Paul Lindsey Sadler (born April 29, 1955) is an American attorney from Henderson , Texas , now residing in San Antonio , Texas who served from 1991 to 2003 in the Texas House of Representatives . He was the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in 2012 .
The general time parameter for a background check is about 7 years. Other states might allow records that go back 10 years. It depends upon the application for the background check. Job applications might hearken back to a high school or college record.
It varies dramatically from case to case, and from center to center. It also depends on your petition category (EB2 vs. EB3, for example). The bottleneck in I-485 processing used to be background checks, especially FBI name check. It was impossible to predict how long the background investigation would last. In some cases, it could take several years.