USCIS-FBI Plan to Eliminate Backlog of FBI Name Checks
On April 2, 2008, the USCIS and the FBI jointly announced a plan to eliminate the backlog of FBI name checks for immigration cases. The FBI stated that it already finished all name checks that are more than four years old. The goal is to complete 98 percent of all name checks within 30 days and the remaining two percent within 90 days or less. The goal is to achieve and sustain these processing times by June 2009.
The processing will be done on a first in first processed basis. Priority will also be giving to naturalization cases where the applicant has passed the citizenship examination.
The target milestones for processing name checks are:
| Completion Goal | Category |
| May 2008 | Process all name checks pending more than three years |
| July 2008 | Process all name checks pending more than two years |
| November 2008 | Process all name checks pending more than one year |
| February 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 |
