Background checks The Assistant Director of Regional Processing shall utilize biometric, biographic, and other appropriate data to conduct security and law enforcement background checks of petitioners to determine whether there is any criminal, national security, or other ground that would render the applicant ineligible for special immigrant status under this section. (C) Completion of background checks The security and law enforcement background checks required under subparagraph (B) shall be completed, to the satisfaction of the Assistant Director of Regional Processing, before the date on which a petition for special immigrant status under this section may be approved. 305. Central American family reunification parole program (a) In general If it is determined as a result of the assessment under section 302(b) that an alien is eligible for parole in accordance with this subsection, the Designated Processing Center shall accept a completed application for parole filed by the alien, or on behalf of the alien by a parent or legal guardian, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall grant parole, as provided under section 212(d)(5), to that alien. An alien shall be eligible under this subsection if the alien— (1) is a national of El Salvador, Guatemala, or Honduras