How will new travel ban affect citizenship application?

[Talulah 0]

I'm a US citizen by birth and we applied for my spouse's citizenship in the spring of 2016 & we are still waiting for the interview. We're wondering how the new travel ban issued yesterday will affect citizenship applications for people from Iran? Is the ban going to prevent people from those countries from obtaining citizenship?

[Cyberfx1024 7,978]

25 minutes ago, Talulah said:

I'm a US citizen by birth and we applied for my spouse's citizenship in the spring of 2016 & we are still waiting for the interview. We're wondering how the new travel ban issued yesterday will affect citizenship applications for people from Iran? Is the ban going to prevent people from those countries from obtaining citizenship?

You applied for citizenship or a visa in 2016 and have not heard anything as of now?

[Talulah 0]

My spouse applied for citizenship in May of 2016 & has had the biometrics appointment but has heard nothing back since. We're wondering if they've stopped processing citizenship applications for people from Iran?

[milimelo 4,167]

They could be holding on to the petitions from specific countries, who knows? 

 

My sister was done with citizenship last week - took a bit over 6 months from filing. 

 

Did you consider asking your congressman or senator's immigration liaison about the status of the case? 

[Talulah 0]

I just contacted our representative today so hopefully they'll get back to us and be able to help. A year and a half seems like a long time to wait after filing a citizenship application.

[Stevephoto 224]

Have you requested information from USCIS? Schedule an infopass? They may have mail you the information. Sometimes mail gets lost.

[Haideraaz 19]

my iranian friend had his oath yesterday ,, and he applied last February ! Don't worry 

[Talulah 0]

15 hours ago, Haideraaz said:

my iranian friend had his oath yesterday ,, and he applied last February ! Don't worry 

 

Sorry, did he apply in Feb. of 2016 or 2017? 

Thanks for the response.

[little immigrant 800]

Did you receive a notification of action? Were there no updates at all online with the case number? 

[Talulah 0]

No. His case has been on hold for a long time now. Last time we talked to them they said his paperwork was on its way to the local office and we should get a call in a few weeks but that was months ago. We've made an infopass appointment next week to see if they can tell us anything.

[Haideraaz 19]

On 9/27/2017 at 9:40 AM, Talulah said:

 

Sorry, did he apply in Feb. of 2016 or 2017? 

Thanks for the response.

it was Feb 2017 ,, his case took 7 months exactly  ,, I still remember he was worried because he applied 3 days exactly after the first Ban took place but everything went smooth with him ,, he applied in Virginia  

Edited September 28, 2017 by Haideraaz

[Talulah 0]

Thanks Haideraaz. We'll ask what's taking so long at our infopass appointment.