February 26, 2007USCIS Clarifies Criteria to Expedite FBI Name Checks
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has revised the reasons for USCIS to request an expedited "name check" security clearance from the FBI. The filing of a "mandamus" lawsuit is not longer a basis for a name check expedite request to the FBI. To read the USCIS Update, please click here.
For a useful summary of USCIS-initiated immigration security checks -- "How and Why the Process Works," -- please click here