Cohen at SJCohen@mintz.com and title the subject line "Federal Record Center" in your email. 

Please know that this outreach will be at no cost to you and they will not provide legal advice. They are exploring how large an issue this is nationally so that they can address the situation head-on. 

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Thank you for posting this. I just contacted her. Anything that can be done to get the NRC moving is worth the effort. 

[thewaitingame 34]

Is federal record center the same as national record center?

[rams_usa 5]

9 hours ago, Coco&Kitten said:

And I want to post this link here, because I think it is important to know that some representatives have already taken action:

 

https://budd.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1310

 

 

I have sent this to my State Rep to send similar letter to Whitehouse. 

[rams_usa 5]

12 hours ago, iacrossnation said:

received this from senator office. 

 

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The law firm Mintz Levin is interested in talking with constituents about their naturalization applications that are not moving forward because the files are sitting at the Federal Records Center. If this is of interest to you, please reach out to Susan Cohen at SJCohen@mintz.com and title the subject line "Federal Record Center" in your email. 

Please know that this outreach will be at no cost to you and they will not provide legal advice. They are exploring how large an issue this is nationally so that they can address the situation head-on. 

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Just contacted her as well. 

[AH2020 30]

11 hours ago, rams_usa said:

I have sent this to my State Rep to send similar letter to Whitehouse. 

I did too. They came back and said "We have our DC team pushing on this as well as you are not alone in waiting for these records!" 

[HNZ91 70]

I have a stupid question. Why this issue is impacting only some applicants and not all?

 

Why they are able to retrieve some applicants A files easily?

[Mike E 11,742]

23 minutes ago, HNZ91 said:

I have a stupid question. Why this issue is impacting only some applicants and not all?

 

Why they are able to retrieve some applicants A files easily?

I surmise that all records get copied to the federal records center. 
 

Once in a while a paper record at a service center or field office gets lost.  
 

So go to the federal records center.  
 

Well with the pandemic excuses, the records are taking more time to retrieve.  I further surmise that that some  these records only exist  on magnetic tape.  
 

IME of over 30 years in the software and computer business, archival retrieval of data from magnetic tape has a high failure rate.  Magnetic patterns on magnetic tape decay.  
 

In addition the pandemic created artificial supply chain problems which is code for: most factories were shut down and some manufacturers went out of business   
 

So the data retrieval systems might need repairs and there might not be parts available to repair them.  
 

And finally I surmise that  government doesn’t want to admit the truth. 
 

So a lawsuit is one way to shed light on the problem and get Congress to demand a plan.  

Edited December 2, 2021 by Mike E

[Coco&Kitten 42]

22 hours ago, thewaitingame said:

Is federal record center the same as national record center?

Yes, the Federal Records Center is part of NARA (National Archives and Records Administration)

[Coco&Kitten 42]

2 hours ago, HNZ91 said:

I have a stupid question. Why this issue is impacting only some applicants and not all?

 

Why they are able to retrieve some applicants A files easily?

Good question and I have been asking this myself.

 

My theory is that some Officers feel comfortable approving cases, while others want to look at the whole A-file (remember these files sometimes contain information about non-immigrant visas and so on).  These may be cases that are "old", meaning the person came to the US quite a few years ago.  In the latter case, that's when a case becomes stuck.  My Officer told me clearly: "I want to approve you, but I have to first check your A-file, related to an old visa that you had in 2000).  So they want to retrieve the file that contains all the information and the FRC is not fully operational.

 

Now, there are cases that haven't even got the interview scheduled.  That might be because, again, the Officers (now knowing how long it takes) want to make sure they have the A-file in hand before the interview.

 

I just noticed that the "new cases", meaning people who got here to the US in the last 5-6 years, are approving much faster. Those files must be in electronic format, rather than paper.  Just my guess.