USCIS Postpones Citizenship Because of Dual Names

[Cybjorg 0]

My wife has two family names due to her dual citizenship. We've provided both of my wife's names on the application for citizenship, and copies of both passports (each with a different family name). At the citizenship interview, we discovered that the USCIS failed to check both names against the FBI database. In fact, the name they failed to check was even the one on her birth certificate. So while she passed the civics test, we now have to wait several months while they run another background check before she can take the oath.

 

I'm not sure how a oversight like this takes place, especially since we've gone through the IR-1/CR-1 process, the condition-lifting process, and now the citizenship process. Has anyone else experienced something like this?

[Andr0s 29]

Bureaucracy mishaps happen - especially in bureaucracies the size of USCIS. That being told, I don't expect it'll take "several months" - my biometrics apointment was less than a month after my initial N400 filing, and FBI completed the name check barely a couple days later. I know that's not substantial information but I hope it helps - good luck!