I-751 January 2017 Filers

[ben and maria 2]

Update my N 400 was approved. Reeived e-mail that my oath is in line for scheduling.

Any questions will be glad to answer

 

[mav11235 10]

On 9/23/2018 at 10:23 AM, ben and maria said:

Update my N 400 was approved. Reeived e-mail that my oath is in line for scheduling.

Any questions will be glad to answer

 

 

Congrats. 

[ben and maria 2]

28 minutes ago, mav11235 said:

 

Congrats. 

Thank you so much. Got an email earlier today that my oath has been scheduled and will be receiving a letter statting date time and place for the oath to take. I would say to everyone hang in there, the end of journey is near. To those considering to apply for N400 i would say go for it and do it online for a speedy process. God speed everyone!

[frigatebird 28]

On 9/23/2018 at 7:23 AM, ben and maria said:

Update my N 400 was approved. Reeived e-mail that my oath is in line for scheduling.

Any questions will be glad to answer

 

Congrats! Did you have a combo interview? How long was it? Did they adjudicate I 751 first?

How long did it take from your interview date to approval?

[ben and maria 2]

25 minutes ago, frigatebird said:

Congrats! Did you have a combo interview? How long was it? Did they adjudicate I 751 first?

How long did it take from your interview date to approval?

Thank you!

Yes we did have a combo interview. I brought my wife with me. Asked a few questions than the officer escorted me out and asked my wife a few questions for 7-8 min tops. Than she brought me in and asked me a few questions for another 5 min or so. The officer told us from the beginning that local office would need to adjudecate I751 first. So after she was satisfied asking  for about 5 min about our marriage she than said we will procee to the N400 part. Asked me about 6 questions as I remember and wrote a simple question down. After she was done typing notes she handed me a letter that said a decision can not be made yet and that i did pass the N400 test. I asked her politely what does this mean she said that this is normal process. So about three weeks from the interview date I received an email at dhs.gov site that my i751 was approved and about a week after that received the notice in the mail. Currently waiting for the oath to be scheduled.

[frigatebird 28]

3 hours ago, ben and maria said:

Thank you!

Yes we did have a combo interview. I brought my wife with me. Asked a few questions than the officer escorted me out and asked my wife a few questions for 7-8 min tops. Than she brought me in and asked me a few questions for another 5 min or so. The officer told us from the beginning that local office would need to adjudecate I751 first. So after she was satisfied asking  for about 5 min about our marriage she than said we will procee to the N400 part. Asked me about 6 questions as I remember and wrote a simple question down. After she was done typing notes she handed me a letter that said a decision can not be made yet and that i did pass the N400 test. I asked her politely what does this mean she said that this is normal process. So about three weeks from the interview date I received an email at dhs.gov site that my i751 was approved and about a week after that received the notice in the mail. Currently waiting for the oath to be scheduled.

I see, looks like local offices all have different ways to do interview. Did they ask for more ongoing joint docs? 

[ben and maria 2]

7 hours ago, frigatebird said:

I see, looks like local offices all have different ways to do interview. Did they ask for more ongoing joint docs? 

Yes. She asked me if we brought any joint docs so i gave her car title, joint credit card, joint bank account, 4 different bills with both names on them, i placed them on the table she glanced at them but she didnt make any copies of them. And yes every office must be different in they way they conduct their interviews as I didnt expect to be sepparated and interviewed separately even though it wasnt for a long time. If that what it takes than i am glad since my journey is finally over I got an email this morning that my oath has been scheduled and will be receiving a letter in the mail with the specifics.

[Dualie 185]

On 9/18/2018 at 1:28 PM, Asilarmani said:

Osborne anybody waiting here for N400 and I751 combo interview or just me ? 

I'm still waiting...and waiting...and waiting...

[asdfzc 6]

My data point

 

I751 Jan 27, 2017

N400 March 24th 2018, 

Transfer to NBC on May 2nd

 

N400 Interview schedule as of today on Nov 13th, at 6:45am???( so early, i thought they start work at 8am.....)

 

 didnt mention any I751 on the letter,  I will ask my spouse to come with me regardless. 

