I-751 September 2016 Filers

[Florida2017 7]

New joiner here. British Citizen and federal litigation attorney in Florida.

 

— I-751 (California Service Center) NOA: July 25, 2016 (still pending);

 

— N400 NOA: July 31, 2017 (biometrics taken and “case is in line for an interview”).

 

I called the National Customer Service Center last week and they told me to email a supervisor at the California Service Center because two of my service requests are pending longer than thirty days.

 

“You may email the corresponding USCIS service center with an inquiry related to your case if:

 

• You contacted national customer service (by calling the National Customer Service Center or submitting an on-line case inquiry) and a service request was generated; and

 

• You have not received a satisfactory response. This means that:

 

— The response you received was erroneous, or

 

— You have not received the response within the following timeframe:

 

    - 15 days for expedite requests

    - 30 days for all other types of inquiries

 

The service center follow-up email addresses are:

 

California Service Center:

csc-ncsc-followup@uscis.dhs.gov

 

Vermont Service Center:

vsc.ncscfollowup@uscis.dhs.gov”

 

https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/contact-us

 

I sent them:

 

“The I-751/CRI89 is outside your normal processing time (as of September 30, 2017, California Service Center was processing cases as of August 3, 2016). On October 3, 2017, a Tier 2 officer placed a service request. The deadline for a response was October 18, 2017, and I haven't heard anything back. On November 7, 2017, I self-filed a second service request and was told to expect a reply by November 29, 2017; I haven't received a response.
 
Please let me know the status of my application. If the I-751/CRI89 is still at the CSC, are you able to immediately adjudicate it? Or has the I-751/CRI89 been combined with the N-400 application?”

 

Today, CSC replied:

 

“Thank you for your inquiry.  You have contacted the California Service Center (CSC); Laguna Niguel, CA. This office cannot assist you with your inquiry as your petition is being processed at the National Benefit Center.”

 

I replied and asked them to clarify. They responded today:

 

”We confirm that your I-751 is contained in the physical file that is currently located with the NBC. As such, the California Service Center (CSC) cannot speak to any processing of the I-751. Any further inquiries will need to be raised to the NBC.”

 

I must add that a further call today to the NCSC resulted in my being told that the I-751 is “pending.” They were unable to tell me about any transfer or consolidation of petitions. Immediately after, I telephoned and spoke with an immigration officer at my local field office. I explained the case and gave him my alien number. He told me that the office hasn’t received anything from either CSC or the NBC and that the computer indicated that my petitions were in Missouri.

 

Today, he requested that they transfer immediately the I-751 petition and the N-400 application from the NBC to the local field office. The I-751 and the N-400 will be combined. I suspect that anyone with a pending I-751 and N-400 can expect the combining of the two.

 

Today, I also contacted the following (after receiving an unfavorable response to my CSC email):

 

“Headquarters Office of Service Center Operations
 
If you do not receive a satisfactory response from the service center, you may email the USCIS headquarters office of Service Center Operations. This means that:

 

• The response you received was erroneous, or

• You have not received the response within the following timeframe:

— 15 days for expedite requests

— 21 days for all other types of inquiries

 

You may email your follow-up inquiry to SCOPSSCATA@uscis.dhs.gov.”

 

And on top of this, my senator has contacted USCIS. I’ll let you all know when I get a response. Hopefully my petitions will be transferred to the field office within two weeks. The whole process is a joke.

[BFP XX 62]

As of this month, CSC are processing Aug 3 2016 applications, so while it's been a long process, we're all in the same boat of waiting this one out while they catch up. We expect to start hearing approvals by Feb (rough estimation based on their completion dates so far).

 

Just curious if you have a specific reason for needing your ROC/Citizenship to be completed immediately? 

 

*Apologies, I just saw that you are a July 2016 filer.. I skipped over that, and assumed that you were a September filer. I can understand your frustration. Have you checked in with the July 2016 filers to see how many have been approved, if not all? 

 

Edited December 5, 2017 by BFP XX
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[Florida2017 7]

10 hours ago, BFP XX said:

As of this month, CSC are processing Aug 3 2016 applications, so while it's been a long process, we're all in the same boat of waiting this one out while they catch up. We expect to start hearing approvals by Feb (rough estimation based on their completion dates so far).

 

Just curious if you have a specific reason for needing your ROC/Citizenship to be completed immediately? 

 

*Apologies, I just saw that you are a July 2016 filer.. I skipped over that, and assumed that you were a September filer. I can understand your frustration. Have you checked in with the July 2016 filers to see how many have been approved, if not all? 

 

Job purposes.

 

It’s not a question of waiting it out. Petitioners expect timely adjudication.The waiting time is woefully inadequate and unacceptable considering that just a few years back they adjudicated these petitions in around 140 days, and two years ago they took around six months. USCIS’ actions amount to maladministration. As many people as possible should complain: to USCIS, their Senator, the ombudsman, etc.

[Ketsuban 1,034]

49 minutes ago, Florida2017 said:

Job purposes.

