June 2009
USCIS, FBI Eliminate National Name Check Backlog
06/22/2009
March 2009
USCIS Meets Another Milestone in Eliminating FBI Name Check Backlogs
Name Checks Pending More Than Six Months Now Completed
03/04/2009
April 2008
USCIS Updates Projected Naturalization Case Processing Time
Agency To Complete 36-percent More Naturalization Cases Than Last Year
04/02/2008
USCIS and FBI Release Joint Plan to Eliminate Backlog of FBI Name Checks
Partnership Establishes Series of Milestones To Complete Checks
04/02/2008
March 2008
USCIS to Review Immigration Cases that Could Benefit From Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008
Agency will hold cases and also look at denials or referrals on or after Dec. 26, 2007
03/27/2008
February 2008
Questions and Answers: Background Check Policy Update
02/28/2008
Questions and Answers: FBI Name Check Policy (39KB PDF)
02/20/2008
September 2007
Fact Sheet: USCIS Implements Authority to Exempt Certain Persons Who Provided Material Support Under Duress to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) (30KB PDF)
09/26/2007
July 2007
Fact Sheet: Expanded Special Immigrant Status for Afghan and Iraqi Translators and Interpreters (42KB PDF)
07/02/2007
May 2007
April 2007
March 2007
Suspected Murderer, Convicted Rapist and Narcotics Violator Arrested in Florida (27KB PDF)
03/01/2007
February 2007
December 2006
USCIS El Paso District Assists in Arrest of A Convicted Felon (25KB PDF)
12/06/2006
November 2006
USCIS San Diego District Assists in Arrest of Wanted Person (27KB PDF)
11/16/2006
October 2006
USCIS Boston Assists in Arrest of Man Wanted on Drug Charges (27KB PDF)
A man was taken into custody today after officers from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) uncovered an outstanding warrant for his arrest on charges of selling cocaine.
10/04/2006
April 2006
Fact Sheet: Immigration Security Checks - How and Why the Process Works (42KB PDF)
All applicants for a U.S. immigration benefit are subject to criminal and national security background checks to ensure they are eligible for that benefit. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the Federal agency that oversees immigration benefits, performs checks on every applicant, regardless of ethnicity, national origin or religion.
04/25/2006
USCIS Formally Establishes National Security and Records Verification Directorate (28KB PDF)
Sharpening the focus on national security priorities, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Emilio T. Gonzalez has established a new operational Directorate, National Security and Records Verification.
04/10/2006
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