They should have begun your background check before they issued your medical
instructions. It can take well over a year depending on your circumstances
so there is not real answer to your question except to advise you to be
patient. Sad but true.

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Jim Humphries,
Former Visa Officer
> Hi everyone,
> I have done medical exam and now they are doing background check. I
> was wondering does anyone know how long it will take (approximately)?
> I do not know it is important or not, however, my nationality is
> Iranian.
> Thanks in advance,
mohammad_harati - 26 Mar 2008 14:39 GMT
> They should have begun your background check before they issued your medical
> instructions. It can take well over a year depending on your circumstances
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Thanks Jim,
It's good to know and great reliefe.