 

Location: Downtown Los Angeles

 

hope that helps. 

[MHZ 68]

6 minutes ago, asdfzc said:

My data point

 

I751 Jan 27, 2017

N400 March 24th 2018, 

Transfer to NBC on May 2nd

 

N400 Interview schedule as of today on Nov 13th, at 6:45am???( so early, i thought they start work at 8am.....)

 

 didnt mention any I751 on the letter,  I will ask my spouse to come with me regardless. 

 

Location: Downtown Los Angeles

 

hope that helps. 

Good luck

[newyork1234 33]

hi friends

anyone recently had interview for i751 which the officer asked them about public charge or any question related to that?

a friend of mine had interview last week( not i751, she and her husband both changing from H1B to GC) and the officer more than three times in different ways asked them about food stamp, healthcare and governmental financial support.

why? its not still law! 

I heard it wont be retroactive. is it right?

 

[frigatebird 28]

On 9/26/2018 at 4:12 AM, ben and maria said:

Yes. She asked me if we brought any joint docs so i gave her car title, joint credit card, joint bank account, 4 different bills with both names on them, i placed them on the table she glanced at them but she didnt make any copies of them. And yes every office must be different in they way they conduct their interviews as I didnt expect to be sepparated and interviewed separately even though it wasnt for a long time. If that what it takes than i am glad since my journey is finally over I got an email this morning that my oath has been scheduled and will be receiving a letter in the mail with the specifics.

Congratulations to you ! The long journey finally is over!

[Amhara 460]

6 hours ago, newyork1234 said:

hi friends

anyone recently had interview for i751 which the officer asked them about public charge or any question related to that?

a friend of mine had interview last week( not i751, she and her husband both changing from H1B to GC) and the officer more than three times in different ways asked them about food stamp, healthcare and governmental financial support.

why? its not still law! 

I heard it wont be retroactive. is it right?

 

The thing we have been hearing about isn’t law.  A US President cannot implement law; only Congress can.  This is a policy to enforce the law that has always existed.  It’s not new, but is now being enforced differently.  

 

Do HB1 visa holders even qualify for food stamps?  Most of the financial support from the government don’t cover non-residents and being HB1, there is a high possibility they had health insurance through work and not Obamacare.  Even if they had Obamacare coverage, their income may have been too high to qualify.

 

I say all that to say: Your friend should be fine.

[MLChicago 4]

My spouse had a combo I-751/N-400 interview at the USCIS Chicago office today, 10/01/18. Based on other posts here I knew there might be a strong possibility that our N-400 interview would actually be a combo I-751/N-400 interview, and it was.

 

We were very relieved because we had not heard anything on the I-751 application since we received the May 2018 notice saying our case had been transferred to the National Benefits Center in Missouri. Therefore, we had no idea what the status of the I-751 case was or where the file actually was. Also, at our most recent Infopass appointment where we received a I-551 stamp extension, the officer at the infopass desk said they don't do combo interviews at the Chicago office (which we now know is not correct).

 

When our number was called today at the citizenship interview (after waiting about an hour), I went with up with my spouse to the officer and introduced myself. The officer said that was fine if I attended the interview with my spouse and that it is a good thing that I am there because we have to do the I-751 interview first before the citizenship interview can be done. 

 

When we arrived at the officer's private office she went through the I-751 file folder first (it was the original paper file we submitted, so she had the file in Chicago) and she quickly went through it and asked a few quick questions. Once that was finished, she moved on to the citizenship interview and she allowed me to stay in the room. The whole process was very quick, efficient and easy. The officer was very friendly and professional. At the end of the interview, she said she was recommending the file for approval and that we should get a notice of the oath ceremony within the next 6 weeks. The whole interview process took about 30 minutes.

 

I highly recommend everyone who has a I-751 that hasn't been processed yet to go with your spouse to the N-400 interview. It sounds like they are doing combo interviews in Chicago after all.

 

This has been a long journey for us. Congrats to everyone in the VJ community and good luck to everyone on your journey to citizenship. 

[mav11235 10]

20 months later still no GC. This has gone beyond all levels of Murphy's Law.