Name Checks

[Pegworth 2]

Does anyone how long FBI name checks are taking these days?

[Inky 1,110]

They take however long they take. Would not concern yourself with the FBI name checks its not worth sitting on.

[Pegworth 2]

They take however long they take. Would not concern yourself with the FBI name checks its not worth sitting on.

Hey Inky thanks for the reply. We went for our interview September 15th it went well and she said she approved us but they needed to do more processing and said I was pending.

Two weeks later we received a letter asking for a long form BC for me that I ordered and sent to them in time.

I was issued a summons once in 1986 for "possession of cannabis to wit".

I received an absolute discharge and was never convicted and I do not have a record.

I contacted the department of justice in Canada and they told me that law doesn't exist any more. I told them about this at the interview and showed them the absolute discharge and they have a photo copy of it. I guess I was wondering if they were doing a name check because of this and how long it would take. it's been 2 months since the interview and I'm hoping ever thing is ok I'm still pending.

[Inky 1,110]

Its likely they are trying to look into it, but if it doesnt exist anymore and you have no record im not sure how long it would take them to sort that out for themselfs. Have you looked into making an infopass appointment to see if you can get any updates or info on your case?

[Pegworth 2]

Its likely they are trying to look into it, but if it doesnt exist anymore and you have no record im not sure how long it would take them to sort that out for themselfs. Have you looked into making an infopass appointment to see if you can get any updates or info on your case?

Thanks again Inky. I thought I would wait a lot longer before making an infopass appointment. When I research "stuck in name check" I just get posts from people having problems years ago when there was a big back log and they changed the way they process name checks because of that.

I think when that happened if you were stuck in name check after a certain amount of days if it hadn't come through they just approved you providing that was only thing holding your case up.

This apparently helped with the big back log.

I guess I'm looking for some recent feed back on how long roughly it's been taking these days or if perhaps it's getting back logged again.

She did say at the end of the meeting after they ran and checked everything I should get my greencard in about 30 days.

I do know two couples personally who had AOS interviews at the New York office the same month as me. Their meeting were tough almost like mini stokes but both beneficiaries were on the VWP and they were married with in a year of meeting each other.

As a Canadian I'm not on the same VWP there is no checking a no contest box.

They both received their welcome letters in 2 weeks.

I was married to my wife for 3.5 years before filling so I think they ruled out fraud and that's why our meeting went so smooth and was quick plus I answered all the curve ball questions correctly that only a married couple would know.

The day we went for our meeting there were officials from Washington over seeing the operation at the NY office are attorney found out about this when we got there. We had an official from Washington sitting in at our interview pretty un-nerving but it was a positive meeting from what I could tell and it was pretty obvious to everyone are marriage is legitimate.

I'll just wait and see it's hard not to speculate though. I'm in no rush to leave the country or anything.

Again I was just wondering how long name checks took these days they were probably obligated to do one after I divulged the absolute discharge.

Thanks again Inky cheers.