FBI Name Check Backlog Eliminated

USCIS has announced that, in conjunction with FBI, it has met its goal of eliminating the FBI National Name Check Program backlog.

The goal was to achieve a performance (which can actually be sustained going forward) of completing 98 percent of name checks requests submitted by USCIS within 30 days and the remaining 2 percent within 90 days.   USCIS has announced that this performance level will become the standard.

USCIS has noted, however, that any information provided by the FBI through these checks may require further evaluation and may need additional interaction with agencies outside USCIS to obtain updated or additional information. This could result in additional delays in processing and is not governed by the processing goals contained in the joint business plan.  There is no estimate on the percentage of such cases in which additional checks (and the corresponding delays) may be expected.