I am waiting for my background name check before I can become a US citizen. How can I speed up the process?

Question

Been waiting almost 2 years since my interview with INS. Have tried going through 2 Senators for help, but they were told that it won't help the procress. Anyone else in the same situation?

Answer 1

You can't do anything. Welcome to our governmental ways.

Answer 2

Why the rush to become a US Citizen? You are here legally and can do everything a citizen can do except vote and hold some public office.

I can think of two things you can do to speed up the process.

First tell all your friends, neighbors, and family that if they are contacted about you, please meet with the investigator as soon as possible. Many times a background is held up because a listed reference refuses or delay the interview with the investigator.

Second quit bugging them about your application! They work on the "First come first serve" system. Everytime you make an issue, your application is pulled out of the pile, reviewed and then placed in the back of the line again. YOU are making it longer by getting your file pulled out of line. Everytime a call comes in or a Senator calls, they pull your file out, send it to the congressional laision person, who reviews it (along with thousands of other files) and then returns it to the clerk who places on the same stack as those applications that came in that day.

So in all reality YOU are causing unnecessary delays! So stop!

File clerks have very little power. The only power they have is DELAY. And you give them legitimate reasons to delay your application.

By the way, you come across as someone who feels that they should be processed before other applicants. That is not a good image for someone who wants to be a citizen of a country which prides itself (rightly or wrongly) on equality for all. You may not mean it that way, but apparently the file clerks may see it that way.

Answer 3

I wish I could help you but, like just about everything our government does, the naturalization process is slow. If asking for help from your Senators and Representatives didn't produce results then there's probably not much else you can do but wait. Keep asking them and the INS about the status of your case. A little pressure never hurts when trying to get results. The government can sometimes make it hard to play by the rules that they themselves set up and the layers of bureaucracy can seem never ending. You would think they would try & move the process along for you and others like you who are trying to immigrate lawfully especially in light of the current arguing over the status and disposition of the millions of illegal immigrants.
Hang in there.

Answer 4

I called my local INS office constantly. They kept telling me they were waiting for my husband's fingerprint check to come back from FBI so I called the FBI. They told me the fingerprints had been sent to the INS office two days after they were taken which was months BEFORE our interview. I had to actually go down to the INS office twice to help them "find" the fingerprints so he could get his greencard. They were pretty pissed off when I told them I had called the FBI and knew that they fingerprints were there and had been there for months but it finally made them take action none-the-less. They don't get in a hurry for anybody or anything. Have you ever been to one of those offices? It's surreal. You feel like you are watching life in slow motion.

The squeaky wheel gets the grease at INS. Keep on them about it and you'll have what you need in no time.

Answer 5

I've read your story and let me tell you that you are not the only one.I know bunch of people that are experiencing the same problem. There is absolutely nothing you can do to speed up the process.

The main reason is "illegal immigration". Too many illegals are already in the US and it is not easy to fix the problem. Illegal immigration hurts legal immigrants by taking away jobs benefits, draining government ressouces (hospital, clinics, schools ) are deeply affected in losses in revenue.

Adding more people in an overcrowded room do not solve the problem and that is why " I think " that they are making you waiting. Legal status immigrants are paying the price for le "illegal" crimes. Is that fair?

My cousin married his long time girlfriend (in the carribean). He married there because he could not find an educated girl or (someone he knows a little bit about) in the area he lived. Because of illegal immigration, he has to wait long time before he get his naturalization certificate. Is that fair ?

The worst of all, Illegal immigrants are totally unrespectful to the American way of life because they are redefining everything. They are defying the law.

As a result, the legal immigrants are paying the price for the illegals' crimes. It is hard for the legals to get the citizenship certificate quickly as it should be, and by the way, difficult for them to get their fiance(e)s or spouses(e)s immigrated quickly.

why should a man who get married overseas have to wait six years or more in order to get his wife immigrated ?

Legal immigrants who married "legally" overseas should be not be doing time (waiting process) but rewarded. They should not pay for someone else's crime.

" NO TO ILLEGALS "

Answer 6

There are a group of people in this situation, mostly from middle east 'countries of interest' as I understand it.

Unfortunately, as with any governmental decision, the only answer you can force is a 'no'.

I understand the FBI resources devoted to background checks for residence and citizenship are strained now that they do more indepth reviews.

Good luck!

Answer 7

You sue them in federal court. The action is called a "writ of mandamus".

Answer 8

Be cool and calm down I have been 7 years so sit down and easy

Answer 9

nothing will speed up the process u could try bribery but i dont advise it

Answer 10

This is sometimes the way it is, welcome to America