 

It’s not a question of waiting it out. Petitioners expect timely adjudication.The waiting time is woefully inadequate and unacceptable considering that just a few years back they adjudicated these petitions in around 140 days, and two years ago they took around six months. USCIS’ actions amount to maladministration. As many people as possible should complain: to USCIS, their Senator, the ombudsman, etc.

If your employer won't accept your driver's license and unrestricted SSN card, or any form of the I551 whether it be the expired green card plus extension letter or a passport stamp, they're breaking federal law. If that's the issue you're facing, have them re-read the I-9. If they still won't budge, I guess you would need to consider if it's worth reporting them to the department of labor for discrimination. 

[Florida2017 7]

1 hour ago, Ketsuban said:

If your employer won't accept your driver's license and unrestricted SSN card, or any form of the I551 whether it be the expired green card plus extension letter or a passport stamp, they're breaking federal law. If that's the issue you're facing, have them re-read the I-9. If they still won't budge, I guess you would need to consider if it's worth reporting them to the department of labor for discrimination. 

Citizenship is a requirement for certain government jobs, and an I-751 delay has the potential to delay adjudication of the N-400.

[JVCC_2013 5]

On 11/30/2017 at 3:33 PM, vicky86 said:

CSC here! I got my interview notice for N400 in 3 weeks That is essentially more important than the green card. Anybody also getting invited to interview?

Hi we are CSC also and received N400 notice of  interview scheduled 7 business days after bios. Waiting on the actual letter to see the actual interview date.  Maybe having a pending ROC helps move along the citizenship part quicker? 

[BFP XX 62]

Went for the passport stamp this morning. Quick easy appt. They gave me six months. I needed the stamp, not only for any unplanned travel I might do, but because Arizona driving licenses are only issued for ID dates. So hopefully I'll get approval before my license expires again, as a new driving license every few months is an added expense we don't really need lol! Officer said that I am eligible to apply for citizenship if I choose to, whole ROC is still pending. 

[Ketsuban 1,034]

9 minutes ago, BFP XX said:

Went for the passport stamp this morning. Quick easy appt. They gave me six months. I needed the stamp, not only for any unplanned travel I might do, but because Arizona driving licenses are only issued for ID dates. So hopefully I'll get approval before my license expires again, as a new driving license every few months is an added expense we don't really need lol! Officer said that I am eligible to apply for citizenship if I choose to, whole ROC is still pending. 

I don't get their reluctance to give a one year stamp, they're not finite resources and it just causes added inconvenience for people who need to go back. 

[BFP XX 62]

I agree. I've seen on here that some places give six months, others a year. I would have definitely preferred a year, for the convenience, and the driving license issue. 

 

Hoping it won't be an issue, and we'll all have approval before June

[AK_2014 113]

2 hours ago, BFP XX said:

So hopefully I'll get approval before my license expires again, as a new driving license every few months is an added expense we don't really need lol!

I know!! We feel like my wife has been single-handedly supporting the Illinois DMV for that same reason! :-/ Here's wishing you an approval letter before too very much longer so you can be done with all of that.

[BFP XX 62]

2 hours ago, AK_2014 said:

I know!! We feel like my wife has been single-handedly supporting the Illinois DMV for that same reason! :-/ Here's wishing you an approval letter before too very much longer so you can be done with all of that.

Right! Lol! Thank you... And you too! Let's hope the New Year brings all our approvals with it

[dgreening 6]

Well I still haven't had my notice, and my greencard runs out on the 9th. I have an appointment with them at USCIS Santa Ana tomorrow. Is that how I was supposed to do this? I will bring the extension letter and passport and green card. Please let me know! I don't want to be an illegal resident on the 10th lol.

 

EDIT: Happy page 100.

Edited December 7, 2017 by dgreening

[Lemon23 400]

3 minutes ago, dgreening said:

Well I still haven't had my notice, and my greencard runs out on the 9th. I have an appointment with them at USCIS Santa Ana tomorrow. Is that how I was supposed to do this? I will bring the extension letter and passport and green card. Please let me know! I don't want to be an illegal resident on the 10th lol.

 

EDIT: Happy page 100.

Bring your expired green card, valid passport, extension letter and fulfilled biometrics appointment letter.

[Ketsuban 1,034]

6 minutes ago, dgreening said:

Well I still haven't had my notice, and my greencard runs out on the 9th. I have an appointment with them at USCIS Santa Ana tomorrow. Is that how I was supposed to do this? I will bring the extension letter and passport and green card. Please let me know! I don't want to be an illegal resident on the 10th lol.

 

EDIT: Happy page 100.

You won't be illegal, it's just a misdemeanor to not have proof of residency should a cop feel like ever pinning that charge on you one day lol. Plus it's just helpful to have in case you need to travel. 

[4444510 33]

ATTENTION PEOPLE! THE PROCESSING TIMES UPDATED FOR I-751! NOW IT'S 07/27/16. YES YES, THIS IS NOT A TYPO. THEY MOVED IT BACK!