The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) states in an email that it is working together with Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to process name checks as quickly as possible without compromising security or public safety.

USCIS and FBI have studied the existing name check system and have formulated following two-point strategy to address the problem:

1. USCIS and the FBI conducted a joint risk assessment, which resulted in process improvements that permitted them to focus on cases of concern.
2. USCIS and FBI have allocated additional resources to the process. Over the next year, USCIS is planning to commit a total of $15.5 million to address the backlog of FBI name checks.

Please note, however, USCIS continues to require FBI name checks for the same categories of applications and no case will be approved without a cleared name check. USCIS will work on reducing waiting times but not at the expense of national security and public safety.