Comment Submitted By Kang Le

As an applicant for N-400 US citizenship, I was stuck with the FBI background check. It's been almost a year without any response. From what I understand, 2/3 of people will pass in the immediate computer check while 1/4 will pass with a little further check. Then the rest of 10% people will be manually checked by FBI agents. I'm one of the lucky 10%. Meanwhile, among Chinese nationals, the percentage is much greater. Among the people I know who's applying green card or citizenship, at least 50% (very conservatively) of them have waited for more than one year or longer (still waiting). This is just to let you know the severity of the situation. Are Chinese people deliberately targeted? So for the new Immigration Background Check Service, is it going to help the people like me? Since my background is still going to be manually checked, a centralized system still won't contain the information that can clear my background. Or will it? Here are some suggestions: 1. Currently USCIS does not know any background check status since it is FBI that controlled the progress of the check. Applicants should have the right to check the status directly from USCIS instead of endless and hopeless waiting. 2. USCIS should set a dealine for background check. One year should be a reasonable time frame. Applicants waited more than one year should get the priority check. Thank you.