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mmaxima
10-18-2007, 09:35 PM
Borrow from Oh Law Firm's website.

A small good news coming out of the Hill, helping to pull achey teeth out of a large number of immigrants who have been suffering from namechecks related backlogs.The Senate has approved an amendment by Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., to improve oversight of the FBI National Name Check Program, which faces a substantial backlog. The program is used to run background checks on people applying for immigration benefits or seeking employment with the U.S. government, among many other purposes. Levin’s provision, which was included as an amendment to the Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) Fiscal Year 2008 Appropriations Bill, would require the FBI to report to Congress every year regarding progress made in improving the FBI’s system of processing background checks and automating investigative files. Thanks to the reader who offered the valuable information. For the amendment sponsor's announcement, please click here (http://levin.senate.gov/newsroom/release.cfm?id=285400).

leo2606
10-18-2007, 09:42 PM
http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=14656

richshi
10-18-2007, 11:11 PM
H.R. 3828: Citizenship and Immigration Backlog Reduction Act

even better.

mallu
10-18-2007, 11:16 PM
H.R. 3828: Citizenship and Immigration Backlog Reduction Act

even better.

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills&docid=f:h3828ih.txt.pdf

InTheMoment
10-18-2007, 11:28 PM
Good step in the right direction but remember this is ostensibly a legislation only for oversight into the FBI Namcheck Process.

Nothing per se to improve the efficiency of the process and thereby reducing backlogs !

Something of an appropriation to allocate funds for assigning more officers or systems improvement would be better.

whatsupwithgc
10-19-2007, 02:12 PM
Hi All,

Let us write to our reps to support this bill.

Bill Details:
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/bills/?billtype=H.R.&billnumb=3828&congress=110

Write Your Representative
http://www.house.gov/writerep/

Sample letter:
Dear Sir,
I am writing to you to request your support for the bill on "Reducing backlog in processing requests made by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to the National Name Check Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Bill # H.R.3828" which is sponsored by Mr. Yvette Clarke (D-NY 11th). If passed, the bill would help improve national security and legal immigration process.

Details of the bill are available at:
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/bills/?billtype=H.R.&billnumb=3828&congress=110

Thanks,
Regards,

your name

End of sample letter

pappu
10-22-2007, 11:21 AM
http://immigrationvoice.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=81&Itemid=61

Update and reference material on namechecks