USCIS, FBI Announce Plan to Eliminate Name Check Backlog

USCIS and the FBI have announced a joint plan to eliminate the name check nightmare that holds up processing of applications, such as for green cards and naturalization.

The agencies say they will obtain their new processing goals “by increasing staff, expanding resources, and applying new business processes,” according to a USCIS press release.

The agencies have set the following milestones for name check processing:

May 2008 – Process all name checks pending more than three years

July 2008 – Process all name checks pending more than two years

Nov. 2008 – Process all name checks pending more than one year

Feb. 2009 – Process all name checks pending more than 180 days

June 2009 – Process 98 percent of all name checks within 30 days and process the remaining two percent within 90 days.